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Taken from the railway bridge over the Lickey Incline this is the winter view across Finstall Park [as named on the map]
©Rob Newman
Dist:0.3km<br/>Bromsgrove Rugby club on right.
©Roy Hughes
Dist:0.3km<br/>A simple but elegant brick wall with an entrance just out of shot to the right which is labelled 'Littlehall' and 'Littlehall Lodge'. A footpath lies immediately to the right again.
©Martin Wilson
Dist:0.4km<br/>View SW, towards Bromsgrove; ex-Midland Birmingham - Bristol main line. This was on a Summer Saturday in the first year of Nationalisation, so ex-Midland 4F 0-6-0 is temporarily numbered M4023. It had only one 0-6-0T banking at the back; a Down train is just disappearing from view.
©Ben Brooksbank
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©Roy Hughes
Dist:0.5km<br/>View SW, towards Bromsgrove, Worcester, Cheltneham, Gloucester and Bristol; ex-Midland Birmingham - Bristol main line. The two miles at 1-in-37 of the Lickey Incline is the steepest bank on any main line in Britain and in the days of Steam all but the lightest trains had to be banked up from Bromsgrove to Blackwell. This Weston-super-Mare - Birmingham express, headed by LMS Compound 4P 4-4-0 No. M935 (temporary number, later 40935) had the dedicated Lickey banker, 0-10-0 No. 22290 'Big Bertha', blasting behind.
©Ben Brooksbank
Dist:0.5km<br/>Cross-Country 'Voyager' No 221125 descends the Lickey Incline near Bromsgrove
©Rob Newman
Dist:0.6km<br/>Ironically, the church is actually in Aston Fields, not Finstall.
©Mike Dodman
Dist:0.6km<br/>Class 66 locomotive No 66059 assists a freight train up the Lickey Incline at Finstall just to the north of Bromsgrove Station on 8 February 2011
©Rob Newman
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©Roy Hughes
Dist:0.6km<br/>This bus shelter is situated at the junction of Heydon rD (the main road) Finstall Rd (going off left in the foreground) and Penmanor Rd (going off on the right between the shelter and the tree).
©Nigel Mykura
Dist:0.6km<br/>The long incline north-east of Bromsgrove station is among the steepest on any main line railway in the UK and was feared by drivers in steam days, but is no hazard for modern diesels.
©Stephen Craven
Dist:0.6km<br/>At the time of photo, the station was quite a sad sight, having few passenger trains stopping there. Only one platform remained, a temporary Portakabin-style ticket office and empty disused banking engine sheds on the right. Good view of the Lickey Incline though (named after hills to the north-west of incline). See [[[5684]]] for view from the top of incline (much nicer).
©Michael Westley
Dist:0.6km<br/>View NE, towards Birmingham; ex-Midland Birmingham - Bristol main line. This was a Rail Tour in April 1955, sponsored by 'Trains Illustrated' (Ian Allan), Paddington - Bristol - Birmingham - Paddington, thus entailing an ascent of the three-mile at 1-in-37 infamous incline between Bromsgrove and Blackwell. The locomotive chosen was 'Castle' 4-6-0 No. 7017 'G.J. Churchward' and we had the 0-10-0 58100 'Big Bertha' as banker here. Owing to restricted clearances this 'Castle' had to come off at Bournville and LMS Class 5 No. 44842 worked us through New Street, handing over to another 'Castle' No. 7007 at Bordesley Junction. Note the ecstatic onlookers on the Down platform; as one of the participants on the Tour I am surprised I was able to jump out and get this shot.
©Ben Brooksbank
Dist:0.6km<br/>Power car No 43357 leads a Cross Country express train through Bromsgrove Station. The train has just reached the foot of the Lickey Incline which starts behind the road bridge seen above the train.
©Rob Newman

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