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MR 0-10-0 Lickey Banker
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Midland Railway Workshops· from 1919· class of 1 British 0-10-0 pusher locomotive
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Lickey Banker (Wonder Book of Engineering Wonders, 1931): Andy Dingley (scanner)· Public domain
- 2. Lickey incline 2096201 7a6a64cf: Ben Brooksbank· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
In 1919, the Midland Railway built a single one-off 0-10-0 steam locomotive, No 2290 (later LMS (1947) 22290 and BR 58100). It was designed by James Anderson for banking duties on the Lickey Incline in Worcestershire (south of Birmingham), England. It became known as "Big Bertha" or "Big Emma" by railwaymen and railway enthusiasts.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 107 years ago, in 1919.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 37 years (1919–1956).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1919
- in service from
- 1919
- retired
- 1956
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Midland Railway, Derby Works
- designer
- James Anderson
- operators
- Midland Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, British Rail, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-10-0
- weight
- 74.2 t
- nicknames
- Big Bertha, Big Emma
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6717641, Wikipedia: MR 0-10-0 Lickey Banker (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.