LONDON MIDLAND REGION..8.35am Excn BIRMINGHAM-WINDERMERE Engine: Class 5MT 4-6-0 No 44888 Load: 11 coaches, 346 tons tare, 370 tons full ----------------------------------------------------- miles m/sec mi/hr ----------------------------------------------------- 0.00 BIRMINGHAM NEW ST 0:00 1.10 Monument Lane 4:24 1.78 Winson Green 6:02 2.03 Soho S Jc 3.33 SMETHWICK 8:38 ---- ----- 0.00 0:00 1.18 Spon Lane 2:47 2.05 Oldbury 4:05 51 2.79 Albion 4:54 3.98 DUDLEY PORT 6:51 ---- ----- 0.00 0:00 0.84 Tipton 2:36 2.22 Coseley 5:02 3.89 Ettingshall Road 7:13 51 5.59 WOLVERHAMPTON 10:17 ---- ----- 0.00 0:00 1.60 Bushbury Jc SB 3:22 4.45 Fordhouses (mp 18.25) p.w.s 6.04 Four Ashes 9:37 9.60 Penkridge 13:33 55 13.20 mp 27 p.w.s 14.82 Trent Valley Jc 21:23 15.31 STAFFORD 22:47 ----- ----- 0.00 0:00 p.w.s 3.28 Great Bridgeford 7:08 5.32 Norton Bridge 10:08 43 7.75 Badnall Wharf SB 13:27 44 9.80 Standon Bridge 16:11 47 14.00 Whitmore 21:30 50 16.57 Madeley 19.68 Betley Road 27:26 68 21.96 mp 155.5 29:24 72 22.73 Basford Hall SB p.w.s 24.50 CREWE 37:31 ----- ----- 0.00 0:00 3.17 Coppenhall Jc SB 6:07 7.46 Winsford 10:48 61 11.76 Hartford 14:42 67/64 67 16.46 Weaver Jc SB 18:46 63* 21.16 Moore 72 22.13 Acton Grange Jc 24.10 WARRINGTON BANK QUAY 26:10 60 27.54 Winwick Jc SB 30:01 52 29.96 Golborne Jc 32:57 46 31.01 Golborne 34:24 49 33.22 Bamfurlong 35.85 WIGAN NORTH WESTERN 39:50 50 38.01 Boars Head (mp 8.75) 37 39.10 Standish Jc 44:45 41 41.62 Coppull 48:16 44.22 Balshaw Lane 50:42 70 45.51 Euxton Jc (mp 16.25) 51:50 65 46.95 Leyland 53:08 71 sigs 50.97 PRESTON 59:31 55.72 Barton p.w.s 58.45 Brock 72:53 60 60.45 Garstang 74:55 58 66.22 Bay Horse 81:13 54 67.65 Galgate 82:46 56 70.89 Lancaster No 1 86:30 sigs 71.96 LANCASTER 89:23 ----- ----- 0.00 0:00 p.w.s 1.91 Morecambe S Jc SB 5:15 3.10 Hest Bank 6:50 4.41 Bolton-le-Sands 8:22 sigs 6.05 CARNFORTH South 11:46 ---- ----- Date: ? 8th August 1962 dep: Birmingham New St 8.35am arr: Carnforth South 12.02pm This was the start of an unforgetable family day out to Lake Windermere. Speeds were from Rail-joints and should be regarded as approximate. ----------------------------------------------------- Steam through Preston Steam 1954-1967 Archives Page