WESTERN REGION: 8.19am KIDDERMINSTER-PADDINGTON                    
                                                                        
     Engine: Modified Hall class 4-6-0 No 7928 Wolf Hall                
     Load: 9 coaches, 296 tons tare, 315 tons full                      
                                                                        
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      miles                          sch   m/sec    m/hr                
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       0.00  KIDDERMINSTER            0      0:00                       
       3.71  Hartlebury                      6:11   50/48               
       6.06  mp 129.5 (Cutnall Green)        8:57    56                 
       7.56  mp 128                         10:37    53                 
       9.45  DROITWICH SPA           12     13:30                       
       ----                          --     -----                       
       0.00                           0      0:00                       
       2.95  Fernhill Heath                  5:28    47                 
       4.11  mp 122                          6:49    53                 
       5.61  WORCESTER SHRUB HILL    10      9:49                       
       ----                          --     -----                       
       0.00                           0      0:00                       
       3.11  Norton                          5:36    46                 
       5.65  Stoulton                        8:25   61/60               
       7.88  Pershore                       10:29   67/63               
      10.65  Fladbury                       13:03    67                 
      12.50  mp 108                         14:44    62                 
      13.80  EVESHAM                 17     16:21                       
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       0.00                           0      0:00                       
       2.35  Littleton                       4:15    49                 
       3.70  mp 103                          5:53    53
       4.95  Honeybourne                     7:21    48                 
       6.70  mp 100                          9:51    37                 
       7.70  mp 99                          11:30    36                 
       8.61  Campden Tunnel W               13:01    35                 
       9.11  Campden Tunnel E                        31                 
       9.76  Chipping Campden               15:08    36                 
      11.73  Blockley                       17:31    60                 
      13.70  mp 93                          19:36    51                 
      14.94  MORETON-IN-MARSH        23     21:21                       
      -----                          --     -----                       
       0.00                           0      0:00                       
       4.37  Adlestrop                       6:23    60                 
       7.04  KINGHAM                         8:55    66                 
      10.03  Shipton                        11:37    67                 
      11.34  Ascott                         12:48    70                 
      15.01  Charlbury                       sigs     5*                
      18.26  mp 73.5                        22:00    57                 
      21.27  Hanborough                     24:52    66                 
      22.75  mp 69                          26:11    70                 
      24.44  Yarnton                        27:43    63                 
      25.39  Wolvercot Jc SB                28:42    43*                
      26.76  mp 65                          30:26    51                 
      28.25  OXFORD                  34     33:00                       
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       0.00                           0      0:00                       
       2.45  Kennington Jc SB                4:34    46                 
       5.07  Radley                          7:41    56                 
       7.30  Culham                          9:56    62                 
       8.31  Appleford                      10:53    66
       9.51  Didcot N Jc SB                          56                 
      10.65  mp 52.75 (Didcot E Jc)         13:24    41*                
      12.15  mp 51.25 (Moreton)             15:29    50                 
      14.96  Cholsey                        18:34    58                 
      18.65  Goring                         22:07    65                 
      21.86  Pangbourne                     25:03    65                 
      24.75  Tilehurst                      27:41    67                 
      27.42  READING GENERAL                30:04    67                 
      29.40  mp 34 (Sonning)                31:52    66                 
      32.39  Twyford                        34:34    68                 
      36.90  mp 26.5 (Waltham)              38:32    69                 
      39.16  Maidenhead                     40:30    68                 
                                                    Eased
      40.95  Taplow                         42:13    62                 
      42.45  Burnham                        43:39    62                 
      44.96  SLOUGH                         46:06    62                 
      47.18  Langley                        48:19    58                 
      48.66  Iver                           49:53    58                 
      50.19  West Drayton                   51:26    59                 
      52.50  Hayes & Harlington             53:51    59                 
                                            p.w.s
      54.30  SOUTHALL                       56:53    48                 
      56.05  Hanwell                        58:49    58                 
      57.68  Ealing Broadway                60:24    61                 
      59.14  Acton                          61:56    59                 
      60.12  Old Oak West Jc                63:00    49                 
      62.15  Westbourne Park                65:49    39*                
                                             sigs     0*
      63.40  PADDINGTON              71     69:56                       
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     Date: 31st March 1959                                              
                                                                        
     dep: Kidderminster 8.18am..1 Early                                 
     arr: Paddington 11.20am..2 Early                                   
                                                                        
     Kidderminster portion of "Cathedrals Express",                     
     running independently from Worcester                               

     Net time Oxford-Paddington 66.5 mins
                                                                        
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