WESTERN REGION: 2.35pm WOLVERHAMPTON-PADDINGTON        
                                                            
     Engine: Castle class 4-6-0 No 7033 Hartlebury Castle   
     Load: 10 coaches, 346 tons tare, 370 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                       3:04            
      2.34  Small Heath                     4:33            
      3.33  Tyseley                  5      6:04      44    
      4.29  Acocks Green                    8:28      52    
      5.25  Olton                                     52    
      7.08  Solihull                       10:35      53    
      8.53  Widney Manor                   12:05      58    
     10.45  Knowle & Dorridge       12     13:57      63    
     12.99  Lapworth                       16:13      69    
     14.89  mp 114.5 (Rowington)           17:54      67    
     17.21  Hatton                  18     20:20      53*   
     19.39  mp 110 (Budbrook)              22:31      72    
     21.38  Warwick                        24:13      66    
     23.31  LEAMINGTON SPA          24     26:52            
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      0.0                            0      0:00            
      2.08  mp 104                          4:50      41    
      3.72  Fosse Rd SB                     7.06      44    
      6.13  Southam Road                   10:28     43/45  
      9.08  mp 97                          13:52      54    
     11.12  Fenny Compton                  16:23      46    
     13.83  mp 92.25 (Claydon)             19:42      57    
     16.25  Cropredy                       22:06      67    
     18.08  mp 88 (Ironstone Sdg)          23:44      69    
                                           p.w.s      15*   
     19.90  BANBURY GENERAL         25     26:20            
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      0.00                           0     00:00            
      2.18  mp 84 (Astrop)                  4:40      47    
      3.49  Kings Sutton                    6:12      53    
      5.14  Aynho Jc SB              8      8:10      45*   
      5.92  Aynho Park                      9:10      43    
      8.90  mp 14.5 (summit)               13:25      42    
     10.26  Ardley                  14     15:07      53    
     14.06  BICESTER NORTH                 18:37      71    
                                                      73    
     17.02  Blackthorne                    21:06      70    
     20.03  Brill                          23:55      56    
     20.90  mp 2.5                         24:55      54    
                                                      60    
     23.40  Ashendon Jc SB          26     27:35      52*   
     26.67  mp 31.5                        30:12      59    
     27.41  Haddenham                      31:53      56    
                                                      60    
     30.01  mp 27.25 (Ilmer)               34:34      59    
     32.76  PRINCES RISBOROUGH      37     37:49      48    
     35.01  mp 22.25 (summit)              40:38      45    
     35.91  Saunderton                     41:45      52    
                                                      59    
     38.66  West Wycombe                   44:46      39*   
     40.90  HIGH WYCOMBE            48     48:26      34*   
     43.26  mp 14 (Tylers Green)           51:44     50/51  
     45.75  Beaconsfield                   54:43      49    
     47.32  Seer Green                     56:32      58    
     50.05  Gerrards Cross                 59:00      68    
     52.65  Denham                         61:17      74    
     55.39  West Ruislip                   63:33      67    
     57.26  Northolt Jc (mp 0)      65     65:15      64    
     59.64  Greenford               67     67:28      67    
     62.69  mp 4.75 (Park Royal)           70:20      60    
     64.19  Old Oak West Jc         71     72:06      35*   
                                                      48    
     66.19  Westbourne Park                75:10     easy   
     67.44  PADDINGTON              79     78:26            
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     Date: Saturday 7th June 1958                           
                                                            
     dep: Birmingham Snow Hill 3.01pm..1 Late               
     arr: Paddington 5.17pm..2 Late                         
                                                            
     No excuse for a 2 minute late arrival on a un-taxing   
     schedule. Just a very poor performance.                
                                                            
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