SOUTHERN/MIDLAND REGIONS: 10.10am SHEFFIELD-BOURNEMOUTH
                                                                    
     Engine: West Country class 4-6-2 no 34040 Crewkerne
     Pilot engine to Evercreech Jc: class 2P 4-4-0 no 40568      
     Load: 8 coaches, 252 tons tare, 265 tons full            
                                                                    
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     miles                          sch    m/sec    mi/hr           
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      0.00  BATH GREEN PARK          0      0:00                    
      0.51  Bath Jc SB                      1:55     easy             
      1.51  mp 1                            4:33      24              
      1.95  Devonshire Tunnel N             5:35      19              
      2.50  Coombe Tunnel N                 7:27      16          
      4.39  Midford                        10:42      44              
      5.76  mp 5.25                        12:43      38              
      6.80  Wellow                         14:05     51/48                    
      8.60  Shoscombe                      16:16      55               
      9.66  Writhlington SB                17:33      43             
     10.68  Radstock                       19:10      37              
     12.52  Midsomer Norton                22:58      21              
     13.69  Chilcompton Tunnel S           27:17      14              
     14.53  Chilcompton                    30:27      18             
     15.74  Moorewood SB                   34:25     25/24
     16.51  mp 16 (top 1/60)               36:24      24              
     17.11  Binegar                        37:42      32              
     18.26  mp 17.75 (Masbury summit)      40:37      22
     18.67  Masbury                        41:18      36               
     20.01  mp 19.5 (Winsor Hill)          43:06      53             
     21.87  Shepton Mallet                 45:19      36*
     23.51  mp 23                          47:41      50               
     24.97  Evercreech New                 49:10      45              
     26.45  EVERCREECH JUNCTION     58     52:13                    
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      0.00                           0      0:00                    
      1.06  mp 27                           2:56      33             
      2.78  Cole                            5:27      43                    
      4.31  mp 30.25                        7:50      33              
      7.03  Wincanton                      12:03      38             
      8.56  mp 34.5                        14:11      46              
     10.25  Templecombe No 2 Jc            17:17     easy               
     12.43  Henstridge                     20:28      50              
     13.93  Stalbridge                     22:55     slack            
     15.81  mp 41.75                       25:41      56              
     17.90  Sturminster                    28:30     slack               
     19.06  mp 45                                               
     20.94  Shillingstone                  32:28     slack             
     23.74  Stourpaine                     36:25      55
     25.31  mp 51.25                       38:10     easy 
     26.40  BLANDFORD FORUM         42     39:50                    
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      0.00                           0      0:00                    
      1.66  Charlton Marshall               4:06                   
      3.28  Spetisbury                      5:52     60/56
                                                      63               
      6.09  Bailey Gate                     8:42      57              
      7.89  Corfe Mullen Jc SB             11:06      38*              
      9.69  mp 62 (top 1/80)               14:11      32             
                                                      38 
     10.89  BROADSTONE              20     16:28                    
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      0.00                           0      0:00                    
      1.10  Creekmoor Halt                  2:57      43             
      2.90  Holes Bay Jc SB                           51 
      3.43  POOLE                    0      6:23                    
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     Date: Monday 2nd July 1956:                
                                                                    
     dep: Bath Green Park dep 1.55pm..5 late          
     arr: Poole 4.59pm..2 early                
                                                                    
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