Crewe Diesel TMD
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Crewe Diesel Traction Maintenance Depot or Crewe Diesel TMD was a diesel-electric locomotive Traction Maintenance Depot situated to the south of and visible from Crewe railway station. The depot is owned by EWS. The depot code is CD. It is now closed and is used for storing surplus rolling stock.
Crewe Diesel has an extensive history of building, assessing, maintaining, repairing, storing and scrapping diesel-electric locomotives.
[edit] Trains built at Crewe
Trains built at Crewe Diesel include:
- Class 08 (also at Darlington, Derby Locomotive, Doncaster and Horwich)
- Class 43 InterCity 125
- Class 47 (also at Loughborough)
- Class 56 (also at Craiova in Romania and Doncaster)
- Class 57 (originally built at Crewe or Loughborough as Class 47 and rebuilt at Loughborough)
[edit] External links
An overhead view of the depot. The West Coast Main Line is to the immediate east. The freight line is to the immediate west.
[edit] References
Rail Atlas Great Britain & Ireland, S.K. Baker ISBN 0-86093-553-1
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