Crewe Electric TMD
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{{Use British English|date=February 2018}}
{{Short description|Railway traction maintenance depot in Cheshire, England}}
{{One source|date=December 2022}}{{Infobox Railway Depot
| name = Crewe Electric TMD
| image = Crewe Electric Loco Depot - geograph.org.uk - 79501.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Locomotives damaged in the Nuneaton rail crash outside the depot in June 1975
| location = Crewe, United Kingdom
| coordinates = {{coord|53.0974|-2.4578|type:landmark_region:GB_scale:2000_source:Google|display=inline,title}}
| grid_ref_UK = SJ693557
| owner = DB Cargo UK
| depotcode = {{Unbulleted list|5H (1963-1966)|CW (1973)|CE (1973-)}}
| opened =
| closed =
| 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.{{Cite book |title=Rail Atlas: Great Britain & Ireland |last=Baker |first=S. K. |ISBN=0-86093-553-1}}
Depot plaque
File:92027 George Eliot at Stafford.jpg locomotive displaying an eagle depot plaque, fixed below the cab side window]]
In 1987, Railfreight introduced depot plaques on its locomotives; those allocated to Crewe IEMD carried a plaque depicting an eagle.
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book|title=Stafford to Chester|first1=Vic|last1=Mitchell|first2=Keith|last2=Smith|at=fig. 72|publisher=Middleton Press|location=West Sussex|year=2012|isbn=9781908174345|oclc=830024480}}
- {{cite magazine|title=Crewe notches up another successful open day|pages=14–15|issue=305|date=21 May – 3 June 1997|magazine=RAIL|publisher=EMAP Apex Publications|issn=0953-4563|oclc=49953699}}
External links
- Depot Directory [https://web.archive.org/web/20091017151746/http://markwiddop.tripod.com/Depots/id6.html West Coast (Internet Archive)]
- An [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=53.098379,-2.457494&spn=0.004561,0.010042&t=h&z=17&om=1 overhead view] of the depot. Crewe Works is the long, rectangular building and Crewe Electric is on the branch of tracks to the south.
Category:Railway depots in England
Category:Rail transport in Cheshire
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