On This Day… The Shakespeare Express

GWR 4900 class 4-6-0 4965 ROOD ASHTON HALL-20040718 (Stratford-upon-Avon)GWR 4900 class 4-6-0 4965 ROOD ASHTON HALL
Stratford-upon-Avon, 18 July 2004

Twenty years ago today I took a trip on The Shakespeare Express from Stratford-upon-Avon to Birmingham Snow Hill.

Great Western Railway ‘Hall’ class 4-6-0 4965 ROOD ASHTON HALL (built in 1929 at Swindon Works) was in charge of the eight coach train and I remember enjoying the journey in spite of the torrential rain!

GWR 4900 class 4-6-0 4965 ROOD ASHTON HALL (nameplate)-20040718 (Birmingham Snow Hill)ROOD ASHTON HALL nameplate
Birmingham Snow Hill, 18 July 2004

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