The Famous Lickey Incline Photobook
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Welcome to the LickeyArchive Photobook.

All the major diesel classes past & present aswel as some lesser known classes can be found slogging it out on the Incline here on the LickeyArchive Photobook.

Steam photography is also in abundance here from the days of mainline steam glory to preserved steam on the main line.

For those partial to Diesel Mutiple Units first generation & modern day stock there is a collection just for you!

Also check out 'Lickey Miscellany' for railway related extra's found in & around the Lickey.

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58100, a rare colour picture of her sat at Bromsgrove
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Big Bertha - MR 2290 - LMS 22290 - BR 58100
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    Top Photographs This Month
    58100, a rare colour picture of her sat at Bromsgrove  Big Bertha - MR 2290 - LMS 22290 - BR 58100  (39)
    45519 'Lady Godiva' climbs in anger 12-9-59  Pre 1968 Steam on the Lickey  (32)
    A fantastic colour photo of her passing Vigo at the back of a crudely covered freight.  Big Bertha - MR 2290 - LMS 22290 - BR 58100  (27)
    2290 'Big Bertha' in a filthy state still carrying her Midland Railway livery. Giving a helping hand to mankind's distruction of the ozone layer in the early 1920's  Big Bertha - MR 2290 - LMS 22290 - BR 58100  (26)
    45582 passes Bromsgrove heading south. 1960 Photo by Graham Trow  Pre 1968 Steam on the Lickey  (24)
    A Driver & Fireman pose for the camera aloft their pride of the banking fleet, 58100. Photograph provided by Keith Stockhall  Big Bertha - MR 2290 - LMS 22290 - BR 58100  (24)
    Gleaming after overhaul in the Derby sunshine. 23/9/1947  Big Bertha - MR 2290 - LMS 22290 - BR 58100  (23)
    Fowler built locomotive for the Midland Railway No.2290 0-10-0 'Big Bertha' at Blackwell Summit. c.1920  Big Bertha - MR 2290 - LMS 22290 - BR 58100  (20)
    2290 in almost new condition at Bromsgrove looking resplendent in 1920.  Big Bertha - MR 2290 - LMS 22290 - BR 58100  (19)
    10 Derby also has a soft spot for the 0-10-0 Lickey banker, she was built here in 1919 & subsiquently cut here in 1956. Here she's seen under construction after the First World War held up her completion.  Big Bertha - MR 2290 - LMS 22290 - BR 58100  (18)
    11 A written diagram of Midland Fowler 0-10-0  Big Bertha - MR 2290 - LMS 22290 - BR 58100  (18)
    12 Midland Railway's biggest locomotive 2290 was outshopped in a cream colour soon to change into allover black.  Big Bertha - MR 2290 - LMS 22290 - BR 58100  (18)
    13 The famous Midland machine in her BR guise, 58100, buffers up to an LNER 'beaver tail' coach to give the leading locomotive some assistance 16th April 1955. Thanks to Craig Oliphant for the extra information.  Big Bertha - MR 2290 - LMS 22290 - BR 58100  (17)
    14 Unrecognisable, a Derby Works employee handling her boiler as the process of dismantling is nearly complete.  Big Bertha - MR 2290 - LMS 22290 - BR 58100  (17)
    15 Being dismantled at Derby. Some of her parts can be found in various local museums.  Big Bertha - MR 2290 - LMS 22290 - BR 58100  (16)
    16 Many passenger trains also required banking at this period.  Big Bertha - MR 2290 - LMS 22290 - BR 58100  (16)
    17 92007 has assistance from fellow class member 92079 with an Esso oil train June 64  Pre 1968 Steam on the Lickey  (15)
    18 Midland Railways pride & joy, the Brand New 0-10-0 locomotive No.2290 built for banking on the Lickey Incline. In a livery she only carried for 3 months. Seen here in 1919  Big Bertha - MR 2290 - LMS 22290 - BR 58100  (15)
    19 At Finstall late on in her BR days she gives a shove to another freight up the famous bank.  Big Bertha - MR 2290 - LMS 22290 - BR 58100  (15)
    20 Relatively new Midland 0-10-0 banking locomotive 2290 assists a passenger train up the Lickey seen here at Bromsgrove in April 1920  Big Bertha - MR 2290 - LMS 22290 - BR 58100  (15)
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