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A Railwayman's View - BR Midland Region by Peter Collins > Crewe > LPPC DSL BW 0549
LPPC DSL BW 0549 A surprisingly clean Brush Type 4 Class 47, still in original livery with only reapplied numbers in the then-current corporate style to spoil the combination and overall effect, draws to a stand at Crewe with 4V20, which was the 15.15 Manchester to Cardiff Parcels, with an 7 min stop at Crewe (16.22-16.29) to add additional stock. It had languished in Crewe Uphill sidings from 16.00 to 16.19 for pathing presumably (or for the stock to be added). It is conveying an FK probably en route to Cardiff to satisfy the local Area Rolling Stock department’s needs for such a vehicle. Dedicated vehicles for parcels traffic by the middle/end of the 1970s proved to be almost a rolling museum of period bogied and four-wheeled vans, many of them dating from the pre-1947 Big Four rail companies, such as the Stanier van heading up a rake in the in the left-hand platform.
LPPC DSL BW 0549 A surprisingly clean Brush Type 4 Class 47, still in original livery with only reapplied numbers in the then-current corporate style to spoil the combination and overall effect, draws to a stand at Crewe with 4V20, which was the 15.15 Manchester to Cardiff Parcels, with an 7 min stop at Crewe (16.22-16.29) to add additional stock. It had languished in Crewe Uphill sidings from 16.00 to 16.19 for pathing presumably (or for the stock to be added). It is conveying an FK probably en route to Cardiff to satisfy the local Area Rolling Stock department’s needs for such a vehicle. Dedicated vehicles for parcels traffic by the middle/end of the 1970s proved to be almost a rolling museum of period bogied and four-wheeled vans, many of them dating from the pre-1947 Big Four rail companies, such as the Stanier van heading up a rake in the in the left-hand platform.
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A surprisingly clean Brush Type 4 Class 47, still in

original livery with only reapplied numbers in the then-current corporate style to spoil the combination and overall effect, draws to a stand at Crewe with 4V20, which was the 15.15 Manchester to Cardiff Parcels, with an 7 min stop at Crewe (16.22-16.29) to add additional stock. It had languished in Crewe Uphill sidings from 16.00 to 16.19 for pathing presumably (or for the stock to be added). It is conveying an FK probably en route to Cardiff to satisfy the local Area Rolling Stock department’s needs for such a vehicle. Dedicated vehicles for parcels traffic by the middle/end of the 1970s proved to be almost a rolling museum of period bogied and four-wheeled vans, many of them dating from the pre-1947 Big Four rail companies, such as the Stanier van heading up a rake in the in the left-hand platform.
By ellyBelly Publications collection Crewe ref LPPC DSL BW 0549; taken 2022-05-05 10:44:09 GMT; 13mb 6725x4474 pixels; comp 840x559