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MNACHESTER SHIP CANAL - No.29 BOMBAY - 0-6-0T - built 1903 by Hudswell Clarke & Co., Works No.662 - seen here on June 25th, 1925, when No.72 was taking a train of empties up a gradient near Barton Locks, whilst a short distance behind, at a suitable distance, came locomotive No.29 Bombay travelling light engine. The usual method of ascending the gradient, Barton Bank, was for the engine to rush it in order to reach the top without stalling. For some reason locomotive No.72 snatched at the train with the result that a wagon coupling parted and the train ran downhill. Locomotive 29 was reversed in order to try matching speeds with the runaways and attempt to bring them to a stop, but unfortunately events happened too quickly for such an attempt to succeed, and the wagons hit locomotive No.29 driving it back, but not before depositing two wagons on top of the engine! Incredibly no one was injured.