WELSH MARCHES: SWINDON-GLOUCESTER-NEWPORT-HEREFORD Engines: Modified Hall class 4-6-0 no 6998 Burton Agnes Hall and Castle class 4-6-0 no 5051 Drysllwyn Castle Load: 10 coaches, 361/375 tons. ----------------------------------------------------- miles sch m/sec mi/hr ----------------------------------------------------- 0.00 SWINDON 0:00 1.71 mp 79 (Bremell Sdg) 4:12 44 4.15 Purton 7:12 52/53 6.71 mp 84 10:12 48 8.21 mp 85.5 (Minety) 11:57 52/55 11.15 Oaksey 15:17 52 13.71 KEMBLE 19:12 25* 15.71 mp 93 22:23 43 17.12 Sapperton Sdg 24:28 37 18.63 Sapperton Tunnel Out 26:42 40 19.21 mp 96.5 (Frampton) 27:36 37* 20.71 mp 98 (Chalford) 29:48 41/37 22.01 Brimscombe 31:54 43/36 23.71 mp 101 34:49 40 24.87 STROUD 37:36 ----- ----- 0.00 0:00 2.78 Stonehouse 5:13 48/50 4.59 Standish Jn 8:19 29* 6.99 mp 97 (Naas) 12:21 52 9.24 mp 94.75 (Tuffley) 15:26 38 10.89 Gloucester Yard Jn 17:54 easy 11.54 Engine Shed Jn 20:21 easy 11.94 GLOUCESTER 22:47 ----- ----- 0.00 0:00 1.57 Over Jn GF 4:52 30/15* 4.40 mp 119.5 (Oakle Street) 10:20 53 p.w.s 30* 6.40 mp 121.5 (Grange Court) 13:39 45 8.65 mp 122.75 (Westbury) 15:10 51/54 10.90 mp 125 (Newnham) 17:44 49 14.17 Awre SB 21:24 56/54 17.90 mp 132 25:45 50 19.36 LYDNEY 27:22 56 22.08 Woolaston LC 30:22 50 24.40 mp 138.5 32:59 56 26.56 Wye Valley Jn 35:46 easy 27.32 CHEPSTOW 38:06 15* 31.90 mp 146 (Portskewett) 44:05 58 32.97 Caldicot LC 45:16 easy 33.93 Caldicot sigs 10* 34.66 SEVERN TUNNEL JUNCTION 49:55 25* 37.02 Magor 53:24 54 38.90 mp 153 (Bishton) 55:25 58 40.90 mp 155 (Llanwern) 57:31 57 42.93 East Usk SB 59:44 48 43.83 Maindee East Jn 61:53 20* 44.09 Maindee West Jn 62:58 15* 44.52 NEWPORT 64:48 ----- ----- 0.00 0:00 0.85 Maindee N Jc 2:55 27* 2.73 mp 39.5 (Caerleon) 6:08 41/39 4.23 mp 38 (Ponthir) 9:08 49/46 5.73 mp 36.5 (Llantarnam) 10:06 43 7.23 mp 35 (Lwr Pontnewydd) 12:13 41 8.48 mp 33.75 (Panteg Jc) 14:04 41 9.98 PONTYPOOL ROAD 16:23 37* 11.55 Little Mill Jc SB 18:13 59 13.23 mp 29 (OHBS) 21:34 10* 42 14.13 Nantyderry (OHBS) 23:36 5* 41 (OHBS) 10* 16.73 Pempergwm (OHBS) 30:31 10* 18.23 mp 24 33:37 42 19.49 ABERGAVENNY 35:10 50 20.48 Abergavenny Junction 36:30 46 21.73 mp 20.5 38:14 41 23.48 mp 18.75 (Llanvihangel) 40:44 42 25.86 Pandy SB p.w.s 15* 27.48 mp 14.75 47:59 58 29.23 mp 13 49:38 66 30.92 Pontrilas (OHBS) 53:10 15* 33.98 mp 9.25 56:36 47 (OHBS) slack 10* 34.37 St Devereux 59:27 46/54 36.77 Tram Inn LC 62:15 47 (OHBS) slack 10* 39.98 mp 3.25 (Redhill Tunnel) 66:22 47/51 40.98 mp 2.25 (Redhill Jc) 67:37 44* 32.25 mp 0 (Rotherwas Jc) 70:28 51 sigs 0* 43.42 HEREFORD 77:31 ----- ----- Date: 31st May 1986 dep: Swindon 10.03am..10 Late arr: Newport 12.57pm..10 Late dep: Newport 1.42pm..7 Late arr: Hereford 2.59pm..9 Late ----------------------------------------------------- Steam on the Welsh Marches Main Line Steam Archives Page