Date: 23/01/2022

The arrival of a station near Crewe Hall and the locomotive works sparked the rise of the town in the 19th century.

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The arrival of a station near Crewe Hall and the locomotive works sparked the rise of the town in the 19th century

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A view from the traverser at Crewe Works with the yellow nose of a class 40 sitting between a clutch of class 47s on 10 June 1971. The predominant livery in this line up is two-tone green.
Location: Crewe Works
Company: Grand Junction Railway
10/06/1971 John McIntyre

Crewe Works visitor handout from 1965.
Location: Crewe Works
Company: Grand Junction Railway
//1965 David Pesterfield

An unexpected sight on a Crewe Works visit in July 1967 was ex works 92220 Evening Star. It had just undergone a major front end repair and general overhaul, plus repaint, after suffering extensive buffer beam damage in Cardiff Docks in 1965 and subsequent withdrawal by BR. After repair it became part of the National Collection and is now based at the NRM bases in York or Shildon
Location: Crewe Works
Company: Grand Junction Railway
23/07/1967 David Pesterfield

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