26th May 2024

Vintage Trains
The Shakespeare Express (2 trains)

Loco Used 47773 & steam: 5043 'Earl of Mount Edgcumbe'
Stock Used 5157+5198+5177+9101+99361+95403+99349+35470

Route :
1Z29 : Derby to Stratford-upon-Avon
1T51 : Stratford-upon-Avon to Birmingham Snow Hill
1T52 : Birmingham Snow Hill to Stratford-upon-Avon
1Z30 : Stratford-upon-Avon to Derby

Loco Route
5043 (1) Derby - Stenson Jn - Burton-on-Trent - Tamworth HL - Kingsbury Jn - Whitacre Jn - Coleshill Parkway - Water Orton - Landor Street Jn - St Andrews Jn - Bordesley Jn - Small Heath South Jn - Tyseley - Solihull - Dorridge - Hatton Sig.LJ1257
47773 (2) Hatton Sig.LJ1257 - Hatton West Jn - Bearley Jn - Stratford-upon-Avon
5043 (1) Stratford-upon-Avon - Bearley Jn - Henley-in-Arden - Shirley - Tyseley - Birmingham Moor Street - Birmingham Snow Hill
5043 + 47773 Birmingham Snow Hill - (reverse of outward route) - Stratford-upon-Avon
5043 (1) Stratford-upon-Avon - Bearley Jn - Henley-in-Arden - Shirley - Tyseley - (reverse of outward route) - Derby

Notes :
(1) 47773 on rear.
(2) 5043 on rear.

Source : Nick Bartlett

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Realtime Trains)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Derby 10.34d [P1] 10.41   19.05a [P1] 19.02 [P1]
LNW Jn 10/36½ [DTF] 10/44   19/03 [UTF] 19/00
Stenson Jn 10/41½ 10/49   18/58 18/56
North Stafford Jn 10/42½ 10/50   18/57 18/55
Clay Mills Jn 10/45½ 10/52   18/54 18/52
Burton-on-Trent 10.49a ~ 10.53d [P2] 10.55 ~ 10.59   18.46a ~ 18.50d [P1] 18.46 ~ 18.49
Wichnor Jn 10/59 11/06   18/41 18/41
Tamworth HL 11.04a ~ 11.08d [P4] 11.13 ~ 11.16   18.28a ~ 18.32d [P3] 18.29 ~ 18.34
Kingsbury Jn 11/19½ 11/24   18/18 18/18
Whitacre Jn 11/24½ 11/29   18/12 17/56
Coleshill Parkway 11.26a ~ 11.30d [P1] 11.31 ~ 11.33   17.40a ~ 17.58d [P2] 17.45 ~ 17.52
Water Orton 11/33 [DW] [ML] 11/38   17/37½ 17/43
Castle Bromwich Jn 11/34½ 11/39   17/35½ 17/40
Landor Street Jn 11/40 11/46   17/30 [ML] 17/30
St Andrews Jn 11/42 11/47   17/28 17/24
Bordesley Jn 11/43 [ML] 11/48   17/27 17/23
Small Heath South Jn 11/46 [FL] 11/51   17/25 17/20
Tyseley 11.47a ~ 11.52d [P1] 11.53 ~ 11.55   17.18a ~ 17.22d [P4] [SL] 17.16 ~ 17.18
Solihull 11/56 12/01   - -
Bentley Heath LC 11/58½ 12/05   - -
Dorridge 11/59½ [P3] 12/07   - -
Hatton 12/08½ [P1] 12/18   - -
Hatton Sig.LJ1257 12.11 ~ 12.26 ?   - -
Hatton 12/28½ [P3] 12/21   - -
Hatton West Jn 12/30½ 12/24   - -
Shirley - -   17/12 17/10
Whitlocks End - -   17/11 17/09
Wood End - -   17/06 17/04
Henley-in-Arden - -   17/01 16/59
Bearley Jn 12/37 12/34   16/54 16/53
Stratford-upon-Avon 12.42a [P1] 12.40   16.46d [P1] 16.45 [P1]

 

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Stratford-upon-Avon 13.45d [P1] 13.45   15.48a [P1] 15.49
Bearley Jn 13/53 13/53   15/39½ 15/30
Henley-in-Arden 14/00 13/58   15/30½ 15/24
Wood End 14/05 14/04   15/23½ 15/19
Whitlocks End 14/10 14/09   15/16 15/12
Shirley 14/11 14/10   15/14 15/11
Tyseley 14.17a ~ 14.21d [P4] [FL] 14.15 ~ 14.17   15.02a ~ 15.06d [P3] 15.01 ~ 15.03
Small Heath South Jn 14/24 [SH] 14/19   15/01 [FL] 15/00
Birmingham Moor Street 14.28a ~ 14.30d [P2] 14.24 ~ 14.26   14.55a ~ 14.57d [P1] [SH] 14.53 ~ 14.55
Birmingham Snow Hill 14.33a [P1] 14.28   14.52d [P1] 14.51


Associated E.C.S. Workings

3Z29 : (47773 with 5043 on rear) : Tyseley to Derby

Location Booked
Tyseley Steam Trust 09.12d
Small Heath South Jn 09/18
Bordesley Jn 09/20
St Andrews Jn 09/21
Landor Street Jn 09/23
Castle Bromwich Jn 09/28
Water Orton 09/33
Coleshill Parkway 09/36
Whitacre Jn 09/38
Kingsbury Jn 09/43
Tamworth HL 09/49
Wichnor Jn 09/59
Burton-on-Trent 10/05
Clay Mills Jn 10/07
North Stafford Jn 10/10
Stenson Jn 10/11
LNW Jn 10/17
Derby 10.19a [P1]

5Z30 : (47773 with 5043 on rear) : Derby to Tyseley

Location Booked
Derby 19.21d [P1]
LNW Jn 19/24
Stenson Jn 19/29
North Stafford Jn 19/30
Clay Mills Jn 19/33
Burton-on-Trent 19/45
Wichnor Jn 19/50
Tamworth HL 19/58
Kingsbury Jn 20/07
Whitacre Jn 20/12
Coleshill Parkway 20/15
Water Orton 20/18
Castle Bromwich Jn 20/20
Landor Street Jn 20/29
St Andrews Jn 20/31
Bordesley Jn 20/32
Small Heath South Jn 20/38
Tyseley Steam Trust 20.44a


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