I had luck on my side when I decided to film the Western at Marston Green as I had a good chance of getting blocked by a Avanti train going south.
But it all worked out great as a northbound Avanti train lost time at Coventry by 4 mins which made the stopper late at Marston Green, and the Western was stuck behind the class 350 to Rugeley Trent Valley which give me some great Western footage.
Luck wasn't on my side at Birmingham New St as the LE move back to the SVR was running late and didn't go through its booked platform.