With signals clear for trains in both directions it was difficult to predict just how the next few photographs would work out. DMU 172 211 was pulling away from Droitwich Spa with 1M89, the 14:39 from Hereford to Birmingham New Street, as LMS Class 7P 4-6-2 6233 DUCHESS OF SUTHERLAND approached the North Junction with the 14:30 from Tyseley to Worcester Shrub Hill on Saturday 20th November 2021.