WESTERN REGION: 9.50am CARDIFF-BIRMINGHAM                            
                                                                          
     Engine: Modified Hall class 4-6-0                                    
                      No 6971 Athelhampton Hall                           
     Load: 5 coaches, 160 tons tare, 165 tons full                        
                                                                          
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     miles                          sch    m/sec    mi/hr                 
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      0.00  STOURBRIDGE JUNCTION     0      0:00                          
      0.38  Stourbridge N Jc                1:30    slack                 
      1.29  Lye                             3:04      36                  
      2.67  Cradley Heath                   5:19      34                  
      4.12  Old Hill                        7:57      33                  
      4.47  Old Hill Tunnel S               8:37      33                  
      4.98  Old Hill Tunnel N               9:33      32                  
      5.29  Rowley Regis                   10:10      38                  
                                                      45                  
      6.88  Oldbury & Langley Green        12:31      35                  
      8.03  SMETHWICK JUNCTION      15     14:49                          
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      0.00                           0      0:00                          
      0.86  Handsworth Jc SB                2:19      29                  
      1.51  Handsworth & Smethwick          3:33    41/45                 
      2.51  Soho & Winson Green             sigs      39*                 
      3.17  Hockley                         6:08                          
                                                                          
      4.06  BIRMINGHAM SNOW HILL    10      8:42                          
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     Date: 14th December 1955                                             
                                                                          
     dep: Stourbridge Junction 1.04pm..R Time                             
     arr: Birmingham Snow Hill 1.28pm..2 Early                            
                                                                          
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     WESTERN REGION: 2.45pm BIRMINGHAM-KIDDERMINSTER                      
                                                                          
     Engine: 5100 class 2-6-2T No 4100                                    
     Load: 3 coaches, 90 tons tare, 95 tons full                          
                                                                          
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     miles                          sch    m/sec    mi/hr                 
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      0.00  BIRMINGHAM SNOW HILL     0      0:00                          
      0.89  Hockley                         3:05                          
                                           -----    (Water)               
                                     3      5:14                          
      1.55  Soho & Winson Green             6:57                          
                                           -----                          
                                     6      7:10                          
      2.55  Handsworth & Smethwick          9:49                          
                                           -----                          
                                    10     10:14                          
      3.20  Handsworth Jc SB               12:08      28                  
      4.06  SMETHWICK JUNCTION      14     14:09                          
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                                    15     14:25                          
                                                      31                  
      5.21  Oldbury & Langley Green        17:21                          
                                           -----                          
                                    19     18:07                          
      6.36  mp 135.75                      21:10      31                  
      6.80  Rowley Regis                   22:12                          
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                                    23     23:05                          
      7.11  Old Hill Tunnel N                                             
      7.62  Old Hill Tunnel S              25:05                          
                                            sigs      10*                 
      7.97  OLD HILL                       26:08                          
                                           -----                          
                                    28     27:02                          
                                            sigs       0*                 
      8.61  mp 138                         29:41      40                  
      9.42  Cradley Heath                  31:24                          
                                           -----                          
                                    32     32:25                          
                                                      33                  
     10.80  Lye                            35:33                          
                                           -----                          
                                    36     36:16                          
                                            sigs       0*                 
     11.71  Stourbridge N Jc               40:02    slack                 
     12.09  STOURBRIDGE JUNCTION    40     41:21                          
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     Date: 14th December 1955                                       
                                                                    
     dep: Birmingham Snow Hill 2.46pm..1 Late                       
     arr: Stourbridge Junction 3.27pm..2 Late                       
                                                                    
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