Banking on Worsbrough
We watched a MGR train leave Wath and then got ahead of it on the incline, between Wath and Barnsley Junction, having paused for bankers to come on the on the rear, 76031+037. I'm no longer sure of the gradient (it was steeper than the main lift over Woodhead) and 4 Class 76 locos was the norm for these trains. 76022+023 were at the head and speed was not very high.
In GCR days Robinsom had sketched an 0-10-2 banker for this duty and the Gresley Garratt was later tried. Note how, after electrification in the early '50s, it became an early example of lineside afforestation. 23rd June 1981.
Details: OM2 and Kodachrome, slide scan.
© Copyright Steve Banks, no unauthorised use.
Banking on Worsbrough
We watched a MGR train leave Wath and then got ahead of it on the incline, between Wath and Barnsley Junction, having paused for bankers to come on the on the rear, 76031+037. I'm no longer sure of the gradient (it was steeper than the main lift over Woodhead) and 4 Class 76 locos was the norm for these trains. 76022+023 were at the head and speed was not very high.
In GCR days Robinsom had sketched an 0-10-2 banker for this duty and the Gresley Garratt was later tried. Note how, after electrification in the early '50s, it became an early example of lineside afforestation. 23rd June 1981.
Details: OM2 and Kodachrome, slide scan.
© Copyright Steve Banks, no unauthorised use.