THE YORKSHIRE VENTURER: GUIDE BRIDGE to SHEFFIELD:
Engine: Rebuilt Royal Scot class 4-6-0
no 6115 Scots Guardsman
Load: 12 coaches, 406 tons tare, 445 tons full
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miles sch m/sec mi/hr
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0.00 GUIDE BRIDGE 0 0:00
1.25 Hyde Jc 4:14 Sig
5:08 Stop
1.46 Hyde North 7:52
2.39 Hyde Central 10:16
3.95 Woodley 8 12:39 39.3av
p.w.s 15*
5.18 Romiley 10 15:37
6.81 Marple 18:20 36.0av
8.93 Strines 21:33 39.5av
10.32 New Mills Central 24:25 15*
11.31 New Mills S Jc 28:59 slack
13.10 Buxworth 34:17
sigs 5*
14.02 CHINLEY 26 38:34
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0.00 0 0:00
1.04 Chinley N Jc sigs
2.49 Cowburn Tunnel W 10:27
4.59 Cowburn Tunnel E 15:06 27.1av
5.87 Edale 12 16:39 49.5av
fog
10.72 Hope 21:35 59.0av
12.52 Bamford 23:27 57.8av
14.29 Hathersage 25:36 49.4av
16.19 Grindelford 24 27:42 54.3av
19.79 Totley Tunnel E p.w.s 15*
20.19 Totley Tunnel E SB 35:09
21.18 Dore & Totley 31 36:52 34.6av
22.69 Millhouses 38:52 45.3av
easy
25.44 SHEFFIELD 39 44:17
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Date: Saturday 11th November 1978:
dep: Guide Bridge 11.27am..2 late
arr: Sheffield 1.27pm..27 late
6115 continued to York, taking 90 min 33 secs for the
46 miles. 6 minutes were lost to Church Fenton from
slacks and signal checks, and there was a lengthy
delay into York resulting from dense fog.
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