Warwickshire Railways: Railway Art

Philip Hawkins FGRA: ph11

Battle at Brickyard Crossing - Philip Hawkins, Fellow of the Guild Railway Artists

British Railways Standard Class 9F No 92137 from Saltley shed gets to grips with a southbound coal train passing beneath the Birmingham New Street to London Euston main line and over Brickyard Crossing, Birmingham on the climb up to Camp Hill c1960.

Freight traffic taking the line to Lifford junction to gain the Bristol main line would require banking assistance along this stretch to surmount the difficult 1 in 85 gradient easing to 1 in 280 before reaching the summit at Kings Heath.

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