Bromsgrove Station, with Up freight... © Ben Brooksbank cc-by-sa/2.0

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

taken 62 years ago, near to Aston Fields, Worcestershire, Great Britain

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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Grid Square: SO9669, 199 images (more nearby )
Photographer: Ben Brooksbank (find more nearby)
Date Taken: 18 August 1960 (more nearby)
Submitted: Friday, 18 June, 2010
Category: Railway station (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: SO 968 693 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:19.3344N 2:2.8671W
Camera Location: OSGB36: SO 968 693
View Direction: South-southwest (about 202 degrees)