- Hardcover: 128 pages
- Publisher: Ian Allan Publishing; 1st edition (26 Sep 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0711026572
- ISBN-13: 978-0711026575
- Product Dimensions: 29.6 x 21.8 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,394,234 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A history of Crewe railway station analysing the various locomotive diagrams operated during the 1950s. Supported by a comprehensive selection of photos Bill Rear also provides train reporting numbers, class, times and much else.
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An over-priced and disappointing work.,
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This review is from: Crewe: Traffic and Footplate Working in the 1950s (Hardcover)
For eighteen years (1942-1960) my bedroom window looked onto the Crewe - Liverpool line and the WCML was only a few minutes bike ride away, therefore I looked forward to this publication to fill in something of the background to the trains I was familiar with in those days. Unfortunately,it is a rather sparse offering. Tables detail Crewe shed allocations; engine turns; engineman's turns; and traffic flows at one period in the early 1950.s and whilst these are of great interest, they make up less than half the book; the remainder comprising anecdotes and photographs, many of which have little or no relevance to the core subject of the book. For example, I did't buy this book and expect to see a picture of a Carlisle based "Clan" climbing Shap with a Manchester - Glasgow train! In fact, the pictures mainly cover WCML Express Passenger workings at all sorts of irrelevant locations from Euston to Perth; but the numerous local workings originating from Crewe to Manchester, Liverpool, Chester, Shrewsbury, Derby, Staffordshire and the Midlands are almost totally ignored. Another serious ommission is the lack of any track plan showing the platform layout and the complex arrangement of avoiding lines in the vicinity of the station. Similarly, there is no map showing the station in relation to its loco sheds, carriage sidings and goods yards. Without this information, much of the text is likely to be incomprehansible to anyone who does not remember Crewe in pre-electrification days. In short, an overpriced book which does little credit to either the author or publishers, which is a pity when so many of todays books on railway topics offer such great value for money.
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