Middleton Railway Leeds, 1960s
41 photos of this pioneering preserved line taken 1966 - 1968. In 1960 the Middleton became Britain's first standard gauge preserved line, narrowly beating the Bluebell. Although there were occasional brakevan rides, the Middleton in the 1960s was mainly a freight line. In its first 10 years the Middleton carried some 61,000 tons of freight, mainly steel and scrap metal, through then industrial Hunslet.
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69621, Neville Hill shed, 15 April 1967. Middleton Rly Trust chairman Fred Youell bought the N7 privately, and it spent a number of years at 55H. It never appeared on Middleton metals. 3442 The Great Marquess, owned by Lord Glengarnock (MRT President) was also kept at Neville Hill in the mid 1960s.
