WESTERN REGION: 11.55am MANCHESTER-PLYMOUTH:     
                                                                    
     Engine: Hall class 4-6-0 no 5923 Colston Hall
     Load: 9 coaches & van, 295 tons tare, 315 tons full.
                                                          
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     miles                          sch    m/sec    mi/hr           
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      0.00  SHREWSBURY               0      0:00                    
      0.81  Sutton Bridge Jc SB             2:07     30 
      1.75  mp 1.75 (Bayston Hill)          4:04     27 
      4.32  Condover                        9:06    34/32                
      6.41  Dorrington                     12:22    42/43                
      9.30  Leebotwood                     17:33    26/23                
     11.75  mp 11.75 (All Stretton)        23:30    26/24                
     12.80  Church Stretton                25:43     33               
     14.00  mp 14 (Little Stretton)        27:36     47               
     15.40  Marsh Brook                    29:05     63                
     16.75  mp 16.75 (Marsh Farm)          30:25    60/58             
     18.50  mp 18.5 (Wistanstow)           32:10     62               
     19.94  CRAVEN ARMS                    33:34     60        
     20.75  mp 20.75                       34:27     53             
     22.91  Onibury                        36:40    61/58               
     25.31  Bromfield                      38:59     60               
     27.54  Ludlow                         41:18     50*               
     30.50  mp 30.5 (Ashford Bowdler)      44:36     62               
     32.14  Woofferton Junction            46:13     55              
     33.75  mp 33.75                       48:08     48               
     35.26  Berrington & Eye               49:48     57               
     38.42  LEOMINSTER                     53:06     60               
     40.82  Ford Bridge                    55:33     56             
     42.85  Dinmore Tunnel N               57:53     49               
     43.52  Dinmore                        58:38    57/63                
     46.84  Moreton-on-Lugg                p.w.s                    
     49.32  Shelwick Jc SB                 67:09     46               
     50.19  Barrs Court Jc SB               sigs                    
     51.04  HEREFORD                72     71:07                    
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     Date: 6th August 1957:                                        
                                                                    
     dep: Shrewsbury 2.27pm..3 late                                    
     arr: Hereford 3.38pm..2 late

     Net time 67.8 mins                              
                                                                    
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