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40xxx. [A181B--104] Moving on about 30 miles and a view of the through siding at Gresty Lane, taken from a Cardiff Crewe train, sees an unknown 40 waiting to go down to Basford Hall with a ballast train. 25th November 1980.
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25212. [EBR8-005] Withdrawn 25212 sits on one of the sidings in Basford Hall Yard, awaiting the call to the scrap man, 3rd June 1986. The loco obviously had a cab swap around at some time in its career, as on the RH cab the Pre-TOPS number 7531 is showing through the paint, which was the Pre-TOPS number of 25181.
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02:05:27 03/06/1986 		47/4xx. [EBR6-009] Unidentified Class 47/4, light engine at Basford Hall. 12th June 1986
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01:43:09 12/06/1986 		46023. [GB8-89a-028] 46023 sits in the yard at Basford Hall, Crewe, waiting for the call to the scrap man. 21st July 1989. 25080 and 47101 are behind 46023.
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17:38:54 21/07/1989
GB8-89a-030 47101 sits in the yard at Basford Hall, Crewe, waiting for the call to the scrap man. 21st July 1989.
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17:40:33 21/07/1989 		GB8-89a-032 BRCW Class 104 DTC, M54181 sits awaiting its fate in Basford Hall yard. 21st July 1989.
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17:42:55 21/07/1989 		25080. [GB8-89a-029] 25080 sits in the yard at Basford Hall, Crewe, waiting for the call to the scrap man. 21st July 1989.
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17:39:05 21/07/1989 		GB8-89a-031 M55981, ex Class 127 DMU M51612, converted for parcels use with the addition of roller shutter doors and carrying the set number 911, sits in Basford Hall yard, Crewe. 21st July 1989.
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17:41:03 21/07/1989
DBR7-135 LMS 20t Lowmac MR, LDM700615, sits around the back of Basford Hall yard, with a load of track parts. 12th July 1985.
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LDS58300, YTV. [DBR7-122] Ex SR 25t bogie brake van, now coded YTV, LDS58300, working out of the S&T department at Chester, in the yard at Basford Hall. 11th July 1985. Behind just getting into the photo is class 40, 97408, ex 40118, in departmental use.
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25278, 25313. [FBR3-016] 25278 and 25313 await their fate in Basford Hall Yard. 27th March 1987.
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22:58:23 27/03/1987 		97405, 40060. [FBR3-018] 97405, ex 40060, complete with painted nameplate, in Basford Hall Yard. 27th March 1987.
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23:02:31 27/03/1987
47147. [Gb12-90a-003] 47147 in Pengam Freightliner Terminal, having arrived with 4V68 from Basford Hall. 26th September 1990.
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18:00:30 26/09/1990 		47051. [Gb12-90a-004] 47051 sits in the Up Loop at Panteg with 4M23 from Pengam to Basford Hall. 26th September 1990.
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18:01:08 26/09/1990 		47226. [Gb12-90a-018] 47226 waits at the signal protecting the level crossing at Wem, at the head of 4V68 from Basford Hall to Pengam. 9th October 1990.
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18:08:14 09/10/1990 		47002. [Gb12-90a-002] 47002 sits on the down Relief at Hereford with 4V68 from Basford Hall to Pengam. 25th September 1990.
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17:58:18 25/09/1990
08823. [Gb7-91b-034] 08823 is one of the pilots in Basford Hall yard. 19th June 1991.
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17:52:33 19/06/1991 		47293. [Gb7-91b-035] 47293 with 4V68 from Basford Hall waits on the curve at Gresty Lane, 19th June 1991.
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17:52:55 19/06/1991 		37215, 37371. [Gb7-91b-033] 37215 & 37371 at the head of a train of bogie oil tanks, in the yard at Basford Hall. 19th June 1991.
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17:51:22 19/06/1991 		31206. [Gb7-90a-007] 31206 enters Basford Hall yard with a freightliner train. 22nd June 1990.
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00:19:49 22/06/1990
B955110, CAR. [Gb7-90a-029] A bit of over enthusiastic shunting sees CAR brakevan, B955110 and an unidentified vanfit and ex LMS CCT, a little worse for wear in Basford Hall yard. 26th June 1990.
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21:07:11 26/06/1990 		Gb7-90a-027 47236 waits to depart with 4V68 to Pengam, in Basford Hall yard. 26th June 1990.
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22:41:48 26/06/1990 		Gb7-90a-028 47455 with its accident damage hidden under a tarpaulin in Basford Hall yard. 26th June 1990.
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22:43:42 26/06/1990 		56046. [Gb8-90-033] 56046 waits for the road at Harlescott Signal Box, between Shrewsbury and Wem, en-route to Basford Hall with 4S81. 7th August 1990.
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08:49:29 07/08/1990
B462779, RGQ. [EBR8-003] View of Freightliner match wagon, RGQ B462779, in Basford Hall yard. 3rd June 1986. a photo of one of these wagons earlier in their lives, in original livery can be found here. flic.kr/p/YEDQ1f
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02:05:27 03/06/1986 		40012, (212). [EBR8-004] Class 40, 212 ex 40012, now in departmental use as 97407, stabled in Basford Hall Yard. 3rd June 1986.
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02:05:27 03/06/1986 		B462779, RGQ. [EBR8-002] View of the buffer beam of Freightliner match wagon, RGQ B462779, coupled up to an inner Freightliner wagon, in Basford Hall yard. 3rd June 1986.
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02:05:27 03/06/1986 		DW65742, GWR 'MOGO' Motor Car Van. [EBR8-001] Ex GWR 'MOGO' Motor Car Van DW65742, built with end doors as well as the usual bodyside doors, and now in use with the S&T department, sat in Basford Hall sidings. 3rd June 1986.
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02:05:27 03/06/1986
86405, 86432. [EBR6-012] 86405 and 86432 at the head of a northbound Freightliner service, pass Basford Hall yard. 12th June 1986
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01:43:09 12/06/1986 		XDB975957, DM395884. [EBR6-010] Ex Blue Spot fish van, later in "Express Parcels" livery and use, stands condemned in Basford Hall sidings, after departmental use and numbered QRV, XDB975957. 12th June 1986. To the right is Ex LMS period III Corridor Third, DM395884, now condemned after a period of engineers use.
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01:43:09 12/06/1986 		DW65742, KDB923962. [EBR6-011] Viewed across the yard at Basford Hall, ex GWR 'MOGO' Motor Car Van, DW65742, lately in use with the S&T department, and Bogie Bolster E, YRV KDB923962. 12th June 1986. I have another photo of MOGO, DW65742 here. flic.kr/p/YgoJM4
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01:43:09 12/06/1986 		40183. [SC-354] 40183 stabled around the back of Crewe Deisel Depot. 5th March 1983. The railway lines visible in the background are the Independant lines from Basford Hall to the North
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47131, 25154. [FBR3-015] After its trip down the back at Dorrington, 47131 waits for the scrapyard in Basford Hall Yard with 25154 behind. 27th March 1987.
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22:57:25 27/03/1987 		25254, 25192. [FBR3-013] 25154 and 25192, await their final call to the scrapman in Basford Hall Yard. 27th March 1987.
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22:54:27 27/03/1987 		25201, 25288. [FBR3-010] 25201, with 25288 behind and 25109 to its left, await their fate in Basford Hall Yard. 27th March 1987.
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22:44:52 27/03/1987 		FBR3-021 47053 powers a train of Mermaid ballast tipplers, from Basford Hall towards Gresty Lane signal box. 27th March 1987.
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23:07:59 27/03/1987
25057. [FBR3-014] 25057 awaits its fate in Basford Hall Yard. 27th March 1987.
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22:55:22 27/03/1987 		FBR3-011 ADB977191, ex Gloucester class 100, DTC, M56106, looking a little worse for wear, after being shunted through the buffers in Basford Hall Yard. 27th March 1987.
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22:51:29 27/03/1987 		ADB977191, ex Gloucester class 100, DTC, M56106. [FBR3-012] ADB977191, ex Gloucester class 100, DTC, M56106, keeps a brace of withdrawn class 25's company, in Basford Hall Yard. 27th March 1987.
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22:53:10 27/03/1987 		20132. [FBR3-008] 20132+ANO haul a train of mixed wagons, on the Down Independent, past Basford Hall yard. 27th March 1987.
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22:42:56 27/03/1987
97405, 40060. [FBR3-017] 97405, ex 40060, waits for its final journey to Leicester and the scrapman. Basford Hall Yard. 27th March 1987.
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23:01:34 27/03/1987 		FBR3-019 08473 and 08470, await thier final journey to the scrapman, in Basford Hall Yard. 27th March 1987.
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23:04:00 27/03/1987 		HBR2-005 Covhop, CHP, B870704, condemned at Crewe Basford Hall. 24th March 1988.
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19:55:58 24/03/1988 		HBR2-002 Covhop, CHP, B886935, condemned at Crewe Basford Hall. 24th March 1988.
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19:52:06 24/03/1988
HBR2-003 Covhop, CHP, B886911, condemned at Crewe Basford Hall. 24th March 1988.
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19:53:22 24/03/1988 		HBR2-004 Covhop, CHP, B876545, condemned at Crewe Basford Hall. 24th March 1988.
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19:54:45 24/03/1988 		B768645. [HBR2-026] Sat out in the South Yard at Basford hall, Crewe, KDB768645, a BR 12t planked box van (Vanfit), ex CS & TE Dept use and coded ZGV, awaits its final trip to the breakers. 28th March 1988.
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17:25:48 28/03/1988 		HBR2-029 An unidentified Class 58 makes its way along the Up Goods at Basford Hall. 28th March 1988. The low level trackbed in the foreground used to be "The Potteries Loop" that linked Basford Hall yard to the "Potteries Line" to Stoke-on-Trent.
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17:36:04 28/03/1988
DB596092. [HBR2-030] Sat out on a siding in Basford Hall, Crewe, DB596092, is an e 10ft wheelbase, 16t mineral wagon, put into Dept use and coded ZHV, awaits its final trip to the breakers. 28th March 1988.
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17:40:49 28/03/1988 		HBR2-032 Fitted with vacuum disc brakes, vacuum fitted Covhop, CHV, B870852, awaits its fate in Basford Hall yard. 28th March 1988.
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17:46:36 28/03/1988 		HBR2-033 Fitted with vacuum disc brakes, vacuum fitted Covhop, CHV, B870744, awaits its fate in Basford Hall yard. 28th March 1988.
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17:48:20 28/03/1988 		B386461, B388623, MSV. [HBR2-025] Sat out in the South Yard at Basford hall, Crewe, these two MSV, ex Iron Ore Tipplers, await their final trip to the breakers. 28th March 1988. On the left and fitted with oil axleboxes is B386461, and on the right, with Hybox axleboxes, B388623.
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17:20:31 28/03/1988
HBR2-028 More redundant DMU stock, this time Class 107 vehicles as well as Class 101 and Class 116, await their fate in Basford Hall 28th March 1988.
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17:32:40 28/03/1988 		HBR2-031 Another view of redundant DMU stock in Basford Hall yard, with Class 104, Class 107, Class 101 and Class 116 examples awaiting their fate. 28th March 1988.
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17:43:47 28/03/1988 		KDB904114, Lowmac ET. [HBR2-034] Still very much in use, Lowmac ET KDB904114 is in Departmental use and coded ZVV, when captured in Basford Hall yard. 28th March 1988.
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17:51:17 28/03/1988 		86410. [KBR1-024] The special steel train arrives at Gresty Lane behind a pair of Class 86 locos, led by 86410, see comment below,. 28th December 1988. The train would be backed into the "WR sidings" which were the other side of the lines from Gresty Lane to Basford Hall, opposite to where I had parked 37712. I would then work the train forward to Hereford with 37712. Unusually the train is coming from the direction of Crewe Station instead of its normal routing via the Independent lines from Salop Goods Junction, but during the holiday period the Independent lines and Salop Goods Junction Signal box were usually closed, so all traffic came via the station.
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20:15:44 28/12/1988
B445227, HKV. [KBR2-004] HKV, B445227, stood in Basford Hall yard. 11th January 1989.
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19:09:09 11/01/1989 		31287, 47015, 47001, 47437. [KBR2-006] 31287, 47015, 47001 and 47437, awaiting the final trip for scrapping. Basford Hall yard. 11th January 1989.
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19:12:02 11/01/1989 		KBR2-002 Looking across Basford Hall yard from the main lines on the 11th January 1989, sees an unidentified class 47 at the head of a southbound freightliner.
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19:04:46 11/01/1989 		KBR2-007 47001 and 47437, awaiting the final trip for scrapping, Basford Hall yard. 11th January 1989.
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19:13:01 11/01/1989
B445407, HKV. [KBR2-005] HKV, B445407, stood in Basford Hall yard. 11th January 1989.
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19:10:55 11/01/1989 		KBR2-003 Sadly I'm unable to identify this Class 47 stood in Basford Hall yard with its ridiculously small numbers. Hopefully someone else might be able to. 11th January 1989. It is probably the same one as in the previous shot.
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19:08:00 11/01/1989 		KBR2-012 20007 + 20053 pass Basford Hall yard on the Down Independent lines with a MGR service. 11th January 1989.
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19:18:02 11/01/1989 		KBR2-009 85001 awaiting the final trip for scrapping. Basford Hall yard. 11th January 1989. Ex Derby Research class 31, 97203 just creeps into the right of shot.
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19:15:30 11/01/1989
KBR2-014 85001 awaiting the final trip for scrapping. Basford Hall yard. 11th January 1989.
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19:19:51 11/01/1989 		97203, (31298), 85001. [KBR2-013] 97203, ex 31298, and 85001 awaiting the final trip for scrapping. Basford Hall yard. 11th January 1989.
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19:19:06 11/01/1989 		KBR2-011 20007 with 20053 just sneaking into shot, passing Basford Hall yard on the Down Independent lines with a MGR service. 11th January 1989.
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19:17:04 11/01/1989 		KBR2-008 85039 and 85001, awaiting the final trip for scrapping. Basford Hall yard. 11th January 1989.
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19:14:11 11/01/1989
97203, (31298), 47414. [KBR2-010 97203, ex 31298, and 47414 awaiting the final trip for scrapping. Basford Hall yard. 11th January 1989.
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19:16:22 11/01/1989 		KBR3-036 83015 with 82003 behind, in Basford Hall yard, in the early hours of the 17th March 1989.
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18:47:26 17/04/1989 		KBR3-035 82003 in Basford Hall yard, in the early hours of the 17th March 1989.
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18:45:53 17/04/1989 		31287. [KBR3-030] 31287 in a line of condemned locos in Basford Hall yard, in the early hours of the 17th March 1989.
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18:39:42 17/04/1989
KBR3-032 82008 in Basford Hall yard, in the early hours the 17th March 1989.
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18:41:18 17/04/1989 		KBR3-037 82008 & 83015, in Basford Hall yard, in the early hours of the 17th March 1989.
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18:48:51 17/04/1989 		KBR3-033 82005 with 82003 behind in Basford Hall yard, in the early hours of the 17th March 1989.
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18:43:21 17/04/1989 		KBR3-034 83015, 82003 & 83012 behind, in Basford Hall yard, in the early hours of the 17th March 1989.
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18:44:45 17/04/1989
KBR5-001 Climbing out of Shrewsbury past Crewe Bank SB, The siding connection on the left leads to Shrewsbury coal and oil depots, with a class 37/4, now identified as 37426, see comment below, about to pass us heading for Cardiff with a parcels train. Taken from 37797 heading light engine to Crewe Basford Hall, 25th April 1989.
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08:56:23 25/04/1989 		KBR5-002 The view from 37797, heading light engine to Crewe Basford Hall, approaching Wem, with a Class 37/7 heading the opposite way with an unidentified service, but probably a steel train. 25th April 1989.
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09:07:05 25/04/1989 		KBR5-003 The view from 37797 heading light engine to Crewe Basford Hall approaching Nantwich. Nantwich Station signal boxes down distant signal can just be seen in the distance, just before crossing over the Shropshire Union Canal, 25th April 1989.
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09:08:28 25/04/1989 		KBR5-004 The view from 37797 running along the "Through Siding" at Gresty Green, en-route to Crewe Basford Hall, 25th April 1989. A class 108 DMU, probably a Cardiff or Swansea set, heads the opposite way on a Crewe-Shrewsbury all stations service.
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09:33:35 25/04/1989
KBR5-007 4 wheel LPG tank wagon, SUKO 59637, stood in Basford Hall Yard. 25th April 1989.
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09:45:20 25/04/1989 		KBR5-009 08907 & 47637 at Crewe Basford Hall, 25th April 1989.
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09:51:37 25/04/1989 		KBR5-010 47005 stabled in Crewe Basford Hall, 25th April 1989.
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09:53:25 25/04/1989 		KBR5-006 4 wheel LPG tank wagon, SUKO 59532, stood in Basford Hall Yard. 25th April 1989.
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09:43:31 25/04/1989
KBR5-008 47010 stands at the head of an LPG tank train in Basford Hall Yard. 25th April 1989.
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09:49:08 25/04/1989 		KBR5-011 My steed for the day, 37797, now coupled up to a raft of loaded MGR wagons bound for Llanwern steelworks. Crewe Basford Hall, 25th April 1989.
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09:55:34 25/04/1989 		46023. [KBR5-034] 46023 awaits its fate in Basford Hall yard. Although not absolutely sure of the date, my diary would suggest it was probably 23rd May 1989.
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17:42:29 23/05/1989 		46023. [KBR5-037] 46023 awaits its fate in Basford Hall yard along with 25080. Although not absolutely sure of the date, my diary would suggest it was probably 23rd May 1989.
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17:49:44 23/05/1989
KBR5-036 25173, along with 47101, awaits their fate in Basford Hall yard. Although not absolutely sure of the date, my diary would suggest it was probably 23rd May 1989.
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17:48:15 23/05/1989 		KBR5-038 08528 and 47011 have a bleak future sat in Basford Hall yard. Although not absolutely sure of the date, my diary would suggest it was probably 23rd May 1989.
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17:50:27 23/05/1989 		KBR5-035 25080 along with 25173 behind, awaits its fate in Basford Hall yard. Although not absolutely sure of the date, my diary would suggest it was probably 23rd May 1989.
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17:47:11 23/05/1989 		LBR7-026 86438 heads north with a freightliner service at Crewe Basford Hall. Date is either 21st or 22nd June 1990.
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19:50:55 22/06/1990
LBR7-027 47322 heads an MGR train north at Crewe Basford Hall. Date is either 21st or 22nd June 1990.
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19:41:18 22/06/1990 		66414. Basford Hall. 24-01-23. [GB-Digi-4] 66414 waits to depart Basford Hall yard 24th January 2023. (Photo courtesy of G Brookes).
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18:07:31 04/02/2023 		66623. Basford Hall. 19-07-23. [GB-Digi-7] 66623 sits in Basford Hall yard with 6Z39, 21:56 from East Usk to Elstow. 19th July 2023. (Photo courtesy of G Brookes).
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03:55:54 19/07/2023 		LBR10-004 Watched by an unidentified Class 08, 37350, D6700 heads a train of oil tanks with an unidentified classmate, in Basford Hall Yard, Crewe. The date is either 18th or 19th July 1990.
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19:12:45 19/07/1990
LBR10-005 90045 heads a southbound Freightliner service into Basford Hall Yard, Crewe. The date is either 18th or 19th July 1990.
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19:14:30 19/07/1990 		MBR4-029 47217 heads a raft of Freightliner flats on the16th November 1991. I do not recognise where I actually took this shot, almost certainly whilst stopped by a signal check, only that it is somewhere between Crewe Basford Hall and Hereford.
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18:39:46 16/11/1991 		MBR4-028 08692 captured in Basford Hall sidings, Crewe16th November 1991
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18:37:45 16/11/1991 		MBR5-014 BR standard 20T Brakevan, DB954032; TOPS coded ZTO, stands on the north end of the headshunt for Basford Hall Yard, where it was standing in for the buffer stops, which had been demolished during an "overenthusiastic" shunt. 11 May 1991.
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19:42:16 11/05/1991
A92--010 Ex LMS D1832A 12T Goods Van, built at Wolverton in 1929 which carried the number DM157754. later the internal user number M024318, and ex LMS 12T all steel Goods Van, to diagram D1828, M024319, ex DM175756, sit in the upper yard at Basford Hall, Crewe. Although not 100% sure of the date of the photo, I believe it to be 7th February 1992.
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19:06:21 07/02/1992 		KDB935492, ZDV. [A92--011] BR 8 shoe vacuum fitted plate wagon, now in S&T use and coded ZDV, KDB935492, sits in the upper yard at Basford Hall, Crewe. Although not 100% sure of the date of the photo, I believe it to be 7th February 1992.
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19:08:31 07/02/1992 		A92--013 Ex LMS 12T all steel Goods Van, to diagram D1828, M024319, ex DM175756, with Ex LMS D1832A 12T Goods Van, built at Wolverton in 1929 which carried the number DM157754. later the internal user number M024318, sit in the upper yard at Basford Hall, Crewe. Although not 100% sure of the date of the photo, I believe it to be 7th February 1992.
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19:16:57 07/02/1992 		KDB935492, ZDV. [A92--012] BR 8 shoe vacuum fitted plate wagon, now in S&T use and coded ZDV, KDB935492, sits in the upper yard at Basford Hall, Crewe. Although not 100% sure of the date of the photo, I believe it to be 7th February 1992. In the background are ex LMS D1832A 12T Goods Van, built at Wolverton in 1929 and carried the number DM157754. later the internal user number M024318, and ex LMS 12T all steel Goods Van, to diagram D1828, 024319, ex DM175756.
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19:15:35 07/02/1992
A92--018 47309 climbs from Basford Hall Yard towards Gresty Lane signal box, with a train of Freightliner wagons. Although not 100% sure of the date of the photo, I believe it to be on or shortly after 7th February 1992.
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19:12:09 28/02/1992
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