Railtours around the West Midlands 01/06/24! (inc. D213, D1015, 86259 & 5043)

The West Midlands was treated to no fewer than four different railtours on Saturday 1st June 2024! This video shows the tours at three different locations, as followed:
1. Class 40 D213 is seen departing Birmingham New Street with the "English Riviera Express" railtour, running as 1Z27 05:10 Crewe - Kingswear.
2. D1015 'Western Champion' and 50007 are seen departing Birmingham New Street with "The English Riviera Airshow" railtour, running as 1Z50 06:20 Tame Bridge Parkway - Paignton.
3. 86259 'Les Ross' is seen charging through Tamworth with "The Cumbrian Coast Express" railtour, running as 1Z41 06:35 London Euston - Carlisle.
4. Finally, we see GWR 'Castle' 5043 'Earl of Mount Edgcumbe' roaring through Penkridge with "The Mersey Express" railtour, running as 1Z43 09:15 Tyseley - Liverpool Lime Street.

[@kennethclarke9172]

❤ brilliant footage, lovely soundtrack 👌

[@ACETrainsUK]

Thanks!

[@DiamondMaster20]

Great captures of these rail tours! I sure wish that we had similar programs in Canada... Loved the variety of locations in your vid!

[@ACETrainsUK]

Thank you for watching, glad you enjoyed it!

[@sidslick1]

Great video

[@ACETrainsUK]

Thank you!

[@GreatBritishRailways1]

Nicely captured with similar content to my video. Regards, John

[@ACETrainsUK]

Thank you for watching!

[@swearingkevo]

1st viewer, great vid apart from those bloody units in the way lol

[@ACETrainsUK]

Thanks for watching! Yep, my heart sank a bit when I saw them coming in, especially as they didn't appear anywhere on real time trains haha!