SALTLEY-DIDCOT: THE SALOPIAN: Engine: Castle class 4-6-0 no 7029 Clun Castle Load: 8 coaches, 295 tons tare, 315 tons full ----------------------------------------------------- miles sch m/sec mi/hr ----------------------------------------------------- 0.00 Saltley (mp 40.5) 0 0:00 0.24 Landor St Jc 1:03 0.72 St Andrews Jc 3 2:27 1.05 Bordesley Jc 4 3:23 2.14 Small Heath p.w.s 20* 3.13 Tyseley 9 8:48 ----- -- ----- 0.00 0 0:00 0.96 Acocks Green 2:38 37 1.92 Olton 4:01 48 3.75 Solihull 6:14 52 5.20 Widney Manor 7:46 59 7.12 Dorridge 10 9:39 64 9.66 Lapworth 11:55 70/65 11.56 mp 114.5 (Rowington) 13:36 71 13.89 Hatton 19 15:44 65 16.06 mp 110 (Budbrook) 17:40 71 18.06 Warwick p.w.s 49* 19.98 LEAMINGTON SPA 28 22:34 34* 23.56 mp 102.5 (Fosse Rd) 26:41 56/54 26.06 mp 100 (Southam Road) 29:21 58/64 28.56 mp 97.5 p.w.s 20* 31.06 mp 95 (Fenny Compton) 36:41 48 33.06 mp 93 39:02 52 34.06 mp 92 slack 20* 36.06 mp 90 (Cropredy GF) 43:47 54 38.06 mp 88 (Ironstone Sdg) sigs 20* sigs 0* 39.86 BANBURY 58 58:23 ----- -- ----- 0.00 0 0:00 2.20 mp 84 (Astrop) 4:28 55 3.51 Kings Sutton 5:49 62 5.16 Aynho Jc SB 12 7:42 40* 5.89 Aynho 8:41 51 8.10 Fritwell 11:01 61 slack 10* 10.96 Heyford 20 16:02 45 13.58 Tackley 18:57 60/61 15.04 Bletchington p.w.s 50* 17.15 Kidlington p.w.s 60* 64 19.82 Wolvercot Jc 38 25:23 55 22.69 OXFORD 43 31:40 ----- -- ----- 0.00 0 0:00 2.45 Kennington Jc 4:07 54 5.07 Radley 6:46 62/64 7.30 Culham 9:02 55 8.31 Appleford 10:11 9.60 Didcot N Jc 12:47 easy 10.37 DIDCOT 20 15:21 ----- -- ----- Date: 22nd May 1982: dep: Saltley 7.30pm arr: Didcot 9.53pm..17 early ----------------------------------------------------- Main Line Steam through Banbury Main Line Steam Archives Page