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Hatton Bank
Hatton Bank is just north of Warwick on the former Great
Western main line between Oxford and Birmingham. Both the canal and railway
have to climb the terrain, the canal via a long set of locks whilst the railway
climbs from near Hatton Locks all the way up to Hatton station, an average
1:110 climb. This ascent was too much for heavy trains, primarily goods
traffic, and therefore assistance was provided via banking engines based at
Warwick station. When first built it was constructed with a double tracks but
in the 1930s a second down relief line was built to accommodate the much slower
goods traffic. This line was lifted later, probably in the late 1960s or early
1970s.
Locomotives and trains from the grouping period (1st
January 1923 to 31st December 1947)
Locomotives and trains from the British Railways period
(1st January 1948 to 4th August 1968)
Diesel Dawn
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