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Vintage trains private charter on Sunday

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  1. 6136

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    UK steam is listing a private charter from Birmingham-Stratford via henley both ways this Sunday. Loco is TBA.
    http://www.uksteam.info/tours/t15/t1004f.htm
     
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    Memorial train for the late Derrick Maymen who did much to support the line
     
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    If memory serves me right, did the late Mr Maymen work on the Zillertal Railway every summer? - again memory tells me that there was a Derrick Maymen, in an episode of Great Railway Journeys of the World in 1980 - the episode which went UK, to Hungary, via Switzerland and Austria and narrator Eric Robson introduced him as a businessman from the West Midlands, he donned overalls every summer to work on the Zillertal.

    Paul
     
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    Presumably 47 most likely with outside chance of 4965 after recent events ?.
     
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    A return trip to Stratford, exactly like the Shakespeare Express, involves tender first running on the outbound run. These are restricted to 45mph unless special derogation is given.
     
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    The name was Derek Mayman BEM (voluntary service to Railway Heritage in the West Midlands and Wales) and his obituary on

    http://www.moseleians.co.uk/people/obituaries-3/

    makes interesting reading and shows there was a connection with the Zillertalbahn.
     
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    A very unexpected surprise with 9600 at the head
     
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    Prob about the only option left for steam, out for a phot after work then :)
     
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    47773 on the back .
     
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    Seen at Tyseley on 1Z46:
     
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    What a nice surprise that is, to see 9600 out and about. Great stuff.
     
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    Is 9600 mainline certified or can it come out anyway
     
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    I would hazard a guess that that pairing is not really atypical. :rolleyes:
     
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    Must admit on the face of it the use of the 47 is puzzling as 5 isn't excessive for a pannier, perhaps eager not to score a hat trick of loco issues ?.
     
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    @david1984 What about Water given that 9600 had to do Stratford , Snow Hill, run round and back to Tys
     
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