WELSH MARCHES EXPRESS: SHREWSBURY-HEREFORD
Engine: Princess Royal Class 4-6-2
no 6201 Princess Elizabeth
Load: 12 coaches, 429 tons tare, 455 tons full
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miles sch m/sec mi/hr
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0.00 SHREWSBURY 0 0:00
0.81 Sutton Bridge Jc SB 5 3:11 15*
2.25 mp 2.25 6:59 25
4.25 mp 4.25 (Condover) 10:54 33/31
6.31 Dorrington SB 14:16 41/43
9.25 mp 9.25 (Leebotwood) 18:59 33
10.25 mp 10.25 20:45 34
11.75 mp 11.75 (All Stretton) 23:15 36
12.80 Church Stretton 24 25:27
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0.00 0 0:00
2.58 Marsh Brook LC 4:56 58
3.95 mp 16.75 (Marsh Farm) 6:21 61
5.20 mp 18 7:32 64
52*
7.15 CRAVEN ARMS 14 9:38 57
7.95 mp 20.75 10:31 54
10.07 Onibury 12:34 64
12.45 Bromfield 14:46 68
13.45 mp 26.25 15:38 70
14.73 Ludlow (OHBS) 17:02 35*
17.70 mp 30.5 20:39 66
19.34 Woofferton 36 22:09 64
20.95 mp 33.75 23:44 60
22.45 Berrington 25:07 68/69
25.55 Leominster 47 27:58 64/68
28.03 Ford Bridge 30:11 62
30.05 Dinmore Tunnel N (OHBS) 32:20 41*
30.70 mp 43.5 (Dinmore) 33:19 48
34.03 Moreton-on-Lugg LC 36:56 60
35.45 mp 48.25 38:22 59
36.53 Shelwick Jc SB 66 39:30 55
38.26 HEREFORD 72 42:17
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Date: Saturday 7th March 1981
dep: Shrewsbury dep 11.22am..20 Late
arr: Hereford 12.42pm..16 Early
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WELSH MARCHES EXPRESS: HEREFORD-NEWPORT-HEREFORD
Engine: Princess Royal class 4-6-2
no 6201 Princess Elizabeth
Load: 11 coaches, 395 tons tare, 420 tons full
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miles sch m/sec mi/hr
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0.00 HEREFORD 0 0:00
1.19 mp 0 (Rotherwas Jc) 3:33 38/41
3.44 mp 2.25 (Redhill Jc) 7:10 31
4.44 mp 3.25 (Redhill Tunnel) 9:09 30
(OHBS) slack 38/20*
6.65 Tram Inn LC 13:20 34
(OHBS) slack 39/15*
9.05 St Devereux 17:56 44
10.44 mp 9.25 19:44 48/53
12.50 Pontrilas (OHBS) 25 22:34 10*
13.69 mp 12.5 25:14 44
15.94 mp 14.75 28:22 42/45
17.56 Pandy SB 30:35 40
19.94 mp 18.75 (Llanvihangel) 35:10 27
22.94 Abergavenny Junction 38:49 63/31
23.93 ABERGAVENNY 42 39:05
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0.00 0 0:00
2.76 mp 25.5 (Pempergwm) 4:30 51/47
(OHBS) slack 15*
5.36 Nantyderry 8:58 35
6.51 mp 29.25 11:03 31
7.92 Little Mill Jc SB 17 13:00 53
9.51 PONTYPOOL ROAD 15:53 20*
11.01 mp 33.75 (Panteg Jc) 18:44 44
(OHBS) slack 20*
12.26 mp 35 (Lwr Pontnewydd) 21:11 45
13.76 mp 36.5 (Llantarnam Jc) 29 22:54 58
15.26 mp 38 (Ponthir) 24:26 60
16.76 mp 39.5 (Caerleon) 26:17 38/36
18.64 Maindee N Jc 38 29:54 20*/29
19.49 NEWPORT 42 32:48
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0.00 0 0:00
0.85 Maindee N Jc 3 3:30 32/28*
2.73 mp 39.5 (Caerleon) 7:10 34/31
4.23 mp 38 (Ponthir) 9:27 45/41
5.73 mp 36.5 (Llantarnam) 12 11:49 35
7.23 mp 35 (Lwr Pontnewydd) 14:41 29
8.48 mp 33.75 (Panteg Jc) 17:16 29
9.98 PONTYPOOL ROAD 21 20:26 27/39
(OHBS) slack 20*
11.55 Little Mill Jc SB 23:07 35/43
13.23 mp 29 (OHBS) 27:15 10*
14.13 Nantyderry (OHBS) 29:27 35/10*
(OHBS) slack 10*
16.73 mp 25.5 (Pempergwm) 35:35 42
(OHBS) slack 15*
18.23 mp 24 39:06 30
19.49 ABERGAVENNY 43 42:36
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0.00 0 0:00
0.99 Abergavenny Junction 4:52 20
2.24 mp 20.5 8:20 23
3.99 mp 18.75 (Llanvihangel) 12:16 28
6.37 Pandy SB 15:08 60
7.99 mp 14.75 16:44 63/58
9.74 mp 13 18:32 60/57
11.43 Pontrilas (OHBS) 17 21:30 15*
13.49 mp 9.25 25:11 41
14.88 St Devereux 26:57 51
17.28 Tram Inn LC 29:47 52/48
(OHBS) slack 15*
19.49 mp 3.25 (Redhill Tunnel) 34:12 37
20.49 mp 2.25 (Redhill Jc) 35:31 49
22.74 mp 0 (Rotherwas Jc) 38:01 57/54
23.93 HEREFORD 42 40:33
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Saturday 25th April 1981
dep: Hereford 1.20pm..10 Late
arr: Newport 2.47pm..2 Early
dep: Newport 3.33pm..2 Early
arr: Hereford 5.14pm..4 Late
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