LONDON MIDLAND REGION: 7.50am WOLVERHAMPTON-EUSTON
Engine: Class 5MT 4-6-0 No 44873 (Pilot)
Rebuilt Patriot class 4-6-0 No 45530 Sir Frank Ree
Load: 12 coaches, 382 tons tare, 410 tons full
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miles sch m/sec mi/hr
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0.00 BIRMINGHAM NEW ST 0 0:00
0.70 Proof House Jc SB 2:00
1.94 Adderley Park 3:40 49
3.81 Stechford 5:49 60
4.92 Lea Hall 6:52 62
6.50 Marston Green 8:20 67
10.15 Hampton in Arden 11:28 71
13.42 Berkswell 14:33 60
15.35 Tile Hill p.w.s 20*
17.44 Canley Halt 20:09 49
18.92 COVENTRY 21 23:00
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0.00 0 0:00
3.34 Ballast Pit SB 5:16 58
4.91 Brandon & Wolston 6:54 59
8.99 mp 85 11:08 56
10.74 Rugby No 7 SB 13:27 33*
11.44 RUGBY MIDLAND 18 14:49 31*
13.73 Hillmorton SB sigs 29*
15.24 mp 78.75 (Kilsby N) 21:18 42
17.24 mp 76.75 (Kilsby S) 23:51 53
18.74 Welton 25:27 59
24.30 Weedon 31 30:19 75
26.74 mp 67.25 (Heyford) 32:16 73/74
29.49 mp 64.5 (Banbury Lane) 34:33 72
31.14 Blisworth 37 35:55 72
34.10 Roade 40 38:33 65/68
36.49 mp 57.5 (Hanslope) 40:30 75
39.24 Castlethorpe 42:38 80
41.57 Wolverton 44:29 76
43.99 mp 50 (Loughton Sdg) 46:22 72
46.24 mp 47.75 (Denbigh Hall) 48:17 69
47.31 BLETCHLEY 57 49:13 71
49.49 mp 44.5 (Stoke Hammond) 51:02 69
51.74 mp 42.25 (Chelmscote) 52:59 70
53.81 Leighton Buzzard 54:47 68
55.99 mp 38 (Sears Xg) 56:41 70
57.89 Cheddington 58:23 66
59.99 mp 34 (Tring Cutting) 60:21 62
62.33 TRING 73 62:37 60
63.99 mp 30 (Northchurch) 64:10 69
66.05 Berkhamsted 65:55 72
67.99 mp 26 (Bourne End) 67:30 72
69.50 Hemel Hempstead 68:46 72
70.92 Apsley 69:55 71
73.16 Kings Langley 71:45 71
76.55 WATFORD JUNCTION 85 74:40 70
78.00 Bushey & Oxhey 75:53 69
79.49 mp 14.5 (Carpenders) 77:11 69
80.69 Hatch End 78:17 69
82.61 Harrow & Wealdstone 79:53 72
85.94 Wembley Central 82:35 75/72
86.99 mp 7 (Brent Jc) 83:31 68
88.57 WILLESDEN JUNCTION 96 sigs 15*
90.99 mp 3 (Kilburn) 89:12 46
92.99 Camden No 1 SB sigs 15*
93.99 LONDON EUSTON 104 95:42
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Date: 29th September 1958
dep: Birmingham New St dep 8.31am..2 Late
arr: London Euston arr 10.35am..4 Early
With 10 minutes extra allowed in the schedules for
West Coast Main Line modernisation, it was a case
for steady running. Nevertheless the net time up
Coventry was 89 minutes.
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