The Pompey Vectis Explorer 

This tour started in The Tyseley Steam Centre's own Station (Tyseley Warwick Road) and headed for Nuneaton before turning south on to the Midland Mainline and south, round London to Havant.  Unfortunately 50049 failed with a fractured metal pipe causing a major coolant loss at Borehamwood. After three hours 47853 appeared from Acton and took the train back to Tyseley. This incident was the first total failure experienced by the C50A locomotives in nearly ten years of operating on the mainline.

While things were going well, Defiance approaches Narborough.

Photo Paul Biggs