WESTERN REGION: 4.10pm PADDINGTON-BIRKENHEAD                            

     Engine: Castle class 4-6-0 No 5047 Earl of Dartmouth                      
     Load: 12 coaches + 1 van, 424 tons tare, 460 tons full                    
                                                                               
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     miles                           sch   m/sec    mi/hr                      
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      0.00  LEAMINGTON SPA            0     0:00                               
      1.92  Warwick                         3:38    45/43                      
      2.92  mp 109                          4:55     48                        
      3.92  mp 110 (Budbrook)               6:16     41                        
      4.92  mp 111                          7:53     35                        
      6.09  Hatton                         10:00     32                        
      8.42  mp 114.5 (Rowington)           13:11     57                        
     10.32  Lapworth                       15:13     55                        
     12.86  Knowle & Dorridge              18:00     54                        
     14.78  Widney Manor                   20:03     57                        
     16.23  Solihull                       21:36     58                        
     18.06  Olton                          23:28     62                        
     19.02  Acocks Green                   24:24     64                        
     19.98  Tyseley                        25:20     61                        
     20.97  Small Heath                    26:23    easy                       
     21.96  Bordesley                      27:25                               
     23.31  BIRMINGHAM SNOW HILL     31    29:39                               
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     Date: 15th August 1955
                                                                               
     dep: Leamington Spa..6.09pm..R Time                       
     arr: Birmingham Snow Hill..6.39pm..1 Early                      
                                                                               
     Net Time: 29.6 mins                           
                                                                               
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