Steam train through Perry Barr, Sunday evening

[sprinterguy]

I was sitting in the Wetherspoons at One Stop in Perry Barr, directly opposite the station, with a group of friends this evening. At 5 to 9, I felt a train rumble past, which doesn't happen with the usual 323s, and turned around to see a thick plume of steam passing through the station in the direction of Aston station and Birmingham.

At the time, I assumed that it was a steam railtour on its' way back from somewhere, seeing as it's a weekend, but upon checking the "Steam Railtours" listing website nothing presented itself as being obvious in the West Midlands at all this weekend.

So I'm curious: Does anybody know what steam railtour or light engine move would be passing through Perry Barr station at around 9pm this Sunday night?

Thanks in advance.

 

[matt]

It was 70000 running from Southall to Crewe, just loco and coach

 

[sprinterguy]

Thanks very much for the information.