Blackwell: summit of Lickey Bank, with Up express
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Blackwell: summit of Lickey Bank, with Up express
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 18 Aug 1960
View SW, towards Bromsgrove, Worcester, Gloucester and Bristol. Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 No. 44962 (built 6/46, withdrawn 12/67) thunders past the cottages as it breasts the summit of the Lickey Bank (two miles at 1-in-37.7 from Bromsgrove), with a Paignton - Birmingham relief express. On the Down side is the Box for the shunters who had to pin down wagon brakes of descending goods trains; note the relevant notice-board. Blackwell station (closed 18/4/66) is just behind the camera. See also Image
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Image Location
Latitude
52.345173
Longitude
-2.01346