50008 Honeybourne 10 February 2022

Running 95 minutes late, Hanson & Hall 50008 Thunderer arrives at Honeybourne on 10 February 2022 with the 5Q96 11:36 Tyseley to Long Marston, conveying yet to be commissioned West Midlands Railway DMU 196108 for short term storage. The train has just passed Honeybourne North Junction, where the Long Marston line diverges from the Cotswold Line, which can be seen on the left. It is slightly ironic that this brand new DMU (which in theory could be driven here under its own power), is being towed by a 54 year old locomotive, whose original main line career ended three decades ago!