European Railroad Discussion > A foreigner passes through Crewe, UK

On my trip from Derby to Llandudno, Wales, I changed trains in Crewe on the West Coast Main Line and captured three shots.

1. No, I did not find myself accidentally in Germany. A subsidiary of the German railway Deutsche Bahn (DB) is the current operator of the locomotive-hauled passenger trains for Transport for Wales using 67-class diesels of DB Cargo UK. Built by Alstom in Spain with EMD innards.

2. The going away shot.

3. Freights bypass the station for the most part but this Colas Rail 66-class diesel brought a short maintenance train into the station and dropped the cars prior to this move.

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Transport for Wales is the operator of the Manchester to Cardiff passenger service, they lease the class 67s from DB Cargo UK, which has a pool of 67s capable of operating with the BR Mk4 coaching stock.