WESTERN REGION: 4.15pm PADDINGTON-BRISTOL-PLYMOUTH             
                                                                      
      Engine: King class 4-6-0 No 6010 King Charles I                 
      Load: 10 coaches, 343 tons tare, 365 tons full                  
                                                                      
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      miles                          sch   m/sec    mi/hr             
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       0.00  PADDINGTON               0      0:00                    
       1.25  Westbourne Park          3      3:11    36               
       3.28  Old Oak West Jc                 5:57    50               
       4.26  Acton                           7:03    53               
       5.72  Ealing Broadway                 8:35    56               
       7.35  Hanwell                        10:22    59               
       9.07  SOUTHALL                13     12:03    60               
      10.90  Hayes & Harlington             13:52    62               
      13.21  West Drayton                   16:02    64               
      14.74  Iver                           17:25    66               
      16.22  Langley                        18:46    67               
      18.44  SLOUGH                  22     20:45    66               
      20.95  Burnham                        23:03    65               
      22.45  Taplow                         24:26    64               
      24.24  Maidenhead              28     26:07    63               
                                            p.w.s    20*
      28.00  mp 28 (Shottesbrook)           32:17    57               
      31.01  Twyford                 35     35:15    64               
      34.00  mp 34 (Sonning)                37:58    68               
      35.98  READING GENERAL         41     40:23                     
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       0.00                           0      0:00                     
       2.67  Tilehurst                       4:51    48               
       5.56  Pangbourne                      8:08    56               
       8.77  Goring                         11:30    60               
      12.46  Cholsey                        15:06    63               
      15.27  mp 51.25 (Moreton)             17:46    64               
      17.16  DIDCOT                         19:30    65               
      20.53  Steventon                      22:39    64               
      24.44  Wantage Road                   26:13    66               
      27.84  Challow                        29:25    64               
      30.58  Uffington                      31:56    64               
      33.02  mp 69 (Knighton)               34:17    63               
      35.54  Shrivenham                     36:40    64               
      38.02  mp 74 (Marston)                38:59    63               
      40.34  Highworth Jc SB                41:13    62               
                                             sigs
      41.31  SWINDON                 44     43:59                     
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       0.00                           0      0:00                     
       1.21  mp 78.5 (Rushey Platt)          3:12    40               
       2.71  mp 80 (Hay Lane)                5:27    51               
       5.58  Wootton Bassett                 8:10    64               
       7.96  mp 85.25 (Incline SB)          10:19    67               
      10.43  Dauntsey                       12:22    76               
      12.71  mp 90 (Christian Malford)      14:14    73               
      14.71  mp 92                          15:56    68               
      16.67  CHIPPENHAM              20     18:23                     
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       0.00                           0      0:00                     
       2.14  Thingley Jc SB                  4:20    44               
       4.39  Corsham                         7:06    52               
       5.19  Box Tunnel E                    8:03    52               
       7.91  Box                            10:33    74               
      10.65  Bathampton                     12:57    62               
      12.93  BATH SPA                20     16:03                     
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       0.00                           0      0:00                     
       1.02  Oldfield Park                   2:41    37               
       4.45  Saltford                        7:08    53               
       6.90  Keynsham                        9:43    58               
       9.81  St Annes Park                  12:50    58               
                                             sigs                     
      11.49  BRISTOL TEMPLE MEADS    20     16:55                     
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     Date: Wednesday 4th June 1958                                     
                                                                      
     dep: Paddington 4.17pm..2 Late                                   
     arr: Bristol Temple Meads 6.47pm..3 Early                        

     Net Times 37.2, 42.7, 18.4, 16.0, 15.8. Total 130.1
                                                                      
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