66058 a night on the Lickey Banker

One night back in 2003 66058 one of the five dedicated Banking class 66s was sent from Saltley to do a regular nights work at Bromsgrove. This video shows how the driver buffers up and lets the freight go at Blackwell summit. As its night most of the video is filmed in the dark and if you listen you can hear the drivers use of the loco air brake and the notching up and down the class 66 power handle to get the right amount of power for banking then letting go at the top. The freights we pushed that night were 66028 loaded ballast, 66196 loaded ballast, 66072 covered steel, 66042 steel coil and 60028 covered steel. All in a nights banking on the Lickey. I havent filmed all the way up as it would have been pretty boring so i just got the buffer ups and drop offs enjoy.