IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Rockwood Avenue, CREWE, CW2 8LU
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Rockwood Avenue, CW2 8LU by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Map
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Notes
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Image Listing (6 Images Found)
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Details
Distance
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Crewe locomotive works
Two class 47 diesels and a class 74 electro-diesel outside Crewe works.
The class 74 (E6102) had just been rebuilt from a conventional electric loco, by the addition of a diesel-generator and push-pull controls. These locos were converted for the Waterloo - Bournemouth electrification scheme, and were intended for use on Southampton boat trains. The diesel engine enabled them to run on unelectified lines at reduced power. However, they only survived for about another 10 years.
I don't know the grid reference for this photo, or even whether this part of the works still survives.
Image: © Ian Taylor
Taken: 15 Oct 1967
0.13 miles
2
Prefabricated Bungalow
This bungalow shows how the majority of this estate looks now having been clad with insulation though some have been coated in brick.
Image: © Garry Lavender-Rimmer
Taken: 5 Aug 2018
0.14 miles
3
Prefabricated Bungalow
This is one "prefab" of only 2 or 3 on an estate of approx 70 bungalows that are almost original in appearance.
This property is privately owned.
These prefabs were built to house servicemen returning home from World War 2 and had a life expectancy of 15 to 20 years but are now over 60 years old.
Image: © Garry Lavender-Rimmer
Taken: 5 Aug 2018
0.19 miles
4
Crewe Electric Loco Depot
Taken from a passing train. The locos had been damaged in an incident at Nuneaton a few days beforehand.
Image: © mark harrington
Taken: 16 Jun 1975
0.23 miles
5
LNW 0-8-0 at Crewe Works fresh from repair
These 0-8-0s were the principal work-horses for freight traffic on the latter-day London & North Western. No. 9376 is a G2A Class 0-8-0, built in 11/1902, rebuilt in 5/40 and withdrawn in 3/58. Here it is ex-Works in 1948 but not yet renumbered 49376 and has nothing on the tender; it is fitted with a tender-cab for working in the bitter cold around Buxton. Behind it is a Stanier 'Princess Royal' Pacific.
Image: © Ben Brooksbank
Taken: 2 May 1948
0.25 miles
