Lickey Rail Group
Welcome to lickeyrailgroup.org - Dedicated volunteers are researching the history of railway workers lives and the associated impact on their families of accidents that occurred on Britain's railways.
About Us
Early in 2023 some local rail enthusiasts attended a talk about the work of the Railway Work Life and Death Project. That led to the formation of the Lickey Rail Group – named after the Lickey Incline.
Bromsgrove was once a significant railway location, partly because of the Lickey Incline – a two-mile climb toward Birmingham with a gradient 1 in 37. After the line opened in 1840 a depot grew around the new station, with sidings, engine sheds, wagon works and a community of railway workers.
Between the mainline railway operation and the workshops, work at Bromsgrove posed many dangers for rail employees.
The objective of the group is to research the cases from the RWLD project database, and other sources, to build a picture of the lives of the individuals working on our railways and the impact on our social history.