1947

SO9871 : 'Big Bertha', the 0-10-0 banker, descending the Lickey Bank, 1947

taken 77 years ago, near to Blackwell, Worcestershire, England

'Big Bertha', the 0-10-0 banker, descending the Lickey Bank, 1947
'Big Bertha', the 0-10-0 banker, descending the Lickey Bank, 1947
View SW, down the 1-in-37 Lickey Bank to Bromsgrove, on the ex-Midland Birmingham - Bristol main line. The sole and unique 0-10-0 No. 2290, was built at Derby in 1919, became No. 22290 very briefly before Nationalisation, then No. 58100 on the LMR and worked here until withdrawn in 5/56.

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SO9871, 94 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Walter Dendy, deceased   (more nearby)
Contributed by
Ben Brooksbank   (more nearby)
Date Taken
27 July 1947   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 3 June, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 985 712 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:20.3327N 2:1.4063W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 985 712
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Southwest (about 225 degrees)
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