Crewe Heritage Centre

Crewe Heritage Centre

Coordinates: 53°05′41″N 2°26′17″W / 53.0946°N 2.43818°W / 53.0946; -2.43818

Crewe Heritage Centre
(formerly "Crewe Railway Age")
Location Vernon Way, Crewe, England
Type Railway museum
Director Mike Lenz
Website Crewe Heritage Centre website

The Crewe Heritage Centre, formerly the Crewe Railway Age is a railway museum, located in Crewe, England. The Railway Age was rebranded to its original name of Crewe Heritage Centre in early 2008. It is administered by Crewe Heritage Trust Ltd.

Contents

Background information

The museum is located between the junction to Chester and the West Coast Main Line, in the old LMS railway yard which was once part of Crewe Works. There are three signal boxes including the large, all electrically operated Crewe North Junction signal box, which the public can operate and look around. There is also an extensive miniature railway with steam, diesel and electric traction. Brake Van rides are available to the public during special events and galas. The most prominent exhibit of the museum is the BR Class 370 APT, which is open to the public and includes a number of exhibits associated with the APT and models. The Main Exhibition Hall features many artefacts and exhibits associated with Crewe from its locomotive and carriage construction, and famous junction railway station. A cylinder and Caprotti valve gear from BR Standard Class 8 4-6-2 Pacific, no. 71000 'Duke of Gloucester', which was constructed at Crewe Works in 1954 is also on display. The prototype of the Bentley Continental GT motor car, which was launched in 2003, and built at the nearby Bentley Motor Works in Crewe, is on display.

Gallery

Locomotives

In addition, steam locomotives are often stabled at Crewe Heritage Centre between working railtours on the main line.

The 6201 Princess Elizabeth Society have made Crewe Heritage Centre their mainline operating base, although 6201 'Princess Elizabeth' is currently[when?] at Tyseley Locomotive Works undergoing boiler repairs.

The smoke deflectors for new LMS Patriot Class number 45551 'The Unknown Warrior' are on display in the Crewe North Junction signal box having been unveiled at the The LMS Patriot Project's 2010 AGM. 40 of the 52 'Patriot' class were constructed at the nearby Crewe Works.

Signal boxes

External links



Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Crewe railway station — Crewe A Central Trains Class 170 at Platform 2 at the southern end of the station …   Wikipedia

  • Crewe (disambiguation) — Crewe may refer to: Places: Crewe, a town in Cheshire, England Crewe railway station, serving the town of Crewe Crewe Works, a railway engineering facility in the town Crewe Heritage Centre, a railway museum Crewe Hall, a Jacobean mansion east of …   Wikipedia

  • Crewe — For other uses, see Crewe (disambiguation). Coordinates: 53°05′56″N 2°26′24″W / 53.099°N 2.44°W / 53.099; 2.44 …   Wikipedia

  • Crewe North Junction signal box — Down Main Lines and Chester Side of the Frame. Crewe North Junction Signal Box is a Westinghouse All Electric Style L lever frame which was commissioned, along with Crewe South Junction Signal Box (which was also a Westinghouse Style L frame), on …   Wikipedia

  • Crewe Hall — Crewe Hall: south face and entrance gates Crewe Hall is a Jacobean mansion located near Crewe Green, east of Crewe, in Cheshire, England. Described by Nikolaus Pevsner as one of the two finest Jacobean houses in Cheshire …   Wikipedia

  • Didcot Railway Centre — [v · d · …   Wikipedia

  • Darlington Railway Centre and Museum — Coordinates: 54°32′10″N 1°33′18″W / 54.536°N 1.555°W / 54.536; 1.555 …   Wikipedia

  • Crewe Almshouses, Nantwich — Crewe Almshouses, Beam Street, Nantwich Crewe Almshouses or Crewe s Almshouses is a terrace of seven former almshouses at the end of Beam Street (SJ6548152562 …   Wikipedia

  • Crewe Green — Coordinates: 53°05′41″N 2°24′32″W / 53.094743°N 2.408828°W / 53.094743; 2.408828 …   Wikipedia

  • List of attractions at the Midland Railway Centre — The Midland Railway, Butterley is a complex of railway museum exhibits within the Midland Railway Centre at Butterley, near Ripley in Derbyshire. OverviewThe Midland Railway Butterley lies on the Pye Bridge, near Ironville, to Ambergate line of… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”