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5043 MONOCHROME
Working hard, but travelling well at the end of 5 miles of 1 in 150, ex GWR Castle Class 4-6-0 5043 'Earl of Mount Edgcumbe' emerges from Wood End Tunnel with the 12:41 1T51 Stratford on Avon - Birmingham Snow Hill 'Shakespeare Express' on 7th August 2016.
This was 5043's first mainline working of 2016 and provided a good test for the locomotive before its forthcoming appearance on VTL's Welsh Marches Express.
5043 MONOCHROME
Working hard, but travelling well at the end of 5 miles of 1 in 150, ex GWR Castle Class 4-6-0 5043 'Earl of Mount Edgcumbe' emerges from Wood End Tunnel with the 12:41 1T51 Stratford on Avon - Birmingham Snow Hill 'Shakespeare Express' on 7th August 2016.
This was 5043's first mainline working of 2016 and provided a good test for the locomotive before its forthcoming appearance on VTL's Welsh Marches Express.