Workers Overhauling Locomotives at Crewe works

From London Midland & Scottish Railway Collection. Workers overhauling locomotives at the London & North Western Railway's Crewe works, 1913.

The erecting shop, was equipped with 20 cranes, tools for repairs and drilling machines.

Crewe was one of the most important railway works in Britain and manufactured a huge range of railway equipment, turning raw materials into finished articles. Opened in 1843, the works constructed and repaired locomotives, carriages and signalling equipment, and even made soap for cleaning oil stains!