2. Railways

Carry On Up The Lickey

The Lickey Incline is enshrined in myth and folklore on the Railway, a section of track just two miles long but rises at an eye watering 1 in 37 3/4 in the northerly direction. Bromsgrove station lies right at the bottom of the incline and stopping trains face a hard departure. A banking loco is still a feature here for heavy freight trains. 5/4/2006
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    The sun is lowering and the shadows are lengthening as 170102 comes south heading for the Welsh capital with the 1600 Nottingham departure, 1V48.
    The last shot of the day is 66180 hauling a rake of HAA MGR hoppers back to Portbury for reloading with imported coal. It is 6V17 1705 from Washwood Heath, Birmingham.