Leek’d information

THE North Staffordshire Railway Company is trying to piece together the final steam operations to/from Leek under British Railways in the 1960s.

It has learned that BR No. 75035 hauled the last workmen's trains into Leek on January 2, 1965 – bringing an end to passenger traffic – but parcel traffic continued to serve the town, with steam still available in the area until August 1967.

A record shot of an unidentified ‘Black Five’ shunting in June 1967 has been received (shown here), while it is thought various Standard ‘4MTs’ appeared in 1967.

■ Sadly, the train register from Leek Brook Junction signal box for the period has not made it into the NSRC archive collection – nor any traffic records from Stoke Shed, which organised loco duties in the area until August 1967.

If any reader can help with information or photographs, please can they contact the NSRC by email at info@nsrailway.co.uk