On this day in 1832, 194 years ago, the first section of the Leicester & Swannington Railway was officially opened through Glenfield Tunnel, marked by a special train for the company's directors and 300 guests hauled by a locomotive named Comet.
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Leekbrook Junction
Leekbrook Junction
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Leek bound, a passenger train rattles north through the junction.
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Leekbrook Junction sits at the northern end of the preserved Churnet Valley Railway, south of Leek in Staffordshire.