WESTERN REGION: 6.10pm PADDINGTON-BIRKENHEAD             
                                                              
     Engine: King class 4-6-0 No 6006 King George I*          
     Load: 12 coaches, 414 tons tare, 445 tons full           
                                                              
     * Fitted with Double Chimney
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     miles                          sch    m/sec    mi/hr     
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      0.00  PADDINGTON                0      0:00                 
                                             sigs     15*     
      1.25  Westbourne Park                  4:13                 
      3.28  Old Oak West Jc           7      7:13    42/39*         
      4.75  mp 4.75 (Park Royal)             9:17     46           
      7.79  Greenford                13     12:24     64           
                                                      62      
     10.18  Northolt Jc (mp 0)       16     14:40     66           
     12.05  West Ruislip                    16:21     67           
                                                      72           
     14.79  Denham                          18:43     70           
     17.39  Gerrards Cross                   sigs     10*          
     20.12  Seer Green                      27:51     42           
     21.69  Beaconsfield                    29:55     52           
     24.18  mp 14 (Tylers Green)            32:21     65           
     26.54  HIGH WYCOMBE             36     35:00     36*          
                                                      45      
     28.78  West Wycombe                    p.w.s     22*          
     31.52  Saunderton                      43:19     44           
     33.18  mp 23 (summit)                  45:28     50           
     34.68  PRINCES RISBOROUGH       46     46:55     71           
     37.43  mp 27.25 (Ilmer)                49:02     84           
     40.03  Haddenham                       50:55    88/83         
     41.68  mp 31.5 (Chearsley)             52:44     86           
     44.04  Ashendon Jc SB           56     54:05     52*          
     46.54  mp 2.5                          56:43     58           
     47.41  Brill                           57:34     68           
                                                      79           
     50.42  Blackthorne                     59:58     75        
                                                      78      
     53.38  BICESTER NORTH           71     63:07                 
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      0.00                            0      0:00                 
      3.80  Ardley                    8      7:00     50           
      5.66  mp 15 (Ardley Tunnel)            9:03     61           
      8.14  Aynho Park                      11:22     66           
      8.91  Aynho Jc SB              15     12:09     60*          
     10.56  Kings Sutton                    13:46     64           
     11.87  mp 84 (Astrop)                  15:00     67           
     14.07  BANBURY GENERAL          21     18:09                  
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      0.00                            0      0:00                 
      1.70  Ironstone Sdgs SB                3:48     44
      3.63  Cropredy                         6:10     54           
      5.05  mp 91.25                         7:44     53           
      6.80  mp 93                            9:32     60           
      8.76  Fenny Compton                   11:19     71           
     11.80  mp 98                           13:42     82           
     13.75  Southam Road                    15:10     78           
     16.16  Fosse Road SB                   16:58    82/84         
                                             sigs     15*          
     19.88  LEAMINGTON SPA           24     22:28                 
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      0.00                            0      0:00                 
      1.92  Warwick                          3:45     48          
      2.92  mp 109                           4:54     53      
      3.92  mp 110 (Budbrook)                sigs      0*         
      4.92  mp 111                          11:08     34      
      6.09  Hatton                   11     13:04     44          
                                             sigs     25*     
      8.42  mp 114.5 (Rowington)            16:44     54          
     10.32  Lapworth                        18:47     56          
     12.86  Knowle & Dorridge        19     21:26    59/58        
     14.78  Widney Manor                    23:19     63          
     16.23  Solihull                        24:38     66          
     18.06  Olton                           26:15     73          
     19.02  Acocks Green                    27:03     75          
     19.98  Tyseley                  27     27:49     68          
     20.97  Small Heath                     28:48                 
     21.96  Bordesley                        sigs                 
     23.31  BIRMINGHAM SNOW HILL     32     32:48                 
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     Date: Thursday 5th June 1958                             
                                                                  
     dep: Paddington 6.51pm..41 Late                          
     arr: Birmingham Snow Hill..9.18pm..29 Late               
                                                                  
     Driver Thomas, Fireman Pierce (Stafford Road)            
                                                              
     Marooned in Paddington's Platform 1 for 41 mins by a     
     points failure, the crew straight away "went for it"     
     That they only succeeded in pulling back 12 minutes,     
     tells only half the story, for Signal checks leaving     
     Paddington and at Gerrards Cross, a P.W Slack at         
     West Wycombe, and further Signals at Leamington,         
     Hatton, and Bordesley, cost in total another 15 mins.    
                                                              
     Net Gain to engine and crew 27 minutes.     
                                                              
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