Steam Train Post 36: Midland Railway Lickey Banker Big Bertha

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Big Bertha who belonged to the Midland Railway

As we continued on  the history train journey, we arrived at our 36th stop. With this train trip, we leave the Great Western Railway and travel to the Midland Railway to see their Lickey Incline Banker locomotive nickname Big Bertha.


36. Midland Railway Lickey Banker ‘Big Bertha’

  1. Railroad/Basic: Midland Railway Lickey Banker ‘Big Bertha’

  2. Engine: Tender Engine

  3. Designer: James Anderson 

  4. Builder: MR Derby Works

  5. Built (Year): 1919

    1. MR Derby Works  =>  1 locomotive

    2. Total: 1 locomotive was built 

  6. Withdrawn: 1956

    1. Big Bertha was withdrawn 

      1. 1957 scrapped by Derby Works 

  7. Number of Wheels: 16 wheels

  8. Configuration: 0-10-0

  9. Top Speed: Unknown (possibly 8-10 mph but unsure) 

  10. Preserved: 

    1. Real Life: 0 locomotives

  11. Interesting Facts (that may be interested to learn)

    1. Big Bertha's cylinder arrangement was unusual

    2. Big Bertha, the LMS Garratts, and, later, LNER's class U1 Garratt were the only locomotives not given a by either the LMS or BR, either because the bankers were designed specifically for the job of providing extra power at slow speeds and were not suitable for normal train working, or because their starting tractive effort fell well outside the system and it was not worth extending it for so few machines.

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