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A Railwayman's View - BR Midland Region by Peter Collins > Crewe > LPPC DSL BW 1243
LPPC DSL BW 1243 An interesting picture. Back in the 1970s and before, at Crewe you didn’t have to wait very long for something out of the ordinary to appear and here, in June 1972, this English Electric Type 4 Class 40 number 241 (later 40041) is setting out, possibly from Gresty Lane or the yards south of Crewe station and is passing the Traction Maintenance Depot with what appears to be some sort of test train, having just been overhauled in Crewe Works and looking smart in a new coat of Rail Blue. The train consists of an ex-LMS Stanier coach converted for testing purposes and a single Diesel Brake Tender to provide extra brake force, or maybe drag on the locomotive. The more you watched, the more you saw. Keywords: Digital, ISO, John Stiles
LPPC DSL BW 1243 An interesting picture. Back in the 1970s and before, at Crewe you didn’t have to wait very long for something out of the ordinary to appear and here, in June 1972, this English Electric Type 4 Class 40 number 241 (later 40041) is setting out, possibly from Gresty Lane or the yards south of Crewe station and is passing the Traction Maintenance Depot with what appears to be some sort of test train, having just been overhauled in Crewe Works and looking smart in a new coat of Rail Blue. The train consists of an ex-LMS Stanier coach converted for testing purposes and a single Diesel Brake Tender to provide extra brake force, or maybe drag on the locomotive. The more you watched, the more you saw. Keywords: Digital, ISO, John Stiles
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An interesting picture. Back in the 1970s and before, at

Crewe you didn’t have to wait very long for something out of the ordinary to appear and here, in June 1972, this English Electric Type 4 Class 40 number 241 (later 40041) is setting out, possibly from Gresty Lane or the yards south of Crewe station and is passing the Traction Maintenance Depot with what appears to be some sort of test train, having just been overhauled in Crewe Works and looking smart in a new coat of Rail Blue. The train consists of an ex-LMS Stanier coach converted for testing purposes and a single Diesel Brake Tender to provide extra brake force, or maybe drag on the locomotive. The more you watched, the more you saw.
Keywords: Digital, ISO, John Stiles
By ellyBelly Publications collection Crewe ref LPPC DSL BW 1243; taken 2018-03-23 15:32:24 GMT; 11mb 6771x4507 pixels; comp 840x559