Publisher: Ian Allan Publishing, Marketing Department, 4 Watling Drive, Hinkley LE10 3EY Tel: 01455 233747

ISBN: 978-0711032071

Pages: 80

Illustrations: 156 monochrome including maps

Date: October 2007

Cover: softback

Size: 282x213 portrait

Price: £12.99

Index: none

The British Railways Pictorial series currently runs to 13 titles. While most of them are area studies, some are treatises on motive power types such as early DMUs and EMUs. It was the London & North Western Railway that made Crewe famous by building their workshops there and providing an industrial base around which the town grew. A wide range of industries and large population centres were served by Crewe, including Manchester, Liverpool and North Wales. The author has captured the atmosphere of the main line between Crewe and Warrington in the days of steam but has allowed space for some later machines, too.