Posts Tagged ‘Crewe Heritage Centre’
Christmas Gift
Thanks to the generosity of author David Knapman as the Trust was delighted to receive an unusual Christmas gift, comprising 11 prints of locomotive general arrangements from contemporary issues of the trade magazine “Engineering”. The subjects range from North London Railway 4-4-0T and 0-6-0 through most of the Webb three-cylinder compounds, the four cylinder compound…
Read MoreMay news roundup
Given that it has been over a month since the last update this post will cover a number of recent developments and upcoming events in one go. The auction at Crewe Heritage Centre Founding member Bruce Nixon attended the auction held at Crewe Heritage Centre on Saturday 26th April where we successfully sold the whistle once…
Read MoreA rare piece of railway memorabilia to be auctioned.
The London & North Western Steam Locomotive Trust was recently the recipient of a historically significant piece of railway memorabilia. A supporter of the Trust, who at the time of receipt was a young 16 year old lad living near Blackpool and who now resides in Australia has most generously donated the whistle once belonging…
Read MoreLNWR George the Fifth Trust becomes a Partner of the Friends of Crewe Heritage Centre
The heart of the London & North Western Railway will forever be Crewe and in turn Crewe substantially owes its rapid transformation from a tiny village in the early 19th century to a significant regional centre of over 70,000 inhabitants today to the London & North Western Railway; its antecedents and descendants. The existence of…
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