Up freight ascending Lickey Bank (C) Ben Brooksbank

SO9871 : Up freight ascending Lickey Bank

near to Blackwell, Worcestershire, Great Britain

Up freight ascending Lickey Bank

Still in LMS livery, Stanier 8F 2-8-0 No. 8420 (built at Swindon in 1943 and employed on the GWR until 4/47, withdrawn 4/64) is battling up from Bromsgrove with a Class H freight, assisted in rear by the 0-10-0 'Big Bertha'. (For details see SO9871 : Up Relief express ascending Lickey Bank and other Lickey scenes).

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1948

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Grid Square: SO9871, 38 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Ben Brooksbank (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph
Date Taken: 24 July 1948 (more nearby)
Submitted: Thursday, 19 January, 2012
Geographical Context: Railways
Subject Location: OSGB36: SO 9859 7127 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:20.3705N 2:1.3271W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: SO 9859 7127
View Direction: Southwest (about 225 degrees)