WESTERN REGION: 8.35am WOLVERHAMPTON-PADDINGTON        
                                                            
     Engine: King class 4-6-0 No 6022 King Edward III       
     Load: 12 coaches, 411 tons tare, 440 tons full         
                                                            
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     miles                          sch    m/sec    mi/hr   
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      0.00  BIRMINGHAM SNOW HILL     0      0:00            
      1.35  Bordesley                       2:48            
      2.34  Small Heath                     4:03            
      3.33  Tyseley                  5      5:21      50    
      4.29  Acocks Green                    6:28      53    
      5.25  Olton                           7:31      56    
      7.08  Solihull                        9:25      61    
      8.53  Widney Manor                   10:47      66    
     10.45  Knowle & Dorridge       12     12:30      68    
     12.99  Lapworth                       14:43      70    
     14.89  mp 114.5 (Rowington)           16:19      73    
     17.21  Hatton                  18     18:25     60/66  
                                           p.w.s      15*   
     19.39  mp 110 (Budbrook)              21:40            
                                           p.w.s      15*   
     21.38  Warwick                        25:57            
                                                      54    
     23.31  LEAMINGTON SPA          24     28:41            
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      0.0                            0      0:00   (Restart)
      2.08  mp 104                          4:15      44    
      3.72  Fosse Rd SB                     6.13     48/47  
      6.13  Southam Road                    9:35     46/48  
                                            sigs       0*   
     11.12  Fenny Compton                  18:32      52    
     13.83  mp 92.25 (Claydon)             21:31      60    
     16.25  Cropredy                       23:44      71    
     18.08  mp 88 (Ironstone Sdg)          25:15      72    
     19.90  BANBURY GENERAL         25     26:46      71    
     22.08  mp 84 (Astrop)                 28:39      68    
     23.39  Kings Sutton                   29:48      66    
     25.04  Aynho Jc SB             29     31:22      60*   
     25.82  Aynho Park                     32:07      59    
     28.80  mp 14.5 (summit)               35:26      51    
     30.16  Ardley                  34     36:52      60    
     33.96  BICESTER NORTH                 40:03      81    
                                                      86    
     36.92  Blackthorne                    42:09      81    
     39.93  Brill                          44:32      68    
     40.80  mp 2.5                         45:19      63    
                                                      66    
     43.30  Ashendon Jc SB          46     47:43      59*   
     46.66  mp 31.5                        59:53      68    
     47.31  Haddenham                       sigs      22*   
     49.91  mp 27.25 (Ilmer)               56:25     48/46  
     52.66  PRINCES RISBOROUGH      56     59:51      49    
     54.91  mp 22.25 (summit)              62:35      47    
     55.82  Saunderton                     63:38      55    
     58.56  West Wycombe                   66:41      51*   
     60.80  HIGH WYCOMBE            67     69:38      40*   
     63.16  mp 14 (Tylers Green)           72:15     58/59  
     65.65  Beaconsfield                   74:49      57    
     67.22  Seer Green                     76:23      65    
     69.95  Gerrards Cross                 78:38      74    
     72.55  Denham                         80:41      80    
     75.29  West Ruislip                   82:48      74    
     77.16  Northolt Jc (mp 0)      83     84:21      71    
     79.54  Greenford               85     86:20      73    
     82.59  mp 4.75 (Park Royal)           89:02      57    
     84.06  Old Oak West Jc         89     90:46      47*   
                                                      50    
     86.09  Westbourne Park                 sigs       0*   
     87.34  PADDINGTON              98    100:00            
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     Date: Saturday 8th August 1959                         
                                                            
     dep: Birmingham Snow Hill 9.01am..1 Late               
     arr: Paddington 11.17am..12 Late                       
                                                            
     Delays on this journey amounted to nearly 21 mins,     
                                                            
     Two 15mph P.W.Slacks Budbrook and Warwick    4.3 mins  
     Signal failure at Greaves Sdg                4.0 mins  
     Signal check at Haddenham                    3.9 mins  
     Signal check at Westbourne Park              3.5 mins  
                                                            
     Emergency stop for coach examination when departing    
     from Leamington. Departure was delayed 5 mins 8 secs,  
     and log times are taken from the subsequent re-start   
                                                            
     The calculated net running times were:                 
       Birmingham-Leamington 23.3 miles   24.4 mins         
       Leamington-Paddington 87.3 miles   88.6 mins         
                               Total     111.0 mins         
                                                            
     Scheduled times totalled 122 mins                      
     Gain to Engine 11.0 mins                               
                                                            
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