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    The Lickey Incline, south of Birmingham, is the steepest sustained main-line railway incline in Great Britain. The climb is a gradient of 1 in 37.7 (2...
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    58100). It was designed by James Anderson for banking duties on the Lickey Incline in Worcestershire (south of Birmingham), England. It became known as...
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    Street. Barnt Green Lickey Incline Lickey Hills Country Park Cofton Hackett Census 2001 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lickey. grid reference SO999750...
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    The Lickey Hills (known locally as simply The Lickeys) are a range of hills in Worcestershire, England, 11 miles (18 km) to the south-west of the centre...
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    2.7% (1 in 37) – Picton- Elevation, New Zealand 2.65% (1 in 37.7) – Lickey Incline, UK 2.6% (1 in 38) – A slope near Halden on Østfold Line, Norway – Ok...
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  • known as an arterial route or line. Its main line incorporated the Lickey Incline 2 miles (3.2 km) of track climbing a 1-in-37 (2.7%) gradient, northbound...
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    without coupling (as demonstrated in archive films of banking on the Lickey Incline) before applying more power, thus precluding the need for a standing...
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    to the south of the town. It sits at the foot of the Lickey Incline which is the steepest Incline on the British mainline network meaning most freight...
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    locomotive ran for some time as an oil burner, and was tried out on the Lickey Incline in 1949–1950 and again, after the electrification of its home line,...
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    Worcestershire, England. It is located at the foot of the two-mile Lickey Incline which ascends at a gradient of 1-in-37.7 towards Barnt Green on the...
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