Shakespeare Express 2016 - 17th July > 4th September

Thanks for the clarification

 

Ben

Will the Solihull route be used this coming Sunday 7th August for the Stratford - Snow Hill legs? Also, is 5043 confirmed for Sunday?
Thanks.

 

Post #39 by @Sidmouth suggests North Warwick again as Solihull - Hatton (and points south) still likely to be under posession.

 

Times from NetRail do suggest we are on the N.Warwick this Sunday 7th August.....and there has been quite a bit of prep going on around a certain double-chimney Castle these last few days.

I will confirm Sundays loco on Saturday.

 

Confirmed as 5043 the number of the beast, lovely sight it made through Shirley too (pics to follow later tonight).

 

Shirley on the Lunchtime run and Henley in Arden in the afternoon: http://daviddepperphotography.zenfolio.com/p867983306#h7a19adca

 

A couple of shots from another sunny but windy day in Warwickshire.

First run near the Edstone Aqueduct.


Second run at Blunts Green.

 

Great to see you too! A good day out. Cheers!

 

Heads out of window - not a good idea!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-37006059

 

I popped out again last Sunday to catch the Earl. I've added more images to my Shakespeare gallery collection. to view go to http://rickeborall.zenfolio.com/p305926019
Regards to all .....Rick

 

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/lond...lway-fanatic-who-volunteered-on-a3315281.html

Turns out he was a volunteer on the Bluebell and worked for Hitachi. It is a very sad occurrence.

Please be warned.

 

He liked to flail by all accounts. This is rife with the diesel fraternity and fortunately it's not popular with steam enthusiasts on charters & preserved lines.

 

Tragic as this is there is a fine line between personal responsibility and making life so safe it will become so dull it won't be worth living. I have hung out of train windows watching locos at work for over 50 years quite safely by taking normal precautions. You don't lean right out and don't on outside curves when you can't see what's coming, Enginemen have done it since cabs became common and how many of them have come to an untimely end like this. I just hope this sad incident doesn't provoke an over the top reaction.

 

Getting back on subject, anyone know tomorrow's routing ?.

 

Would help if I looked at UK Steam, cheers Martin

 

uksteam is listing 5043 as being the likely loco for the 28th August, is this the plan?

If so I'll arrange a trip

 

Yes, as it will still be warm from it's trip on Saturday.