West Coast Main Line early 70s style.
Equalling his interest in buses, railways feature heavily in our friend Clem Smith's collection. Like all our own efforts, some are markedly better than others, but virtually all have a great nostalgia feel to them.
Almost concurrent with the end of steam, British Rail were making strident efforts to speed up Anglo-Scottish express services. Electrification of the whole route was the aim and it was being steadily progressed. In 1967 the Euston Crewe section had been live for some time, but that left the more arduous section to Glasgow in need of Diesel haulage. BR turned to English Electric to supply 50 2,700hp Co-Cos numbered D400 onwards. These would generally be used in pairs to give the performance necessary over the route which included the climbs of Shap and Beatock. Initially these locos were leased for five years, but in 1973 were taken into BR stock and given the new TOPS code of Class 50.
As a young lad I can remember sitting on Crewe station watching all manner of slick Diesel to Electric and vice-versa loco changes. Here, two of the EE D400s run around at the north end of Crewe station read for their next thrash to Scotland.
West Coast Main Line early 70s style.
Equalling his interest in buses, railways feature heavily in our friend Clem Smith's collection. Like all our own efforts, some are markedly better than others, but virtually all have a great nostalgia feel to them.
Almost concurrent with the end of steam, British Rail were making strident efforts to speed up Anglo-Scottish express services. Electrification of the whole route was the aim and it was being steadily progressed. In 1967 the Euston Crewe section had been live for some time, but that left the more arduous section to Glasgow in need of Diesel haulage. BR turned to English Electric to supply 50 2,700hp Co-Cos numbered D400 onwards. These would generally be used in pairs to give the performance necessary over the route which included the climbs of Shap and Beatock. Initially these locos were leased for five years, but in 1973 were taken into BR stock and given the new TOPS code of Class 50.
As a young lad I can remember sitting on Crewe station watching all manner of slick Diesel to Electric and vice-versa loco changes. Here, two of the EE D400s run around at the north end of Crewe station read for their next thrash to Scotland.