Erase and Rewind
A spell in the digital darkroom has yielded an improved result for this image taken almost 50 years ago, and first shared on Flickr in 2012. Changes include some grain reduction and better management of highlights. I've left the colour tones of the original unchanged, which better correspond to the Ektachrome emulsion. The original upload has been deleted.
At first sight this view of Crewe doesn't look much different to what you might see today - motive power and a lick of paint aside that is.
This was taken in the early 70s and the loco in question is a pre-TOPS Sulzer Type 2 no. 5220. Seen here sporting the light-engine headcode 0Z00 as well as the front-end gangway doors carried by the early-build versions, it was eventually renumbered 25070 and lasted another 6 years in service before withdrawal in 1980.
Also of interest is the scissor crossover in the background, and the second nearest track, now the Down Main, which was then used to store locos between turns - usually AL1-5 electrics to cover the traction changes on the Anglo-Scottish services (West Coast Mainline electrification only went as far north as Weaver Junction at the time). Note the plentiful mail-bags and parcels over on the Up platform.
I've sized the image for full-screen viewing.
Zenit E with Kodak High Speed Ektachrome (160asa)
11.50am, 2nd February 1974
Erase and Rewind
A spell in the digital darkroom has yielded an improved result for this image taken almost 50 years ago, and first shared on Flickr in 2012. Changes include some grain reduction and better management of highlights. I've left the colour tones of the original unchanged, which better correspond to the Ektachrome emulsion. The original upload has been deleted.
At first sight this view of Crewe doesn't look much different to what you might see today - motive power and a lick of paint aside that is.
This was taken in the early 70s and the loco in question is a pre-TOPS Sulzer Type 2 no. 5220. Seen here sporting the light-engine headcode 0Z00 as well as the front-end gangway doors carried by the early-build versions, it was eventually renumbered 25070 and lasted another 6 years in service before withdrawal in 1980.
Also of interest is the scissor crossover in the background, and the second nearest track, now the Down Main, which was then used to store locos between turns - usually AL1-5 electrics to cover the traction changes on the Anglo-Scottish services (West Coast Mainline electrification only went as far north as Weaver Junction at the time). Note the plentiful mail-bags and parcels over on the Up platform.
I've sized the image for full-screen viewing.
Zenit E with Kodak High Speed Ektachrome (160asa)
11.50am, 2nd February 1974