High Speed Sonnet & Shakespeare Express - North Warwick’s Lines - 20&21 June - HST & Steam
The later returning ‘High Speed Sonnet’ is seen on the incline heading north through Wood End tunnel on the Shakespeare / North Warwickshire line as it leads 1Z21 1635 Stratford to Bishop Auckland.
43094 leads with 43122 on the rear.
On 21st June, GWR Castle ‘Earl of Mount Edgcumbe’ drifts down the gradient through Wood End tender first as it leads Vintage Trains 1039 ‘Shakespeare Express’ from Birmingham Snow Hill to Stratford. Class 47 no 47773 is tucked inside.
Later on, 5043 ‘Earl Of Mount Edgcumbe’ powers out of Dorridge and climbs up to Bentley Heath crossing as it leads Vintage Trains ‘Shakespeare Express’ back to Birmingham, hauling 9 coaches with some power also being supplied by 47773 on the rear, presumably as the train must have slowed prior to Dorridge.
1249 Stratford to Birmingham Snow Hill via Dorridge
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On 20 June, the 1Z20 charter service from Bishop Auckland to Stratford-upon-Avon, known as the 'High Speed Sonnet', is shown with Romic HST power cars 43122 and 43094 pulling a set of ex-Cross Country Mark 3 coaches. Later that day, the returning 1Z21 service is seen heading north through Wood End tunnel. On 21 June, GWR Castle class locomotive 'Earl of Mount Edgcumbe' leads the 'Shakespeare Express' from Birmingham Snow Hill to Stratford, with Class 47 no 47773 included in the train.
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