Railway north of Bromsgrove Railway Station, Bromsgrove, Worcs
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Railway north of Bromsgrove Railway Station, Bromsgrove, Worcs
Image: © P L Chadwick Taken: 1 Jan 2016
This is the start of the famous two mile 1 in 37 Lickey Bank or Lickey Incline, which in the days of steam engines used to tax the locomotives to their limits. A second locomotive would be used as a "banker". Even today some diesel locomotives, particularly with freight trains, need a second locomotive.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.323499
Longitude
-2.045586