Hi Kenbarb!
Moira was on what is now the Leicester - Burton branch.
Here's where the line starts (it's the branch going off to the left), just South of Leicester and only a stones throw away from where I live.
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&...03455&t=h&z=18
Regarding your wifes great grandfather, this may be some help -
http://www.midlandrailwaystudycentre...k/contents.htm
