Crewe Works Open Day, Saltley and more, Saturday 20th 1975

Thanks to John Williams for the spotting notes and phots, pure nostalgia!

Haulages, 200975

DMU   Reading – Padd  – Maidenhead – Padd

86256  Euston – Crewe (M5260) — xxxx Euston – Liverpool

82007  Crewe – Birmingham New St –1035 Glasgow – Birmingham

50312/59123/50335 New St – Duddeston – New St – Lichfield

009     Duddeston – Bescot  — New St – Walsall

018     Bescot – New St  — Walsall – New St

47490  Birmingham New St – Reading — xxxx Bimingham – Padd

DMU   Reading – Maidenhead   – xxxx Oxford – Padd

Maidenhead – Padd

08035, 08108, 08484, 08779, 08787, 08797, 08798, 08950, 31230, 31413, 47009, 47032, 47079, 47183, 47493, 50001, 50004, 50009, 50044

Euston – Crewe

08085, 08125, 08234, 08683, 08684, 08805, 08905, 25060, 25068, 25099, 25177, 25179, 25180, 25181, 25206, 25245, 25250, 25256, 25261, 25295, 25315, 31321, 47185, 81005, 81008, 81019, 82006, 83006, 84009, 85004, 85016, 85018, 85031, 85032, 85033, 85040, 86004, 86015, 86032, 86228, 86244, 86247, 86250, 86253, 86254, 86256, 86260, 87007, 87008, 87015, 87020, 87024, 87025,    

Crewe station

08088, 08132, 08635, 08737, 08913, 24025, 24026, 24029, 24031, 24033, 24034, 24038, 24042, 24045, 24048, 24060, 24061, 25029, 25031, 25288, 40181, 45001, 47290, 47347, 47467, 47555, 50017, 50045. 82008, 85034, 85035, 86022, 86246, 86253, 87014, 87029 

Crewe – Birmingham

08124, 08536, 08740, 08783, 08811, 08901, 08908, 08919, 08928, 24145, 25261, 25271, 31129, 31232, 31300, 31419, 33002, 45001, 45141, 46004, 46015, 46042, 47041, 47128, 47248, 47346, 47436, 81013, 82007, 83004, 83014, 85014, 85028, 85033, 85039, 86018, 86022, 86224, 87005, 87006, 87015, 87018, 87026, 87031,  

A still unnamed 87015 at Birmingham New St with an up Inter City

Birmingham – Reading

08647, 08664, 08835, 08941, 20143, 20166, 25079, 25130, 25212, 31279, 45025, 47009, 47012, 47070, 47078, 47104, 47118, 47121, 47140, 47189, 47192, 47202, 47248, 47332, 47490, 86004, 86207, 86239, 86253, 86260, 86261,    

20th September 1975 Crewe Works Open Day

08055, 08395, 08469, 08473, 20009, 20035, 20064, 25264, 25304, 27006, 27025, 40003, 40010, 40012, 40014, 40022, 40026, 40038, 40040, 40049, 40057, 40070, 40074, 40077, 40080, 40086, 40091, 40100, 40103, 40114, 40126, 40130, 40137, 40147, 40152, 40165, 40169, 40180, 40189, 40192, 40193, 40196, 40197, 47015, 47018, 47019, 47038, 47059, 47063, 47066, 47074, 47091, 47098, 47100, 47102, 47106, 47114, 47115, 47120, 47124, 47136, 47137, 47158, 47193, 47194, 47218, 47241, 47265, 47286, 47358, 47365, 47371, 47402, 47405, 47410, 47415, 47422, 47423, 47424, 47427, 47434, 47450, 47462, 47469, 47495, 47508, 47514, 47540, 47553, 47601, 50002, 50041,

76044, 76056, 81003, 81015, 82003, 84003, 84005, 84010, 85003, 85006, 85007, 85013, 85026, 86002, 86010, 86016, 86205, 86209, 86211, 86217, 86219, 86221, 86235, 86242, 86258, 87003, 87004, 87023, 87035, 87101, 3020 – Cornwall (k)

253001, 253002, 253003, 253004, 253005, 253006, 253007, 253008, 253009, 253010, 253011, 253012, 253013, 253014, 253015, 253016, 253017, 253018, 253019, 253020, 253021, 253022,  (all power cars only, Trailers built at Derby)

304029, 304037 works shuttle?   

Ex Works 40103 glowing in the sun at Crewe Works open day

Roped off to prevent youngsters cabbing her, 40189 having sustained damage in a collision at Weaver Jn awaits her fate, withdrawl came not long after John photted her.

20th September 1975, Saltley

08102, 08103, 08461, 08467, 08920, 25038, 25133, 25221, 25251, 25262, 31419, 33001, 45018, 45053, 46004, 46038, 47128, 47248, 47252, 47312, 47350, 47436, 47533,

25133 and 47436 await their next turns on Saltley depot

Southern visitor 33001 awaits a return home at Saltley

47128 probably on Saltley after working a special into Brum in the evening sun

20th September 1975, Bescot

08083, 08090, 08294, 08327, 08356, 08585, 08590, 08613, 08614, 08765, 08809, 08814, 08827, 20016, 20042, 20045, 20180, 20182, 20188, 20196, 24085, 24137, 24140, 25039, 25073, 25120, 25188, 25326, 31258, 45075, 45125, 47031, 47034, 47227, 47437, 47473, 47503, 47531, 86013, 86021, 

Thanks again to John Williams for the memories…