L428 Mickleton 23 January 1982

L428 (51408, 59518 & 51366) and an unidentified Class 119 unit climb Campden Bank near Mickleton on 23 January 1982 with the 13:30 Hereford to Reading service. This section of the Cotswold Line was a severe test for locomotives in the days of steam, with a continuous gradient of 1 in 100 for four miles.