Railway Herald
On 27th April 2025 GWR Castle No. 7029 ‘Clun Castle' operated Vintage Trains ‘Shakespeare Express' workings along with 1990's Transrail Freight-liveried Class 37 No. 37240. On 27th the train started from Derby and ran to Stratford via Hatton, after it had decanted its passengers it then worked a ‘normal' Shakespeare Express run from Stratford to Birmingham Moor Street and return, out via Hatton and back via the North Warwickshire line.
After its reversal at Moor Street 37240 is then seen leading the 1451 from Moor Street into Stratford Upon Avon.
David Bissett
