An old friend who has lived in New York for twenty years
wants to recapture his youth by making a train journey
he made regularly in the early 1960s while still at school.
I have advised him that Dr. Beeching's rationalisation of
the trunk routes coupled with privatisation more recently
means that many routes no longer offer a through journey.

The required journey is from London to Sheffield via Kettering,
Corby, Oakham, Melton Mowbray and Old Dalby. Quite clearly
this route bypasses Leicester. Does it still exist? If so, is it still
a major route to Nottingham and Sheffield? If not, can this
route be travelled by breaking the journey into sections?

Any ideas or suggestions will be very welcome.