SALTLEY-OXFORD: THE ZENITH:                                      

     Engine: BR class 9F 2-10-0 no 92220 Evening Star  
     Load: 12 coaches, 427 tons tare, 460 tons full        
                                                                    
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     miles                          sch    m/sec    mi/hr           
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      0.00  Saltley (mp 40.5)        0      0:00
      0.24  Landor St Jc             1     p.w.s                   
      0.72  St Andrews Jc                   5:11                    
      1.05  Bordesley Jc             4      6:31                    
      2.14  Small Heath                     sigs                    
      3.13  Tyseley                  9     14:30       
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      0.00                           0      0:00
                                           RL/ML     easy
      0.96  Acocks Green                    3:01      39                    
      1.92  Olton                           4:17      51              
      3.75  Solihull                        6:17      59                    
      5.20  Widney Manor                    7:36      68                    
      7.12  Dorridge                10      9:14      73             
      9.66  Lapworth                       11:15      80                    
     11.56  mp 114.5 (Rowington)           12:40      81              
     13.89  Hatton                  19     14:35      69              
     16.06  mp 110 (Budbrook)              16:23      76              
     18.06  Warwick                        p.w.s      52*
     19.98  LEAMINGTON SPA          28     20:37      40*             
     23.56  mp 102.5 (Fosse Rd)            25:05      55              
     26.06  mp 100 (Southam Road)          27:56      52              
     28.56  mp 97.5                        30:31      61              
     31.06  mp 95 (Fenny Compton)          33:08      53             
     34.06  mp 92                          slack      20*              
     36.06  mp 90 (Cropredy GF)            40:50      59              
     38.06  mp 88 (Ironstone Sdg)          42:44      65              
     39.86  BANBURY                 54     48:26                    
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      0.00                           0      0:00                    
      2.20  mp 84 (Astrop)                  sigs       5*            
      3.51  Kings Sutton                   10:49      45
      5.16  Aynho Jc SB              8     13:15      35*              
      5.89  Aynho                          p.w.s      25*             
      8.10  Fritwell                       18:12     47/52
                                           slack      46*
     10.96  Heyford                 16     21:41      46              
     13.58  Tackley                        25:01      50   
     15.04  Bletchington                   26:38     54/52                    
     17.15  Kidlington                     29:11      45                    
     19.82  Wolvercot Jc                   32:48      42

     22.69  OXFORD                  37     39:21
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     Date: 15th November 1980:                      
                                                                    
     dep: Saltley 6.52pm..9 late                            
     arr: Oxford 9.17pm..15 late                   
                                                                    
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