1977

SJ7154 : Inter-City 125 at Crewe

taken 47 years ago, near to Crewe, Cheshire East, England

Inter-City 125 at Crewe
Inter-City 125 at Crewe
Probably newly emerged from the works, one of two Inter-City 125 power cars entering the station at Crewe in 1977. The power cars are classified as British Rail Class 43, and this one is number 43049. The pair both also carry British Rail Class 253 number 253024. This would be the number for the semi-fixed formation of power cars and seven intermediate passenger-carrying trailer cars when in service.
Crewe railway station

This railway station, opened in 1837, was once among the busiest in the world and has passed into folklore. It is still a significant railway junction, where the trunk line from London Euston splits into three branches for North Wales, Manchester and the main line continuing towards Preston and Glasgow (the Liverpool branch leaves the main line at weaver Junction about 5 miles south of Warrington). To the south there are lines to Stoke/Derby and Shrewsbury/Cardiff. Freight trains usually avoid the station by using tracks to the west which pass under the main line and Chester branch in tunnels.

The station buildings were refurbished extensively in 1985, and are being refurbished again from 2014 onwards although there is the possibility of the station eventually being replaced altogether as part of the High Speed 2 project.

For more information see Wikipedia: LinkExternal link


Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]   © Copyright Richard Sutcliffe and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
Geographical Context: Railways Primary Subject: Railway Locomotive other tags: Intercity 125 Railway Station Scanned Negative Crewe Station Overhead Gantries Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Crewe Works [23] · Entering Crewe [12] ·
1:50,000 Modern Day Landranger(TM) Map © Crown Copyright
+
1:50,000 Modern Day Landranger(TM) Map © Crown Copyright
TIP: Click the map for more Large scale mapping
Grid Square
SJ7154, 490 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Richard Sutcliffe   (more nearby)
Date Taken
1977   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 22 February, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 710 549 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:5.4310N 2:26.0683W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 710 549
View Direction
North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
Clickable map
+
NW N NE
W Go E
SW S SE
Image Type (about): geograph 
This page has been viewed about 35 times
You are not logged in login | register