Lickey Incline

47307 lifts a heavy tank train up the Lickey Incline in 1980, with considerable assistance from two Class 37 banking engines See image 49932. 47307, the former D1788, was a Tinsley loco at this time. It was finally withdrawn in 2002 and cut up at EMR Kingsbury in 2008.

Location: Lickey Incline

Original line: Birmingham and Gloucester Railway

Photographer: Mark Bartlett

Contact photographer: Mark Bartlett

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Date: 11/09/1980

Image number: 49924

Tags: Class 37 Co-Co Diesel English Electric Type 3
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