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The very popular Vintage Trains Polar Express season continued after two days of cancellations due to national rail strikes. On December 20, 2022, five round trips from Birmingham Moor Street to Dorridge were timetabled, the first being a new midday departure. This earlier trip opened up some more locations, as here when WR 4-6-0 No. 7029 caught some low winter light on a return trip approaching Tyseley station. After a nervous wait for the photographers assembled on the overbridge, the relief was palpable as

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