LONDON MIDLAND REGION: 2.10pm EUSTON-WOLVERHAMPTON         
                                                                     
     Engine: Jubilee class 4-6-0 No 45709 Implacable                 
     Load: 8 coaches, 260 tons tare, 275 tons full                   
                                                                     
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     miles                          sch    m/sec    mi/hr            
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      0.00  LONDON EUSTON            0      0:00                     
      1.00  Camden No 1                     3:40                     
      3.00  mp 3 (Kilburn)                  7:11                     
      5.42  Willesden Juncton        9     10:18      51             
      7.00  mp 7 (Brent Jc)                12:04      55             
      8.05  Wembley                        13:14      56             
     11.38  Harrow & Wealdstone            16:43      56             
     13.30  Hatch End                      18:43      57             
     14.50  mp 14.5 (Carpenders)           19:58      57             
     15.99  Bushey                         21:27      64             
     17.44  WATFORD JUNCTION        21     22:44      67             
     20.93  Kings Langley                  25:53      66             
     23.07  Apsley                         27:50      65        
     24.49  Hemel Hempstead                29:07      65        
     26.00  mp 26 (Bourne End)             30:32      64        
     27.94  Berkhamsted                    32:21      62        
     30.00  mp 30 (Northchurch)            34:24      62        
     31.66  TRING                   35     36:02      62        
     34.00  mp 34 (Tring Cutting)          38:00      72        
     36.10  Cheddington                    39:38      77        
     38.00  mp 38 (Sears Xg)               41:03      84        
     40.18  Leighton Buzzard               42:37      83        
     42.25  mp 42.25 (Chelmscote)          44:09      82        
     44.50  mp 44.5 (Stoke Hammond)        45:47      82        
     46.68  BLETCHLEY               47     47:23      81        
     47.75  mp 47.75 (Denbigh Hall)        48:12      78        
     50.00  mp 50 (Loughton Sdg)           49:53      81        
     52.42  Wolverton                      51:37      82        
     54.75  Castlethorpe                   53:23      80        
     57.50  mp 57.5 (Hanslope)             p.w.s      30*            
     59.89  Roade                   58     59:59      51             
     62.85  Blisworth               61     62:57      66        
     64.50  mp 64.5 (Banbury Lane)         64:24      69        
     67.25  mp 67.25 (Heyford)             66:39      73        
     69.69  Weedon                  67     68:40      73        
     75.25  Welton                         73:20      68        
     76.75  mp 76.75 (Kilsby S)     (4)    74:36      67        
     78.75  mp 78.75 (Kilsby N)            76:14      74        
     80.26  Hillmorton SB                  77:29      76        
     82.55  RUGBY MIDLAND           83     79:41      43*            
     86.00  mp 86                          83:46      65             
     89.08  Brandon & Wolston              86:30      68             
     92.75  mp 92.75 (Humber Rd)           90:09     easy            
     93.99  COVENTRY                98     92:23                     
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      0.00                           0      0:00                     
      1.48  Canley Halt                     3:55     37/45           
      3.57  Tile Hill                      p.w.s                     
      5.50  Berkswell                      10:34      49             
      8.77  Hampton in Arden        (4)    13:49      70             
     12.42  Marston Green                  16:50      72        
     14.00  Lea Hall                       18:11      71        
     15.11  Stechford                      19:07      69        
     16.98  Adderley Park                  20:48                     
     18.22  Proof House Jc SB       24     22:36     easy            
     18.92  BIRMINGHAM NEW ST       26     24:36                     
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     Date: 29th September 1958                                       
                                                                     
     dep: London Euston 2.10pm..R Time                               
     arr: Birmingham New St 4.15pm..3 Early                          
                                                                
     A week before this run, the days of the 2 hour expresses   
     from Euston to Birmingham had finished for ever. Extra     
     time was added to the schedules of all services from       
     Euston to allow for delays which would arise from the      
     forthcoming West Coast Main Line upgrading/electrification 
                                                                
     This service was the former 2.20pm, now starting at 2.10pm 
     with 4 extra minutes allowed to Coventry, and another 4    
     to Birmingham. With a light load and one of Bushbury's     
     best Jubilee's, the extra time was an embarrasment. The    
     driver allowed himself the luxury of a modest start from   
     Euston, then ran normally (normally for Bushbury engines   
     that is), including an average of 80mph plus for over 20   
     miles, until a P.W slowing at Hanslope intervened.         
     We were in Coventry in 92mins 23secs, new schedule 98 mins,
     old schedule 94 (Net Time 89.6mins). Arrival at New Street 
     was 3 mins early, inclusive of a P.W.slowing at Tile Hill.      
                                                                
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