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©Roy Hughes
Dist:0.4km<br/>GWR King class King Edward I tackles the UK's steepest main line gradient on a dull, late afternoon in February. The locomotive was making relatively light work of this fearsome gradient. Hard to believe there was a field full of people here. This is the gentle art of gricing whereby anybody getting in the way of the shot is shouted at until they take notice.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.5km<br/>A southbound steel train hauled by a Class 37 diesel-electric locomotive descends the Lickey Incline beside Pikes Pool Lane in the spring of 1991
©Rob Newman
Dist:0.5km<br/>Train heading southwards on the Birmingham to Bristol line. Picture taken from Pikes Pool Road.
©Roy Hughes
Dist:0.5km<br/>This bridge takes Pikes Pool Road under the Lickey Incline on the main Birmingham to Bristol railway line.
©Roy Hughes
Dist:0.5km<br/>View SW, towards Bromsgrove on the two miles at 1-in-37 down from Blackwell, ex-Midland Birmingham - Bristol main line. Descending are 0-10-0 No. 2290 ('Big Bertha') and 0-6-0T No. 7303, ascending is 3F 0-6-0 No. 3210 banking an Up freight.
©Ben Brooksbank
Dist:0.5km<br/>2007 was the Centenary of the Scout Association, this photo was taken at Pikes Pool Scout Centre near Bromsgrove. As part of the centenary celebrations over 5000 trees have been planted at the site. This photo shows the new saplings and their stakes and rabbit guards along the edge of what will be a new roadway through the site to be known as Centenary Avenue. Planted slightly later is the majority of the field to the right of the photo, this will in due course become known as Centenary Coppice and will (we hope) be named on future OS maps.
©peter Dodman
Dist:0.6km<br/>View northward, towards Blackwell and Birmingham: ex-Midland Birmingham - Bristol main line. The locomotive is one of the numerous Johnson/Deeley 5'3" 3F 0-6-0s, No. 43210, this one lasting until 8/59. As a descending Class H loose-coupled freight, this train will have stopped at Blackwell before beginning its descent, for wagon hand-brakes to be pinned down. (See also [[[2599832]]] and other Lickey Bank scenes).
©Ben Brooksbank
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©Peter Whatley
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©Roy Hughes
Dist:0.6km<br/>View SW, towards Bromsgrove etc.; ex-Midland Birmingham - Bristol main line. At 1-in-37, few lines - let alone main lines - were burdened with a steeper incline and virtually all Up trains here had to be sent up from Bromsgrove with at least one banking engine; these were not coupled and they dropped off at the summit at Blackwell. On this comparatively light train, the 14.22 stopping train from Worcester Shrub Hill to Birmingham New Street, Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 No. 45040 is managing so well with just the current Bromsgrove banker (Class 9F 2-10-0 No. 92079) that it is blowing off as it passes.
©Ben Brooksbank
Dist:0.6km<br/>View southward, towards Bromsgrove, Worcester etc.: ex-Midland Birmingham - Bristol main line. Stanier Class 4-6-0 No. 45040 is struggling (and blowing sand for adhesion) even with about six vehicles (14.22 from Worcester Shrub Hill) and a 2-10-0 as banker. No. 45040 is nearly 30 years old but lasted until 7/67. (See [[[2060108]]] and several others).
©Ben Brooksbank
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©al partington
Dist:0.7km<br/>The course of the lane which accompanies the railway for a short distance is amrked by the lines of trees.
©Peter Whatley
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©Peter Whatley

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