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Not exactly an express service, it takes 1 hour and 3 minutes for the journey, which goes via Five Ways, Edgbaston, Selly Oak, Weoley Castle, Bournville, Northfield, Rubery, Catshill and Bromsgrove. In the good old days, we did Brum to Bromsgrove in 43 minutes - such is progress!

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45596 'Bahamas' and support coach ran through Worcester Shrub Hill Platform 2 today, Tuesday 13 May 2025, en route from Bishops Lydeard to Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. Diesel locomotive 37240 acted as pilot because of the high fire risk following the Spring drought. 'Bahamas' was in light ...

Today, Friday 2 May 2025, LMS 'Black 5' 45212 ran through Bredicot light engine with support coach en route between Cardiff and Leicester. It was originally booked for Day 3 of the Great Britain XVII rail tour on Monday 28 April 2025, but failed with a hot-box on the tender. This tour was originally ...

With kind permission of Bob Hemming here are photographs, taken from the Pheasant Street gate of two more Badgerline Streetdecks parked on Padmore Street 'patch'. On
Friday 25 April 2025 it was 35689 MF22 SZC.
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Then yesterday, Tuesday 29 April 2025, 35685 MF22 SYW is seen alongside ...

Lunchtime today, Tuesday 29 April 2025, LMS Jubilee Class 45596 'Bahamas' ran light engine with support coach through Worcester Shrub Hill from Severn Valley Railway, Kidderminster to The West Somerset Railway at Bishops Lydeard for their Bank Holiday Spring Steam Gala this coming weekend.
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This article appeared in the Daily Mail Business Section today, Saturday 26 April 2025 outlining the effect on Mobico shares following sale of North American Yellow School Bus operation - allegedly letting it go quite cheaply. Some other interesting background facts about Mobico included.

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I thought that was a Wythall bus that had gone on extended loan to be restored?

Last time I saw that bus at Wythall it looked all in one piece with reasonably sound external bodywork, so what on earth has happened in the last ten or so years to bring it into such a badly damaged state especially ...

If it takes very nearly three months to procure the spares and replace all the battered panels in the lower parts of a relatively small E200 single-decker, however long is it going to take to bring the rest of a very tatty fleet (63 vehicles?) up to anything like the standard of the buses ...

Yesterday, Sunday 6 April 2025, saw the Vintage Trains Shakespeare Express charter work from Worcester Shrub Hill to Stratford-upon-Avon hauled by Great Western steam loco 7029 'Clun Castle'. Class 37 diesel loco 37240 hauled the train in from Tyseley and worked the empty stock back in the evening ...

The attached article appeared in the Mail on Sunday, yesterday 30 March 2025, giving
brief schematic details of HydroFLEX unit 799201 power source. However, 18 tons of hydrogen canisters and safety equipment seems excessive especially if designed to provide branch line services. I read that ...