1960

SO9669 : Bromsgrove Station, with Up freight rushing the Lickey Bank

taken 64 years ago, near to Aston Fields, Worcestershire, England

Bromsgrove Station, with Up freight rushing the Lickey Bank
Bromsgrove Station, with Up freight rushing the Lickey Bank
View SW, towards (Worcester), Gloucester and Bristol; ex-Midland Bristol - Gloucester - (Worcester) - Birmingham - Derby et. trunk main line. The famous Lickey Bank (two miles at 1-in-37) starts here and all trains had to stop at Bromsgrove South Box, where one or more banking engines closed onto the rear of the train, then the ensemble rushed through the station and hammered ferociously up the Bank. Here an old Midland Class 3F 0-6-0 (near the end of its life) heading a substantial Up freight sets off out of the loop with two or three helpers pushing from behind. (It was a magnificent sight - and on this occasion I also got a tape-recording).

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SO9669, 204 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Ben Brooksbank   (more nearby)
Date Taken
18 August 1960   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 18 June, 2010
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 968 693 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:19.3344N 2:2.8671W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 968 693
View Direction
South-southwest (about 202 degrees)
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