INTERCHANGEABLE ‘CASTLES’?

once Tyseley has its matching pair available, it could in theory use them interchangeably - so will it actually do that, or still advertise particular locomotives for specific trains? says Ben Mason: “I think initially it will be ‘this one is ‘Clun’, this one is ‘edgcumbe’’ - certainly on the big trips. But as time moves on it may be ‘either this or this’ - but even then by the time we send the tickets people will know. If we get to the point in the market where people don’t care, that might change.” an exception to this is the ‘shakespeare express’ - which already might include different engines to the normally booked Rood Ashton Hall. However, there’s “no guarantee” no. 7029 will make it back for this year’s Birmingham-stratford trips (sundays July 16-september 3). “so we’ll just break it in gently, as we do with any Tyseleyoverhauled locomotive.”