Based at Tyseley Locomotive Works, Birmingham, they provide heritage railtours in the United Kingdom over the UK rail network.

As part of its educational programme, Vintage Trains runs the Shakespeare Express between Birmingham Snow Hill and Stratford-upon-Avon.

[2] From 2007, an additional stop was made at Henley-in-Arden to offer passengers a round trip journey travelling via Stratford upon Avon and Birmingham Snow Hill, this was discontinued at the end of the 2021 season.

Services include 'The Shap Mountaineer' to Carlisle, 'The North Wales Coast Express' to Llandudno, and 'The Whistling Ghost to Minehead'.

[5] As a Christmas special event, four return trips between Birmingham Moor Street and a siding in Dorridge are run per day which take place every Friday to Sunday in November and December.

But from 2018, it was announced that due to a falling number of crews being available, WCR said they were unable to provide footplate crews to operate VT's trains and as a result of this, the early 2018 railtour programme which had been planned including the planned debut run of 7029 Clun Castle had to be cancelled.