It
is little known that the designer of the original
Mini Sir Alec Issigonis was a railway enthusiast.
He had an extensive 7mm scale model railway in in
his Edgbaston home. It is also known that Sir Alec
Issigonis did at least once ride on the footplate of
58100 "Big Berta " from Bromsgrove to Blackwell
whilst the locomotive banked a train up the Lickey
Incline.
It
is little known that the designer of the original
Mini Sir Alec Issigonis was a railway enthusiast.
He had an extensive 7mm scale model railway in in
his Edgbaston home. It is also known that Sir Alec
Issigonis did at least once ride on the footplate of
58100 "Big Berta " from Bromsgrove to Blackwell
whilst the locomotive banked a train up the Lickey
Incline.