Trains at: Crewe, WCML, 14/05/21, Part 1/2
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A truly fantastic morning spent at Crewe on the West Coast Mainline where we see plenty of services from Avanti West Coast, London Northwestern Railway, East Midlands Railway, Transport For Wales and freight from Royal Mail and Network Rail.
There is so much to tell about this station so I'll try and include as much as I can.
The station was opened in 1837 by the Grand Junction Railway. The whole idea of this station was to connect the four largest cities in England by joining the Liverpool and Manchester Railway to the projected London and Birmingham Railway.
There were massive plans for the railway and the station when it first opened. As soon as the station was built there were plans to build at the time a branch line that would head to Chester. The line now being a pretty busy route for passenger traffic. Oddly enough the company created to build this route was called and Chester and Crewe Railway. But once the line had been completed they were merged with the Grand Junction Railway in 1840.
Because at the time the steam engines were only small it meant that an engine shed was built was built that was used to stable banking engines that would be used to push trains up a small incline that today would be no match at all.
Less than a year later plans were created for a trunk route to be built linking Crewe to Holyhead which also gave great access to Ireland which in turn started to cement itself as an important junction station in the UK.
The next line to meet was the line from Manchester. There were plans to have the line run straight from Manchester to Birmingham but when construction was underway it was deemed that it would be uneconomical because of the length of the line that they wanted to create. So it was decided that they would connect their line to the GJR at Crewe.
The town started to grow in size when the GJR moved their depot from Edge Hill in Liverpool to the North of the station. It was done in order to house the workforce.
In 1846 the GJR and the London and Birmingham Railway merged together to form at the time the largest company in the world which is the London & Northwestern Railway.
When the company came to be they started the largest amount of track laying seen in the country. They extended lines and built new ones heading to: Holyhead, Lancaster and Carlisle, Leeds, Shrewsbury, Stoke-on-Trent and the South of Wales.
With all the lines converging on the West Coast Mainline at Crewe it meant that more traffic was coming through the station roughly 1000 trains during any 24 hour period which mostly consisted of freight there were plans brought up which would take the trains under the station.
By 1903 the station was given a make over to allow stopping freight traffic to unload for road vehicles which meant that 9 through platforms were constructed each were a 1/4 mile in length. The total cost of the improvement at the time was £1,000,000 which in today's money is the equivalent to £97,080,000. I'll take a portion of that quite happily.
When the LMS was created Crewe continued to grow in size, locomotives were still being built on a daily basis and the signalling was given a complete overhaul. The two former signal boxes were instead made into concrete fortresses to withstand air raids. But aside from that nothing else really took place in the 50 years LMS were running around.
It wasn't until British Railways was formed that further changes were taking place around the station. Most notably was when steam was starting to be raise out and replaced with diesel and electric locomotives and multiple units which meant that the works were starting to close down because of lack of work and the fact that smaller depots were starting to pop up across the country that would task care of the trains.
Although as we all know Crewe works survived to an extent for the heritage centre and the actual works itself for restoring steam engines.
Much more work was taken out from then to the present day to incorporate the electrification of the WCML, bigger trains, better facilities to make it the station we all know and love today.
Part 2 which will be out within the next few days is by far and away the best part with tons of special movements coming through including the Midland Pullman so please do keep and eye out for this.
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If you have any stations or trackside locations you would like to see me go to then please do let me know and I will see what I can do for you.
Joining me today was East Midlands Railway Fan and SrgntUwu.
You can now find me on Facebook through the group Tornado922, there you will find regular updates, videos and photos from all of my goings on throughout 2021.
Пікірлер: 101
Not a single dislike on this your content has allways been basic but never boaring keep with what your doing pal honestly 👍🏻
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
The thing is I never strive to make anything overly complicated. In my eyes being basic suits my style down to the ground. But I am glad you are continuing to enjoy my content :)
Lovely vid was nice to meet you
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much, it was great meeting you too
Well done bro, nice nice one
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much :)
Great video. Nice to see two EMR turbostars at Crewe and the Royal Mail 325002. I can't wait for part 2 😍🙌
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much, I had a great time getting this all put together :)
Heeey love the trains beep beep
I like the trains beeping they sound wicked
Great part 1 video at Crewe the best part of part 1 is the Royal mail train can't wait to see part 2
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much, I had a great time getting this all filmed
You uploaded and edited this quick great job sir!>
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you kindly :)
Brilliant railway video as always
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you kindly :)
Brilliant video jarred I watched from start to finish I always loved the avanti west coast pendos this is a station which I’m hoping to get to soon myself look forward to part 2
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much I'm glad you enjoyed watching this :)
@RWL2012
Жыл бұрын
I think he's a Jarryd with a y
great video again as always J really enjoyed it great commentry loved it keep safe matey Syd :)
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much I'm glad you enjoyed watching this :)
Your videos are amazing🥰
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
That is very kind of you to say :)
Brilliant video Tornado922! I really enjoyed this :)
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much :)
Great video.
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much
Great video
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much :)
Great video Tornado922
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much :)
Hi mate another great video mate I really enjoyed it every interesting I would have liked to see a class86 or class87 at crewe I miss them mate stay safe and well mate goodbye for now clive in N.lreland
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much, back in the 90's and early 200's Crewe would have been an amazing place to come to because of the amount of traffic that would have been running around
The hissing that the Class 390s make when they are stopping reminding me of the Sheffield Supertram. The Siemens Dew Wags.
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
I can't say I've ever listened to the Sheffield trams
@transportationuk7656
3 жыл бұрын
@@Tornado922 I know. I just like listening to the sound of Buses, Trams and Trains.
Fantastic, cannot wait for part two. Always like your spontaneous style
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much I'm glad you enjoyed watching this. Crewe is a great station to come to
cool video at crewe
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much I'm glad you enjoyed that :)
Can't wait until EMR gets more of those 170s. Look great
@transportationuk7656
3 жыл бұрын
I can’t wait to see them in Sheffield working the Liverpool-Nottingham/Norwich service.
@TheRealDandyes1997
3 жыл бұрын
It was West Midlands railway livery now it got repainted into emr
Great video!
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much
@SlowLineTrainspotting
3 жыл бұрын
Crewe is probably one of my favorite stations, need to go there again.
I think that twitch at 20:08 registered on the Richter scale LOL
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
It most likely did haha
Thank you once again for another enjoyable action-packed trainspotting video! Can't wait for part two! Would you be able to spot at East Midlands Parkway if you could?
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much I'm, glad you enjoyed watching this, I had a great time here getting all this put together. I will be going to East Midlands Parkway at some stage but I can't say for sure yet when that will be
Other amazing video legend tornado
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much :)
Well that was quick
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
Yep
Good 👍
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much
Those EMR 170s that go from Crewe-Derby on the 17th they go from Crewe-Newark Castle via Derby
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
Ah right ok, that would be a nice journey
Crewe is really nice
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
It is a great station, just a shame that the roof is falling apart
@googlehomeboi9975
3 жыл бұрын
@@Tornado922 yeah it needs renovation
When’s part 2 coming out
Just a quick request could you maybe do Oxford
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
I will be covering Oxford later this year for a rush hour film
Hi Tornado. My Dad has helped me write this & set up my own profile picture for KZread. I'm hoping to start my own channel at some point. I saw your trainspotting Video at Crewe for Friday 14.5.21. that's when I am school. I'm hoping to make some videos of my own maybe on a Bridgeway or at 1 of the stations in Harrow. I've also be watching videos by Jordan, Harry Grieves, Jacob & mylifeasisaac101. John Elmer
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
Hello there John, I hope you and your father are keeping well out there. I'm glad you enjoyed watching this when you had the chance to do so. I had a great time getting this all put together. You shall have to let me know when you release some content and I will be sure to give it a watch :)
@johntrainspotter5046
3 жыл бұрын
@@Tornado922 Hi Tornado. Thanks for the reply I’m enjoying your new videos & hopefully in the summer term myself & my Dad will be able to start my own channel with me watching trains at some different stations. John…..
That 170419 was exscotrail.
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
Ah right ok
The upcoming Avanti West Coast 800s will be 5-coach and 7-coach units as opposed to the current GWR and LNER 5-coach and 9-coach 800s.
@DanielMartin-zf2xe
3 жыл бұрын
When will they be coming out in service and will they be going down the trent valley line towards Lichfield and Tamworth do you know
@SionsTrainVideos
3 жыл бұрын
@@DanielMartin-zf2xe 2022
@RWL2012
Жыл бұрын
@@SionsTrainVideos only 4 months left of 2022!
@SionsTrainVideos
Жыл бұрын
@@RWL2012 aye
Crewe is - of course home to Saphos and the Blue Pullman.
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
It's a great place to come to
can u plz do Newcastle
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
I will get it done at some stage
Hey u gonna film at Taunton
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
I'm not to sure
Tornado, can you go to London Euston
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
I will go there at some stage
Turboed Aubergine, now thats a different desciption. Its coments like this that makes your videosworth watching. As for the gaggleof seagulls( Train spotters) lol
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
I love just being able to come out with silly little phrases and descriptions from time to time, there were a fair few people there that day haha
For the voyagers, you can call it Victor the Voyager?
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
Can I?
@AntonFanify
3 жыл бұрын
@@Tornado922. Oh yes
You should be on discord again
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
I very rarely use it in all honesty
170419 is my stalker I swear
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
I think we all have a particular unit follows us around wherever we go haha
@arnoldspottingvideos5269
3 жыл бұрын
That's true lol 😂😂😂
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What do you call a group or gaggle of train spotters on the end of a train platform....in the bloody way of my camera shots
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately it's something that I have no real power over
dundhndd
Great video
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much :)
dundhndd
Great video
@Tornado922
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much :)