Castles Storming Old Hill

Here, in this one-off break from Steam Through Cradley Heath, we have the two operational Tyseley GWR castle class locomotives, no. 5043 'Earl of Mount Edgcumbe' and no. 5029 'Nunney Castle' hauling the 'Welsh Marches Express' through Old Hill Railway Station.

The Welsh Marches Express ran diesel-hauled from Tyseley Warwick Road (Vintage Trains' own platform at Tyseley Locomotive Works) through Birmingham New Street & Wolverhampton stations, before stopping at Shrewsbury Station, where the Castles joined the train. Then, the train proceeded on to Hereford, where the engines stopped to fill up water and the passengers had an hour or two to look around Hereford. The train carried on along English and Welsh bordering towns and, a breif water stop at Magor, carried on to Gloucester, where the passengers were able to look around Gloucester for about an hour and a half. The train then carried on non-stop to Birmingham Snow Hill station, running through Stourbridge, Old Hill (where the train is captured in this video) & Smethwick Galton Bridge. Then, after a set-down at Birmingham Snow Hill, the train carried on the short distance back into Tyseley Locomotive Works, where the rest of the passengers were dropped off.

The train was filmed coming through Old Hill Station at 6:48 pm, virtually bang on schedule! It makes a change from in the second edition of Steam through Cradley Heath, when the train was between 30 and 45 minutes late.

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[craftysnapper1]

you always get some prat blocking your view/shot.

[CradleyHeathSteam]

@craftysnapper1 You know, I couldn't agree more!

[simonsteam]

Great vid but could do without the music running through it

[CradleyHeathSteam]

@simonsteam Sorry this reply is 5 months late! Your wish may be granted within the next few hours... watch this space.

[simonsteam]

Wonderful video.Great to see these engines doing the job they were desighnd for not just sat in a museum.Funny how even nowadays steam trains tend to be on time and the modern ones dont lol

[CradleyHeathSteam]

funny you should say that. A few weeks before xmas, when there was the SLS special with the two pannier tanks going along the same route, I went to film it. I got there a few minutes before it was due. I got out of the car at Old Hill and could already hear it. I had to leg it up the steps to the platform!

[NN2Blue]

Excellent video - 5*

[kidcoast777]

very well done i enjoy seeing these Beauties moving down the track.

[984francis]

8 cylinders!

[NN2Blue]

Thank you for the compliment - "beauty is in the eye of the beholder!" - Mike

[CradleyHeathSteam]

Thank you very much. I like your videos, personally I think that they are better than mine.