In almost darkness, 47445 labours up Lickey approaching Vigo with the 1S87 15.00 Bristol Temple Meads to Edinburgh Waverley. This train usually went to Glasgow but as this was a Sunday it worked through to Waverley. Whilst the Class 47 is working well, two resident bankers, 37206 and 37210, were giving the train a good shove up the rear. The bankers cannot be seen in the photograph, but the tape recording is pretty dramatic complete with an exchange of horns at Bromsgrove prior to the ascent.
There is an audio recording of this event on my youtube channel, see....
https://youtu.be/jw4HcBMNcWk
