LONDON MIDLAND REGION: 2.20pm EUSTON-WOLVERHAMPTON    
                                                                     
     Engine: Jubilee class 4-6-0 No 45709 Implacable                 
     Load: 11 coaches, 353 tons tare, 375 tons full                  
                                                                     
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     miles                          sch    m/sec    mi/hr            
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      0.00  LONDON EUSTON            0      0:00                     
      1.00  Camden No 1                                              
      3.00  mp 3 (Kilburn)                  6:52                     
      5.42  Willesden Juncton        9      9:39      59             
      7.00  mp 7 (Brent Jc)                11:08      63             
      8.05  Wembley                        12:10      62             
     11.38  Harrow & Wealdstone            15:26      60             
     13.30  Hatch End                      17:21      60             
     14.50  mp 14.5 (Carpenders)           18:33      60             
     15.99  Bushey                         20:03      60             
     17.44  WATFORD JUNCTION        21     21:23      67             
     20.93  Kings Langley                  24:35      66             
     23.07  Apsley                         26:35      63             
     24.49  Hemel Hempstead                27:56      62             
     26.00  mp 26 (Bourne End)             29:24      61             
     27.94  Berkhamsted                    31:16      60            
     30.00  mp 30 (Northchurch)            33:23      59             
     31.66  TRING                   35     35:06      59             
     34.00  mp 34 (Tring Cutting)          37:09      72             
     36.10  Cheddington                    38:50     76/78           
     38.00  mp 38 (Sears Xg)               p.w.s      35*            
     40.18  Leighton Buzzard               43:10      52             
     42.25  mp 42.25 (Chelmscote)          45:32      61             
     44.50  mp 44.5 (Stoke Hammond)        47:40      67             
     46.68  BLETCHLEY               47     49:35     68/67           
     47.75  mp 47.75 (Denbigh Hall)        50:32      65             
     50.00  mp 50 (Loughton Sdg)           52:31      72             
     52.42  Wolverton                      54:27     75/74           
     54.75  Castlethorpe                   56:28      70             
     57.50  mp 57.5 (Hanslope)             58:54      65             
     59.89  Roade                   58     61:10      62             
     62.85  Blisworth               61     63:48      72             
     64.50  mp 64.5 (Banbury Lane)         65:10      74             
     67.25  mp 67.25 (Heyford)             67:22     76/74           
     69.69  Weedon                  67     69:19      77             
     75.25  Welton                         74:09      66             
     76.75  mp 76.75 (Kilsby S)            p.w.s      25*            
     78.75  mp 78.75 (Kilsby N)            78:55                     
     80.26  Hillmorton SB                  80:32      64             
     82.55  RUGBY MIDLAND           79     83:09      40*            
     86.00  mp 86                          87:24      64             
     89.08  Brandon & Wolston              90:01      74             
     92.75  mp 92.75 (Humber Rd)           93:22      63             
     93.99  COVENTRY                94     94:56                     
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      1.48  Canley Halt                     3:54      40             
      3.57  Tile Hill                       6:40      50             
      5.50  Berkswell                       8:52      59             
      8.77  Hampton in Arden               11:50      72             
     12.42  Marston Green                  14:51      69             
     14.00  Lea Hall                       16:15      67             
     15.11  Stechford                      17:15      66             
     16.98  Adderley Park                  19:12      63             
     18.22  Proof House Jc SB       20     20:22     easy            
     18.92  BIRMINGHAM NEW ST       22     22:13                     
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     Date: 25th July 1955                                            
                                                                     
     dep: London Euston 2.20pm..R Time                               
     arr: Birmingham New St 4.20pm..R Time                           
                                                                     
     Net Time 89.5 mins to Coventry (63.0 mi/hr)                    
                                                                    
     Excellent run on a hot and sultry day from a Jubilee 
     on a full XL load. But "Implacable" was a Bushbury
     engine, so say no more!                                       

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