Manchester Piccadilly To Crewe

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  1. nwp1

    nwp1 Well-Known Member

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  2. Geth_2234

    Geth_2234 Well-Known Member

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    This is a really nice route I would love to see it with the class 175 in transport for wales livery. 30743770377_d91059f481_b-1.jpg
     
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    dhekelian Well-Known Member

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    I like the route but prefer the old Diesels. What Diesels ran here in say the early 80's?
     
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  4. finntd#7891

    finntd#7891 Well-Known Member

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    Class 31 Probably and maybe Class 40s, we could have Variants of them we have not seen Yet, and considering it’s close Proximity we can Assume the North Trans Pennine locos can Suitably layer in
     
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  5. tibomatthijs

    tibomatthijs Well-Known Member

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    Great suggestion! I would love to see more routes like that, then we also finally have Crewe in TSW :)
     
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    OldVern Well-Known Member

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    In the early 80s you would also have Class 304s on the local trains.
     
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    marcsharp2 Well-Known Member

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    That would be a very cool intensive route.
     
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    Even though ATS has announced this as their first route for TSW5, I think they have missed a massive selling point by not including Crewe
     
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  10. nwp1

    nwp1 Well-Known Member

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    Yep, been campaigning for this a long time. Thank you Alan Thomson.

    Others l have been asking for Severn Valley Railway and the Metropolitan Line
     
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