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A Railwayman's View - BR Midland Region by Peter Collins > Crewe > LPPC DSL BW 0363
LPPC DSL BW 0363 Underlining just how versatile the Swindon-built Cross Country 120 dmus were and how essentially right for the task the design was, as well as east to west services on the Birmingham to Lincoln axis and prior to the restoration of loco-hauled trains on the route, they were the mainstay of the so-called North and West Route which had been created by the GWR to carry its traffic between the industrial areas of South Wales and the North West. So, this unit, arriving at Crewe, will have come from Cardiff via Newport, Hereford, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch. On the right is the loco siding holding electric engines ready to take over up services powered by diesels on their journeys south.
LPPC DSL BW 0363 Underlining just how versatile the Swindon-built Cross Country 120 dmus were and how essentially right for the task the design was, as well as east to west services on the Birmingham to Lincoln axis and prior to the restoration of loco-hauled trains on the route, they were the mainstay of the so-called North and West Route which had been created by the GWR to carry its traffic between the industrial areas of South Wales and the North West. So, this unit, arriving at Crewe, will have come from Cardiff via Newport, Hereford, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch. On the right is the loco siding holding electric engines ready to take over up services powered by diesels on their journeys south.
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Underlining just how versatile the Swindon-built Cross Country 120 dmus

were and how essentially right for the task the design was, as well as east to west services on the Birmingham to Lincoln axis and prior to the restoration of loco-hauled trains on the route, they were the mainstay of the so-called North and West Route which had been created by the GWR to carry its traffic between the industrial areas of South Wales and the North West. So, this unit, arriving at Crewe, will have come from Cardiff via Newport, Hereford, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch. On the right is the loco siding holding electric engines ready to take over up services powered by diesels on their journeys south.
By ellyBelly Publications collection Crewe ref LPPC DSL BW 0363; taken 2022-05-04 15:03:11 GMT; 12mb 6758x4481 pixels; comp 840x557