MR 0-10-0 Lickey Banker
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In 1919, the Midland Railway built a single one-off 0-10-0 steam locomotive, No 2290. It was designed by James Anderson for banking duties on the Lickey Incline in Worcestershire, England. It became k
Lickey Banker
2290 descending the Lickey Incline, 1947
LNER Class U1
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The London and North Eastern Railway Class U1 was a solitary 2-8-0+0-8-2 Garratt locomotive designed for banking coal trains over the Worsborough Bank, a steeply graded line in South Yorkshire and par
MR 0-10-0 Lickey Banker
…107 t) and ten 4 ft 7+1⁄2 in (1.410 m) diameter driving wheels, Bertha had a tractive effort of 43,300 lbf (193 kN). It, the LMS Garratts, and the LNER Class U1 Garratt were the only locomotives not given a power classification by either the LMS or BR, either because the bankers were designed specifically for…
No. 2395, in photographic grey, in 1925
No. 69999 on the Lickey Incline 1949