RAIL 150: MANCHESTER-EDGE HILL-MANCHESTER
Engine: Jubilee class 4-6-0 No 5690 Leander
Load-Run 1..12 coaches, 407 tons tare, 440 tons full
Run 2..11 coaches, 374 tons tare, 405 tons full
Run 1 Run 2
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miles sch m/sec mi/hr m/sec mi/hr
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0.00 MANCHESTER VICTORIA 0 0:00 0:00
0.70 Salford 3:07 easy 3:22 easy
1.12 mp 30.5 (Ordsall Lane) 4:10 28* 4:28 26*
2.62 mp 29 6:37 43 7:02 41
4.04 Eccles 8:31 49 8:58 48
5.04 Patricroft 9:41 52 10:10 51
6.01 Barton Moss Jc SB 10:45 55 11:15 54
8.87 mp 22.75 (Astley) 13:45 60 14:24 57
10.87 mp 20.75 (Glazebury) 15:44 61 16:30 58
12.87 mp 18.75 (Kenyon Jc) 17:53 48 18:36 54
14.87 mp 16.75 (Parkside Jc) 20:41 40* 21:19 40*
15.87 Newton-le-Willows 22:09 43 22:42 46
sigs 20*
16.90 EARLESTOWN 24 24:08 26:13
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0.00 0 0:00 0:00
1.12 mp 13.5 (Collins Green) 3:52 37 3:46 36
2.83 St Helens Junction 6:08 44 6:02 46
4.47 mp 10.25 (Lea Green) 8:40 35 8:25 37
5.82 Rainhill 10:41 44 10:28 43
7.72 mp 7 12:57 58 12:41 59
9.03 Huyton 14:37 50 sigs 0*
9.54 Roby 15:01 50 19:55
11.13 Broad Green 17:03 45 22:43 40
12.12 Olive Mount Jc SB 18:21 35 sigs 2*
12.97 mp 1.75 (Edge Hill E) sigs slack 27:53 slack
13.34 EDGE HILL 20 23:14 29:42
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0.00 0 0:00 0:00
0.37 mp 1.75 (Edge Hill E) 1:40 slack 1:50 slack
1.22 Olive Mount Jc SB 3:25 37 0:00 38
2.21 Broad Green 4:52 45 0:00 47
3.80 Roby 6:48 52 slow 30*
4.31 Huyton 7:24 53 8:46 35
5.62 mp 7 8:53 53 10:44 42
6.62 mp 8 10:13 42 12:19 34
7.52 RAINHILL 11 12:26 14:35
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0.00 0 0:00 0:00
1.35 mp 10.25 (Lea Green) 3:15 44 3:04 44
2.97 St Helens Junction 5:19 54/36 4:57 57
4.60 mp 13.5 (Collins Green) 7:31 50 6:38 59/57
5.82 EARLESTOWN 8:52 58 7:53 61
6.85 Newton-le-Willows 9:57 57 8:54 61
7.85 mp 16.75 (Parkside Jc) 11:13 42* 10:06 41*
9.85 mp 18.75 (Kenyon Jc) 13:48 54 12:44 54
11.85 mp 20.75 (Glazebury) 15:45 63 14:52 60
13.85 mp 22.75 (Astley) 17:37 65 16:51 61
16.71 Barton Moss Jc SB 20:17 64/65 19:44 60
17.68 Patricroft 21:11 60 20:42 58
18.68 Eccles 22:16 53 21:43 57
21.60 mp 30.5 (Ordsall Lane) 26:34 slack 25:16 slack
22.02 Salford p.w.s 10* p.w.s 10*
22.72 MANCHESTER VICTORIA 32 33:28 (East) 33:32
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Date 27th July 1980 10th August 1980
dep: Manchester Victoria 12.19pm 12.06pm
arr: Edge Hill 1.54pm 1.59pm
dep: Edge Hill 3.26pm 3.38pm
arr: Manchester Victoria 4.44pm 4.46pm
Run No 2 ran through Manchester Victoria 31m 25s, stopped at East
SB 33m 28s, and reversed into a platform, arriving 4.49pm.
Net Times:
Manchester -Earlestown 24.1 24.5
Earlstown-Edge Hill 21.5 21.2
Edge Hill-Rainhill 12.4 11.9
Rainhill-Manchester 31.5 30.0
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Totals (60.48 miles) 89.5 87.6
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