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.