STEAM train enthusiasts are likely to be out in force in Wiltshire on Thursday and Saturday as the LMS Princess Coronation Class 46233 Duchess of Sutherland passes through the county.
The Duchess of Sutherland is one of The Queen's favourite steam locomotives, built in 1938 for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at Crewe Works to a design by William Stanier.
She hauled the Royal Train as part of The Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations in Wales in June 2002 and then again hauling the Royal Train in 2005 over the famous Settle-Carlisle line with HRH The Prince of Wales on board.
The Duchess will be passing through Wiltshire on Thursday (April 28) as part of a West Coast Railways steam trip from Cardiff Central to Penzance.
She leaves Cardiff Central at 08.10 and is due to pass through Bath Spa station at 10.07, Bathampton Junction at 10.12, Bradford on Avon at 10.23, Bradford on Avon Junction at 10.30 and Westbury at 10.47.
On Saturday (April 30), she makes a return trip from Exeter St David’s to London Victoria, passing through Bath Spa at 17.23, Bathampton Junction at 17.26, Thingley East Junction at 17.36, Chippenham at 17.38, Wootton Bassett Junction at 17.51 and Swindon at 18.23.
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