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  • From the archive: Inside Crewe’s railway power control centre in 1962

    From the archive: Inside Crewe’s railway power control centre in 1962

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    In September 1962, The Railway Magazine examined the power control centre at Crewe as work advanced on the Crewe to Stafford section of the London Midland Region electrification scheme. The centre already supervised power feed to the Manchester-Crewe and Liverpool-Crewe sections and was the first of four centres intended eventually to cover the entire electrification…


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