Questions regarding my trip to the Lickey Incline

[spodface]

Heya guys n gals, ive been spotting for just over 3/4s of my life and i have never tried to film at the Lickey yet.

I am finding it hard for such a famous stretch of line to find any information about it except videos.

also apologies for these Nooby questions but ive always been on the WCML near Nuneaton, but where exactly is the Lickey, i know its near bromsgrove but thats about it.
Which direction is the gradient, to or from B'ham.

and lastly where are any good filming spots as i would like to grab a video there soon !

Thanks a bunch in advance

Dan

 

[Crossover]

The Lickey is a sustained gradient between Bromsgrove and Barnt Green, the latter being the summit. I've travelled up it and most modern stock tackles it without much hassle

 

[RichmondCommu]

I'm pretty certain that some DBS freight is still banked up the Lickey.
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---

The Lickey is a sustained gradient between Bromsgrove and Barnt Green, the latter being the summit. I've travelled up it and most modern stock tackles it without much hassle

Apologies for being pedantic but the summit is actually at a place called Blackwell.

 

[Freightmaster]

I am finding it hard for such a famous stretch of line to find any information about it except videos.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lickey_Incline

and lastly where are any good filming spots as i would like to grab a video there soon !

http://www.trainspots.co.uk/locpage.php?ts_number=863

http://goo.gl/maps/ANPUO

(...and FMonline features a Bromsgrove freight timetable! )


MARK

 

[spodface]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lickey_Incline



http://www.trainspots.co.uk/locpage.php?ts_number=863

http://goo.gl/maps/ANPUO

(...and FMonline features a Bromsgrove freight timetable! )


MARK

Oooo thanks all for the quick responses !, just a quick question is the that spot on the map where you see quite alot of the videos being filmed by a public footpath crossing, and if so how do you get up there .

 

[Mark62]

I have some very fond memories of traveling up the incline. I remember being on trains pulled by a Peak with 12/13 coaches taking a run at the incline and being reduced to a crawl near the summit. I would try and get it in the front coach and have the window open if it was compartment stock. To hear those peaks at work was sublime. it is so boring now my comparison. And twelve coaches have become 5(if you are lucky!!)

 

[Elecman]

Blackwell is actually the summit not Barnt Green

 

[TheEdge]

The Lickey is a sustained gradient between Bromsgrove and Barnt Green, the latter being the summit. I've travelled up it and most modern stock tackles it without much hassle

I've been up it in a 150/153 pairing and it was making them work. There are still limits on what can and cannot go up there. I'm pretty sure multiple units cannot have too many engines isolated before tackling it.

 

[Qwerty133]

LM had a service not call at bromsgrove a couple of weeks ago when it was on reduced power, to enable it to get up.

 

[Darandio]

Surely I cannot have been the only one that saw the thread title and envisaged the OP actually on the Lickey with one of these, thus requesting help?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handcar#mediaviewer/File:Velocipede_at_NRM.jpg

 

[Minilad]

Line speed is 80 at the bottom. A voyager will still be doing around 70-75 at the top if all engines are good. One out and around 65. Two out and it's a no go without a guaranteed run at it. A 170 will chug over the top at around 45-50. A HST around 60-65. 47s used to manage around 50 IIRC (been a long time!!)
Virgo is OK for photography. And has place to park as long as it isn't too busy. I have never had a problem parking there

 

[Class 170101]

Didn't Freightliner re-route some traffic via Lickey when they got 70s in traffic as a 70 could tackle the gradient with particular loads that a 66 couldn't manage?

 

[The Planner]

Slightly ironic as apparently they are struggling with the 70s up the bank from what ive heard.