1. Banking engines were kept at Ilfracombe, to assist when required.2. A banking engine was kept there to assist freight trains up the hill. 3. Time to fire up those banking engines . 4. Banking engines were also used on occasions.5. The cable haulage continued in operation until 31 January 1908, when banking engines took over. 6. It is a place where a banking engine is often required to help trains up the hill. 7. Mortehoe station provided a number of sidings for stabling the banking engines after assisting with the climb. 8. Eventually it was decided that the incline could be worked by a system of'banking engines '. 9. This was used by banking engines based at Brimscombe that assisted freight trains up the 1 in 75 Sapperton Bank beyond Chalford. 10. The Midland had also found it more efficient to use smaller, less fuel hungry locos, simply adding pilots or banking engines as necessary.
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