EPW013811 ENGLAND (1925). The Bromsgrove Railway Works at Ashton Fields, Bromsgrove, 1925. This image has been produced from a copy-negative.

Manylion

Pennawd	[EPW013811] The Bromsgrove Railway Works at Ashton Fields, Bromsgrove, 1925. This image has been produced from a copy-negative.
Cyfeirnod	EPW013811
Dyddiad	July-1925
Dolen
Enw lle	BROMSGROVE
Plwyf
Ardal
Gwlad	ENGLAND
Dwyreiniad / Gogleddiad	396805, 269177
Hydred / Lledred	-2.0468798471475, 52.320297163947
Cyfeirnod Grid Cenedlaethol	SO968692

Pinnau

Lickey Incline. Steepest main line gradient in Britain. Adrodd fel Amhriodol	Amadis	Thursday 30th of October 2014 08:15:02 PM
This could easily be the 'Lickey Banker'0-10-0 No.2290 standing between piles of coal. Adrodd fel Amhriodol	Amadis	Thursday 30th of October 2014 08:13:20 PM
Yes, I believe that you are right that the locomotive standing on No3 shed road is Big Bertha BUT it never had a light on the tender (as assumed by "Maurice"). Adrodd fel Amhriodol	JayBee	Thursday 30th of October 2014 09:15:23 PM
Looks fairly convincing to me. Cab on the front of the tender and what could be the big electric light on the back... I assume it had a light at both ends. It certainly had a search light on the front above the smoke box door. Adrodd fel Amhriodol	Maurice	Saturday 8th of November 2014 09:52:23 PM

Cyfraniadau Grŵp

For the benefit of non-railway minded users, The Lickey Incline is famous for being, as Amadis states, the steepest gradient found on any British mainline (the route between Bristol & Birmingham), the gradient being a sustained 1 in 37.7 climb for 2 miles from Bromsgrove. The result is that heavy trains were often unable to climb the incline using the normal train engine alone and the Lickey Banker was stationed at the bottom of the incline in order to assist by pushing at the rear of the train.

Brightonboy

Sunday 9th of November 2014 10:24:12 PM