Class 20s 37s 47s are top I love them I remember them in the late 80s when I used to go round tinsley Sheffield and bescot in Birmingham happy memories of these locos.
In my youth you'd never see Crewe station with all roads empty as you can see in the video. There was always something in the bay platforms and mail trains galore. Sad to see it so quiet nowadays.
Yeah Crewe used to be the heartbeat of the trainspotting world in England but sadly those days are well and truely over but never the less this video showed that there was still plenty of interesting catches to get!!
@@trainsurfers Your video was certainly enjoyable. I was born in Crewe within a mile of the station. I was the first in my family in generations that didn't work for the railways. I've been in Australia for over 30 years, but still always manage a trip to Crewe during my UK visits. My, how it has declined over the decades. I think we manufacture more railway stock over here than the UK does nowadays.
I walked up there got pics and even got an air ambulance which had landed in adjoining field. Didn't see much freight so going to do Stafford later this month
+Karen Gillett Good choice with Stafford, awesome for freight...you'll have an exciting day there. Were going Crewe in the next couple of weeks as RHTT season is nearly upon us again.
3:23 What a happy sounding horn on that beautiful 47 790 'Northern Belle' Pullman train !! I would love to travel on that. I mostly bemoan trains - this one should be beatified !
I used to do spotting at Crewe back in the 70s and it was the absolute mecca...... I've recently taken train spotting back up again..... Would you say that Crewe would still be an ideal place for me to go please? Your answers would be greatly appreciated.... Thank you so much....
It's a lot easier to have locos at both ends that way the driver doesn't have to find a turning point for the train and it helps with speed as well. They double head a lot of movements because if 1 loco fails then they always have a back up loco.
Nothing like stating the obvious, it was obviously better back in the 80/90's as 37's, 47's, 33's, 20's etc were on nearly every movement as 66's, 68's, 70's etc weren't even designs on someone's paper.
