After its outward non-stop run from Birmingham to Euston in the morning, 46233 'Duchess of Sutherland' returns hauling The Midlander charter. This time there was no non-stop target so it travelled at a more leisurely pace and a different route. Whereas in the morning it took the direct route from New Street via International and Coventry on the return it went via the Trent Valley route to set down at Nuneaton and Coleshill. With a fin display of exhaust, the LMS Princess Coronation Class passes through Roade cutting, something that she will have done many times during her use on the network between 1938 and 1964.
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