RMweb Gold Corbs Posted January 10, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 10, 2018 (edited) Excellent. At the moment I'm kind of hoping we go on to the second page as this one is so video-heavy it struggles to load! Edit: Mission accomplished. Edited January 10, 2018 by Corbs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted January 10, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 10, 2018 Terry Essery's Firing Days at Saltley or Saltley Firing Days (depending which edition you have) is a classic for footplate description of banking loose-coupled goods trains - on the Camp Hill line in Birmingham in the 50s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted January 14, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 14, 2018 (edited) A stock photo of a Shap banker, it's a good pic as it manages to convey noise and motion and power. As does this one from Keighley https://preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/47279-lms-7119-lms-7279-and-br-47279/ Edited January 14, 2018 by Corbs 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ryde-on-time Posted January 22, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 22, 2018 Was going through my late fathers photos during a visit to my mum at Christmas, living near Bromsgrove in the 1950's and 60's he had take lots of photos on the Lickey Bank. This photo though seemed to stand out as unusual? 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bike2steam Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Anyone got pics of the Ledbury banker on one of the odd occasions a 72xx was doing the job ?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted January 22, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 22, 2018 Was going through my late fathers photos during a visit to my mum at Christmas, living near Bromsgrove in the 1950's and 60's he had take lots of photos on the Lickey Bank. This photo though seemed to stand out as unusual? banker.jpg Possibly the most spectacular view from the beaver-tail observation saloon? Terry Essery, op. cit., describes standing on the verandah of a break van being banked by Big Bertha up the Lickey - an overwhelming experience. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted January 31, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) A cracking pic from Geoff Plumb on the Lickey and 92079 at rest a few years earlier. Edited January 31, 2018 by Corbs 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted November 5, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 5, 2018 (edited) Here's an interesting article on working the Lickey Incline, includes the story where in March 1950, when ex-LMS Garratt 47972 arrived at Bromsgrove with 42 loaded wagons and was banked up Lickey by 69999. The train stalled half-way and had to be rescued by 58100 'BIG BERTHA'. http://lickeyincline.blogspot.com/2011/03/working-lickey-incline-1949-1956.html I believe this is a photo of the event. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/64518788@N05/8541849931 The article also features these images. The U1 banking an O4 9F banking on the Lickey. Edited November 5, 2018 by Corbs 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted November 5, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 5, 2018 I have seen - but can't locate where - a sequence of photos showing trains banked on the Lickey by one, two, three, and four 3F 0-6-0Ts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted November 5, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 5, 2018 Would like to see that! I note that (what I presume is) 92079 in the photo above has a tail lamp - did these have to be moved before the bankers could proceed back down the incline or were they left on? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted November 6, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 6, 2018 For descending the bank light engine, the loco had to carry a head lamp on the tender and a tail lamp on the front buffer beam; the later Hymeks and 37s also had to display the correct markers for the direction they were travelling in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS2968 Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 The rules for bank engines on Lickey were different to those elsewhere; in fact they were totally against all normal block working. Each loco carried a head and tail lamp throughout; they weren't removed between individual locos. Each banker would join and drop off the train independently; they were not coupled together but would then be buffered up in whichever direction of movement. Descending bankers would be propelled through the crossover by the trailing one, and once on the gradient all steam shut off leaving the leading loco control the locos' speed with its brakes. Strictly speaking, each banker constituted a train in its own right so, including the banked train, you could effectively have five trains in one section. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted November 6, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 6, 2018 So is it a head rather than a tail lamp that's visible in the photo? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS2968 Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 At that time it's a tail lamp, but would become a head lamp on the descent. During the daytime, there wouldn't be a physical change. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnforth Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 (edited) I have seen - but can't locate where - a sequence of photos showing trains banked on the Lickey by one, two, three, and four 3F 0-6-0Ts. I've seen that sequence on one of my B+R videos too, not sure which one though. Edit below. Sorry, made a mistake, it's Vol 6 from the Steam World Archive series, highlights a 9F hauled oil train on the Lickey banked by 4 Pannier tanks. Edited December 23, 2018 by Carnforth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted December 30, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 30, 2018 A photo of two banking legends at Bromsgrove together. https://www.flickr.com/photos/28083135@N06/30452899847 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted December 30, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 30, 2018 (edited) Born in Bewdley I heard, but don't remember, stories of excursions to South Wales that used theTenbury branch to Wooferton, I would have thought these needed banking through the Wyre Forest. The track bed has quite an incline on it any ideas? Am sure Tony Barfield mentions one of these trains....just checked, 6388 piloted by 4100 which came off at Woofferton. The proper Great Western way....!! Edited December 31, 2018 by Phil Bullock 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted December 31, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 31, 2018 Some lovely noises from Germany as this BR50 2-10-0 provides some assistance to double headed BR41s. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted March 12, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 12, 2019 RalphW posted this on National Preservation Shap in the early 1960s with Fairburns and 4MTs doing the honours. Spectacular footage. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 14 hours ago, Corbs said: RalphW posted this on National Preservation Shap in the early 1960s with Fairburns and 4MTs doing the honours. Spectacular footage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 What a wonderful piece of evocative film, truly spine tingling. Davey 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CinderMonkey Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 (edited) I agree with Davey. Thanks for posting, seeing a Fairburn and a Flying Pig working together made my day (if only an ex-LBSC E4 had worked its way into the mix, but one can still dream). Edited March 22, 2019 by CinderMonkey 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CinderMonkey Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 Here's a video of 34046 Braunton shoving its unrebuilt cousin 34067 Tangmere up Exeter Bank, courtesy of Great Western MGM. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUKqptpdLgc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthesod4479 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Does anyone recall the pic that appeared in the RM some years ago of the banking to end all banking IIRC there was a LMS 2-6-6-2.The LNER Garrett, Big Bertha and a 9F Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS2968 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 I have seen it, but not there. Bertha counted as two engines; I'm not sure about the Garratt but at least two. If the two came on to the bank engine siding one behind the other and the next train wanted three bankers, these are what hit would get. It might have happened more than once as the system didn't allow a mix and match of bankers with the trains. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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