![]() Locomotives damaged in the Nuneaton rail crash outside the depot in 1975 | |
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Location | |
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Location | Crewe, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 53°05′51″N 2°27′28″W / 53.0974°N 2.4578°W |
OS grid | SJ693557 |
Characteristics | |
Owner | DB Cargo UK |
Depot code |
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Type | Diesel, Electric |
History | |
Original | British Rail |
BR region | London Midland Region |
Crewe Electric TMD (officially named Crewe IEMD – International Electric Maintenance Depot) is a traction maintenance depot for AC electric and diesel-electric locomotives; it is operated currently by DB Cargo UK. The depot is situated to the north-west of Crewe railway station on the Crewe-Chester railway line, opposite Crewe Works. Road access is from Wistaston Road.[1]
Depot plaque
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/92027_George_Eliot_at_Stafford.jpg/220px-92027_George_Eliot_at_Stafford.jpg)
In 1987, Railfreight introduced depot plaques on its locomotives; those allocated to Crewe IEMD carried a plaque depicting an eagle.
References
Further reading
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2012). Stafford to Chester. West Sussex: Middleton Press. fig. 72. ISBN 9781908174345. OCLC 830024480.
- "Crewe notches up another successful open day". RAIL. No. 305. EMAP Apex Publications. 21 May – 3 June 1997. pp. 14–15. ISSN 0953-4563. OCLC 49953699.
External links
- Depot Directory West Coast (Internet Archive)
- An overhead view of the depot. Crewe Works is the long, rectangular building and Crewe Electric is on the branch of tracks to the south.