18th April 2010

Vintage Trains
(Positioning Special)

Locos Used 37516 & steam: 5043 'Earl Mount of Edgcumbe'
Stock Used GUV (containing water tanks) + 7 coaches

Route : 1Z50 throughout

Loco(s) Route
5043 (2) Slough - Twyford - Reading - Didcot East Jn - Didcot North Jn - Oxford - Aynho Jn - Banbury - Leamington Spa - Warwick Parkway - Dorridge - Solihull

Notes :
(1) A positioning run after the Bristolian railtour of 17th April. The loco carried the reporting code 149, a reference to the Bristol-London time the previous day.
(2) 37516 on rear.


5043 approaches Lapworth at 13.21 (photo: Paul Braybrook)

Source : Paul Braybrook & Bruce Nathan

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