Caption:

Light and shade at Crewe as Class 50 number 432

draws to a stand with a southbound express in Summer ’73, later nicknamed Hoovers because of the noise all their auxiliaries created, they were large locomotives but were a considerable improvement over the mediocre performance of a Class 40. Yet more of those early-style trolleys lie around on the platform and could have been at Crewe since the filming of the classic film Night Mail.