27th October 2024

Vintage Trains
The Shakespeare Express (2 trains)

Locos Used 47773 & steam: 45596 'Bahamas'
Stock Used 14060+99349+99361+99971+17018+9101+5212+5198+5157

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(s) Route
45596 (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 - Hatton Sig.LJ1257 (4)
47773 (2) Hatton Sig.LJ1257 - Hatton - Hatton West Jn - Bearley Jn - Stratford-upon-Avon
45596 (1) Stratford-upon-Avon - Bearley Jn - Henley-in-Arden - Shirley - Tyseley - Birmingham Moor Street - Birmingham Snow Hill
45596 + 47773 Birmingham Snow Hill - (reverse of outward route) - Stratford-upon-Avon
45596 (1) Stratford-upon-Avon - Bearley Jn - Henley-in-Arden - Shirley - Tyseley - (reverse of outward route) - Derby

Notes :
(1) 47773 on rear.
(2) 45596 on rear.
(3) 45596 carried a wreath in memory of John Smith, a member of the Bahamas Locomotive Society support crew.
(4) Confirmation required - did the train reverse in Hatton platform 3 or at Hatton Sig.LJ1257?

Source : Nick Bartlett

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Realtime Trains)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Derby 10.34d [P1] 10.35   19.05a [P1] 18.43 [P1]
L.N.W. Jn 10/36½ [DTF] 10/37   19/03 [UTF] 18/41
Stenson Jn 10/41½ 10/43   18/58 18/38
North Stafford Jn 10/42½ 10/44   18/57 18/37
Clay Mills Jn 10/45½ 10/46   18/54 18/33
Burton-on-Trent 10.49a ~ 10.53d [P2] 10.49 ~ 10.53   18.46a ~ 18.50d [P1] 18.25 ~ 18.30
Wichnor Jn 10/59 11/01   18/41 18/19
Tamworth HL 11.04a ~ 11.08d [P4] 11.08 ~ 11.11   18.28a ~ 18.32d [P3] 18.07 ~ 18.12
Kingsbury Jn 11/19½ 11/20   18/18 17/59
Whitacre Jn 11/24½ 11/24   18/02 17/50
Coleshill Parkway 11.26a ~ 11.30d [P1] 11.27 ~ 11.28   17.40a ~ 17.58d [P2] 17.43 ~ 17.46
Water Orton 11/33 [DW] [ML] 11/35   17/37½ 17/40
Castle Bromwich Jn 11/34½ 11/36   17/35½ 17/37
Landor Street Jn 11/40 11/42   17/30 [ML] 17/31
St Andrews Jn 11/42 11/44   17/28 17/30
Bordesley Jn 11/43 [ML] 11/45   17/27 17/29
Small Heath South Jn 11/46 [FL] 11/48   17/24 17/25
Tyseley 11.47a ~ 11.52d [P1] 11/49   17.18a ~ 17.21d [P4] [SL] 17.21 ~ 17.23
Solihull 11/56 11/53   - -
Bentley Heath LC 11/58½ 11/57   - -
Dorridge 11/59½ [P3] 11/59 [P3]   - -
Hatton 12/08½ [P1] 12/10   - -
Hatton Sig.LJ1257 12.11 ~ 12.26 ?   - -
Hatton 12/28½ [P3] 12/13   - -
Hatton West Jn 12/30½ 12/16   - -
Shirley - -   17/12 17/15
Whitlocks End - -   17/11 17/14
Wood End - -   17/06½ 17/07
Henley-in-Arden - -   17/01 17/00
Bearley Jn 12/37 12/25   16/54 16/54
Stratford-upon-Avon 12.42a [P1] 12.31 [P1]   16.46d [P1] 16.44

 

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Stratford-upon-Avon 13.45d [P1] 13.44   15.49a [P1] 15.42
Bearley Jn 13/53 13/52   15/39½ 15/36
Henley-in-Arden 14/00 13/58   15/30½ 15/29
Wood End 14/05 14/05   15/23½ 15/21
Whitlocks End 14/10 14/11   15/16 15/14
Shirley 14/11 14/12   15/14 15/13
Tyseley 14.17a ~ 14.20d [P4] [FL] 14.18 ~ 14.20   15.02a ~ 15.06d [P3] 15.03 ~ 15.04
Small Heath South Jn 14/23 [SH] 14/22   15/01 [FL] 15/01
Birmingham Moor Street 14.27a ~ 14.29d [P2] 14.26 ~ 14.28 [P2]   14.55a ~ 14.57d [P1] [SH] 14.55 ~ 14.57
Birmingham Snow Hill 14.32a [P1] 14.30   14.52d [P1] 14.53


Associated E.C.S. Workings

3Z29 : (47773 with 45596 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 [P2]
Whitacre Jn 09/38
Kingsbury Jn 09/43
Tamworth HL 09/49 [P3]
Wichnor Jn 09/59
Burton-on-Trent 10/05 [P1]
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 45596 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 [P2]
Wichnor Jn 19/50
Tamworth HL 19/58 [P4]
Kingsbury Jn 20/07
Whitacre Jn 20/12
Coleshill Parkway 20/15 [P1]
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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