48133 1948-08-02 Crewe Works
Stanier 8F 2-8-0 on the Crewe Works internal railway. The 2-8-0, No 48133 (built 1941, withdrawn 11/66) is on Works Pilot job W1, is running on the 'Deviation Line', originally the main Crewe - Chester line before the great expansion of the Works in July 1878. The view is eastward, between Flag Lane and Chester bridges. The occasion was a visit by the Railway Correspondence & Travel Society; some of the partycan be glimpsed ahead, outside the entrance to the General Offices.