Erecting Shop/10 Shop, Crewe Locomotive Works - September 2019

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Crewe Works is a British railway engineering facility built in 1840 by the Grand Junction Railway. It is located in the town of Crewe, in Cheshire. It is currently owned by Bombardier Transportation. At its height, Crewe Works employed over 20,000 people; in 2005 fewer than 1,000 remained on site, Read more

The Metropolitan Cammell Carriage and Wagon Co. - Midland Works - Washwood Heath - December 2018

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On the whole this year has been relatively unsuccessful exploring wise, I've spent the majority of my time nosying around local stuff, with not a great deal of luck so far, but who know's what 2019 will hold for Stoke! Anyway, I was chatting with Speed a few weeks back and he mentioned this place, Read more

Oakamoor Sand Sidings - October 2011

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I think every man and his dog have visited this site over the years. I've visited on countless occasions since this report. The sidings were originally built for use by the sand quarry, which is just up the hill from the track. This continued until 1988 when the last trains ran before the Read more