20308 & 20305 Lickey Incline 12 April 2015

20308 & 20305 Gresty Bridge plod slowly up the 1 in 37 Lickey Incline on 12 April 2015 with the Pathfinder Tours 1Z47 08:28 Crewe to Barton-under-Needwood 'Dimple, Darley & Dale' railtour. A magnificent sight and sound as the two veteran 1,000hp locos attack the bank after no chance of a run up, as the train had reversed at Bromsgrove, at the foot of the bank. I thought I was going to be unlucky with the sun here, as a large black cloud was in the way as the 20s could be seen approaching through the bushes in the background. However, the train was moving so slowly that the sun had reappeared at the critical moment.