Top of the Lickey Incline
Introduction
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Top of the Lickey Incline
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 27 Jul 1985
In the days when banking engines were still used, a class 37 diesel locomotive drops back after assisting a passenger train up the Lickey Incline - famous or notorious as the steepest mainline railway gradient in England. The train was hauled by a single class 31 loco, which was underpowered for the job. The photo shows the end of the goods siding at the top of the incline, and the bridge over Agmore Road.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.346073
Longitude
-2.011846