3rd September 2017

Vintage Trains
The Shakespeare Express (2 trains)

Loco Used steam: 5043 'Earl of Mount Edgcumbe'
Stock Used 9101+5212+5157+5191+5198+993??+99361+35470

Route :
1T50 : Birmingham Snow Hill to Stratford-upon-Avon
1T51 : Stratford-upon-Avon to Birmingham Snow Hill
1T52 : Birmingham Snow Hill to Stratford-upon-Avon
1T53 : Stratford-upon-Avon to Birmingham Snow Hill

Loco Route
5043 Birmingham Snow Hill - Birmingham Moor Street - Tyseley - Shirley - Henley-in-Arden - Bearley Jn - Stratford-upon-Avon
5043 Stratford-upon-Avon - Bearley Jn - Dorridge - Solihull - Tyseley - Birmingham Moor Street - Birmingham Snow Hill
5043 Birmingham Snow Hill - Birmingham Moor Street - Tyseley - Shirley - Henley-in-Arden - Bearley Jn - Stratford-upon-Avon
5043 Stratford-upon-Avon - Bearley Jn - Dorridge - Solihull - Tyseley - Birmingham Moor Street - Birmingham Snow Hill

Notes : 
(1) This was the last 'Shakespeare Express' for the 2017 season.

Source : Al Wallace (on both trains)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Realtime Trains)

Location 1T50/1T51   1T52/1T53
Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Birmingham Snow Hill 10.00d [P1] 09.59   14.01d [P1] 14.02
Birmingham Moor Street 10.03a ~ 10.05d [P1] 10.01 ~ 10.05   14.04a ~ 14.06d [P1] 14.04 ~ 14.06
Small Heath South Jn 10/09 10/10   14/10 14/11
Tyseley 10.13a ~ 10.15d [P3] 10.12 ~ 10.15   14.14a ~ 14.16d [P3] 14.13 ~ 14.15
Shirley 10/23½ ? 14/24½ ?
Whitlock's End 10/25 10/26   14/26 14/26
Wood End 10/32½ 10/35   14/33½ 14/35
Henley-in-Arden 10.45a ~ 10.47d ? ~ 10.45   14.46a ~ 14.48d ? ~ 14.45
Bearley Jn 10/57 10/53   14/55 14/53
Stratford-upon-Avon 11.05a ~ 12.41d [P1] 11.01 ~ 12.40   15.04a ~ 16.18d [P1] 15.00 ~ 16.17
Bearley Jn 12/51 12/50   16/29 16/27
Hatton West Jn 12/59 12/59   16/37 16/36
Hatton North Jn 13/01 13/01   16/41 16/39
Dorridge 13/09 [P2] 13/08   16/49 [P2] 16/46
Bentley Heath LC 13/11 13/09   16/50 16/46½
Solihull 13/14½ ? 16/53½ ?
Tyseley 13.20a ~ 13.30d [P2] 13.19 ~ 13.28   16.59a ~ 17.00d [P2] 16.55 ~ 16.58
Small Heath South Jn 13/33 13/30   17/03 17/00
Birmingham Moor Street 13.36a ~ 13.38d [P2] 13.35 ~ 13.36   17.06a ~ 17.09d [P2] 17.04 ~ 17.07
Birmingham Snow Hill 13.41a [P1] 13.38   17.12a [P1] 17.09

 
Associated E.C.S. Workings

5T50 : (5043) : Tyseley Depot to Birmingham Snow Hill
5T53 : (5043) : Birmingham Snow Hill to Tyseley Depot

Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn)
Tyseley Depot 09.00d 17.58a
Small Heath South Jn 09/07 17/51
Birmingham Moor Street 09/10 17/47
Birmingham Snow Hill 09.15a [P1] 17.44d [P1]


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