Vintage Trains to return for summer season with ‘Edgcumbe’ and ‘Clun’
“No. 5043 will hand over duties to sister engine No. 7029. ‘Castles’ on the Lickey Incline are a rare sight as it is, so two in one day is very rare indeed.”
THE third national lockdown has resulted in Tyseley-based Vintage Trains (VT) having to delay its much-anticipated return to main line operation, which will now commence with a string of ‘Shakespeare Express’ runs before the big railtours begin in August.
The ever-popular ‘Shakespeare Express’ resumes on July 17 between Birmingham Snow Hill and Stratford upon Avon, with all trains expected to be hauled by Tyseley’s flagship double-chimney ‘Castle’ No. 7029 Clun Castle, or sister
