BANBURY-STRATFORD-BANBURY: THE THAMES AVON EXPRESS Engine: A4 class 4-6-2 no 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley Load: 12 coaches, 432 tons tare, 455 tons full ----------------------------------------------------- miles m/sec mi/hr ----------------------------------------------------- 0.00 BANBURY 0:00 1.80 mp 88 (Ironstone Sdg) 4:40 38 3.80 mp 90 (Cropredy GF) 7:30 45 slack 20* 6.80 mp 93 13:29 42 8.80 mp 95 (Fenny Compton) 15:48 58 11.80 mp 98 18:47 66/68 13.80 mp 100 (Southam Rd) 20:37 60 16.30 mp 102.5 (Fosse) 23:06 62 sigs 22* 19.88 LEAMINGTON SPA 28:44 38* 21.80 WARWICK 31:12 53/50 22.80 mp 109 32:16 56 23.80 mp 110 (Budbrook) 33:22 51 24.80 mp 111 34:40 eased 25.97 Hatton 38:40 10* 26.33 Hatton West Jc 40:07 easy 27.67 mp 16.5 (Claverdon) 42:22 51 29.17 mp 15 43:56 60 30.93 Bearley 46:00 49/52 31.45 Bearley W Jc 46:51 35* 32.56 Wilmcote 48:32 44 33.67 mp 10.5 49:52 55 35.21 STRATFORD ON AVON 53:48 ----- ----- 0.00 0:00 1.29 mp 10.25 5:01 33 2.65 Wilmcote 8:37 20/28 3.76 Bearley W Jc 11:16 19* 4.28 Bearley 12:18 31/30 6.54 mp 15.5 15:58 48 7.54 mp 16.5 (Claverdon) 17:18 44/45 8.88 Hatton West Jc 20:27 15* 9.24 Hatton 22:17 10* 11.41 mp 110 (Budbrook) 26:18 60/64 13.41 Warwick 28:13 61 15.33 LEAMINGTON SPA 31:00 34* 18.91 mp 102.5 (Fosse Rd) 35:32 54/53 21.41 mp 100 (Southam Road) 38:17 55 23.91 mp 97.5 40:44 62/60 p.w.s 30* 26.41 mp 95 (Fenny Compton) 44:38 43/50 29.41 mp 92 slack 22* 31.41 mp 90 (Cropredy GF) 52:59 57/59 33.41 mp 88 (Ironstone Sdg) sigs 18* sigs 0* 35.21 BANBURY 90:33 ----- ----- Date: 26th January 1985: dep: Banbury 1.02pm arr: Stratford 1.56pm dep: Stratford 4.27pm arr: Banbury 5.57pm ----------------------------------------------------- Main Line Steam through Banbury Main Line Steam Archives Page