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Taken from Wetton Lane looking North on Christmas Day 2005
©Simon
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©Colin Pyle
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©David Long
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©David Long
Dist:0.6km<br/>View SE, towards Acton Bridge, Crewe etc. A Class H freight is headed by Stanier 5MT 2-6-0 No. 42949 (built 1933 as No. 13249, withdrawn 11/63). The Crewe - Liverpool electrification was about to be inaugurated.
©Ben Brooksbank
Dist:0.6km<br/>With the line ready for electrification to Liverpool in 10 days time (see [[[2738744]]]), Hughes/Fowler 5P4F 2-6-0 No. 42781 (built 1927 as No. 13081, withdrawn 11/62) pounds southward towards Acton Bridge, Crewe etc. with a Class C freight.
©Ben Brooksbank
Dist:0.6km<br/>The prominent road sign provides warning of the swing bridge over the Weaver Navigation.
©Peter Whatley
Dist:0.6km<br/>View SE, towards Crewe etc.; ex-London & North Western West Coast Main Line. The 13.10 Euston - Glasgow, relief to the 'Midday Scot' is hauled by Stanier 'Coronation' No. 46235 'City of Birmingham'. The main line had been electrified between Crewe and Liverpool (Lime Street) since the beginning of the year. 'City of Birmingham' is preserved at the Birmingham Railway Museum.
©Ben Brooksbank
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©David Long
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©Peter Whatley
Dist:0.6km<br/>View northward, towards Warrington and the North, also Liverpool: see also [[[2738744]]] etc. The train is headed by Stanier 8F 2-8-0 No. 48448 (built 1944 at Swindon and worked on the GWR until 5/47 then survived until 7/68).
©Ben Brooksbank
Dist:0.6km<br/>View northward, towards Weaver Junction, Liverpool and Warrington, Preston etc. on the WCML. The 12.15 Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Street is headed by Stanier 'Jubilee' 6P 4-6-0 No. 45708 'Resolution' (built 6/36, withdrawn 2/64). Electric services on the line from Lime Street to Crewe began 10 days after this.
©Ben Brooksbank
Dist:0.7km<br/>View NW on the WCML, towards Warrington and the North, also (electrified from Crewe) Liverpool Lime Street. This stopping service between Warrington Bank Quay and Acton Bridge was an oddity amongst all the great main-line expresses and freights; on this busy Saturday it appears to be running with an extra coach - and not in auto-configuration. The locomotive is BR Standard 2MT 2-6-2T No. 84000 (built 7/53, withdrawn 10/65). (Cf. [[[2820819]]]).
©Ben Brooksbank
Dist:0.7km<br/>View NW, towards Weaver Junction and Liverpool (electrified), Warrington, Preston etc. on the WCML. The Class C freight is heading south towards Crewe, with Stanier 'Jubilee' 6P5F 4-6-0 No. 45599 'Bechuanaland' (built 1/35, withdrawn 12/65). (See also [[[2719304]]]).
©Ben Brooksbank
Dist:0.7km<br/>Note the telephone box and postbox on the right.
©Peter Whatley

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