Banking locomotives, thrashing diesels and complex workings define Britain's steepest sustained railway gradient.
Banking locomotives, thrashing diesels and complex workings define Britain's steepest sustained railway gradient.
Another extract from The Railway Engineer 1920 volume. This is from the May edition, an article about the newly built Midland Railway 0-10-0 No. 2290. Built specifically for one job, banking (pushi…
'Warships were one of the rarer visitors, making a pleasant change from dominance of Class 45/6 & 47s. Looking back through my old notes, in 1970 we had a drama when a 'Peak' hauled passenger train failed about 1/3 way up. Assistance came from another passenger train, 'Warship' hauled + 3x resident Hymeks bankers at rear! Please excuse 'blurriness' - clumsy teenage hands!
A handmade print of Richard Wilson-Dixon's oil painting of Class 37's banking on the Lickey Incline A Painting by Richard Wilson-Dixon
The events will be held on Zoom after the success of the society’s Summer Season of Online Talks.
Having banked the train in the previous picture, 58100 has retired for a water top-up. This unique 0.10.0. locomotive was withdrawn in 1956 and sadly scrapped soon after. She would have been popular had preservation been an option back then! Bromsgrove, 9 September 1950. Scanned from a 6x6cm size negative taken by the late Mervyn Mason, now in my collection.
Some Early Lines Old Railway Companies Brighton Road station, Birmingham, was opened on 1 November 1875, and was just under 3 miles from the Birmingham & Gloucester Railway’s junction with the …
