Stanier 8F 2-8-0 on the Crewe Works internal railway
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Stanier 8F 2-8-0 on the Crewe Works internal railway
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 2 May 1948
Believe it or not, this IS in Crewe Works. The 2-8-0, No 48133 (built 1941, withdrawn 11/66) is on Works Pilot job W1, is running on the 'Deviation Line' (originally the main Crewe - Chester line before the great expansion of the Works in July 1878). The view is eastward, between Flag Lane and Chester bridges. The occasion was a visit by the Railway Correspondence & Travel Society; some of my companions can be glimpsed ahead, outside the entrance to the General Offices.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.096311
Longitude
-2.447671