WORCESTER-HEREFORD & BIRMINGHAM NEW ST-WORCESTER:
     (THE RED ROSE: M.N.L.P.S CHARTER)
                                                                          
     Engine: Class 47 No 47077 North Star                                 
     Load: 11 coaches, 371 tons tare, 395 tons full                       
                                                                          
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     miles                          sch    m/sec    mi/hr                 
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      0.00  WORCESTER SHRUB HILL     0      0:00                        
      0.65  Foregate Street          2      2:08                        
      1.31  Henwick                  4      3:41      53                
      4.00  mp 124.5 (Bransford)            6:10                        
      5.77  Newlands SB                     sigs       2*               
      7.44  Malvern Link                   13:10      40                 
      8.58  Great Malvern                  14:55                        
      9.66  Malvern Wells SB        16      sigs       0*               
     10.10  Colwall Tunnel E               21:41                        
     11.39  Colwall                        23:48                        
                                                      70                
     14.69  Ledbury Tunnel E               27:16    Slack               
     15.60  LEDBURY                 25     28:51    Slack               
     19.38  Ashperton                                                   
     21.80  Stoke Edith                    34:45                        
     24.86  Withington                     37:25                        
     27.64  Shelwick Jc             37     40:51    Slack               
     29.35  HEREFORD                40     44:11                        
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                                                    (avge)
      0.00  BIRMINGHAM NEW ST        0      0:00
      0.92  Five Ways                       3:11
      3.33  Selly Oak                       6:25     44.7
      4.43  Bournville                      7:31     60.0
      5.50  Kings Norton                    8:52     47.5
      6.91  Northfield                     10:39     47.4
      7.95  Longbridge                     11:41     60.3
     10.59  Barnt Green             22     14:00     68.3
     12.01  mp 53.25 (Blackwell)           15:14     69.1
     14.14  Bromsgrove                     16:53     77.4
     16.26  mp 57.5 (Stoke Works)          20:12     38.3
     20.56  Droitwich Spa           37     26:00     44.5
     23.51  Fernhill Heath FB              29:25     51.8
     26.17  WORCESTER SHRUB HILL    49     33:46
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     Date: Saturday 28th April 1979                                       
                                                                          
     dep: Worcester Shrub Hill 8.36am..1 Late                             
     arr: Hereford 9.20am..5 Late                                         
     dep: Birmingham New St 7.04pm..11 Late
     arr: Worcester Shrub Hill 7.38pm..4 Early
                                                                          
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