THE WELSH DRAGON: SHREWSBURY-NEWPORT-HEREFORD
Engines: Class 5MT 4-6-0 no 5000 and Ivatt class
4MT 2-6-0 no 43106.
Load: 13 coaches, 469 tons tare, 500 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 4 p.w.s 10*
2.25 mp 2.25 8:23 25
4.25 mp 4.25 (Condover) 12:08 35/33
6.31 Dorrington SB 15:25 44/45
9.25 mp 9.25 (Leebotwood) 20:28 25
10.25 mp 10.25 22:59 22/24
11.75 mp 11.75 (All Stretton) 27:15 21/18
12.80 Church Stretton 24 30:30
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0.00 0 0:00
2.58 Marsh Brook LC 5:09 55
3.95 mp 16.75 (Marsh Farm) 6:39 56/55
5.20 mp 18 7:59 58
7.15 CRAVEN ARMS 10 10:01 56
7.95 mp 20.75 10:57 52
10.07 Onibury 13:09 60
12.45 Bromfield 15:37 57
13.45 mp 26.25 16:37 59
14.73 Ludlow 18:01 48
17.70 mp 30.5 21:22 62
19.34 Woofferton 22 22:58 58
20.95 mp 33.75 24:50 50
22.45 Berrington 26:28 59
25.55 Leominster 28 29:44 58/62
28.03 Ford Bridge 32:07 57
sigs 0*
30.05 Dinmore Tunnel N 39:25 36
30.70 mp 43.5 (Dinmore) 40:25 49
34.03 Moreton-on-Lugg LC 43:58 59
35.45 mp 48.25 45:26 55
36.53 Shelwick Jc SB 39 46:42 48
38.26 HEREFORD 43 50:41
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0.00 0 0:00
1.19 mp 0 (Rotherwas Jc) 3:06 41/44
3.44 mp 2.25 (Redhill Jc) 6:21 35
4.44 mp 3.25 (Redhill Tunnel) 8:11 31
6.65 Tram Inn LC 11:50 41
9.05 St Devereux 14:55 51
10.44 mp 9.25 16:35 48/51
12.50 Pontrilas 19:08 48
13.69 mp 12.5 20:29 56
15.94 mp 14.75 23:02 50/51
17.56 Pandy SB 24:50 45
19.94 mp 18.75 (Llanvihangel) 29:06 25
22.94 Abergavenny Junction 33:13 53/47
23.93 ABERGAVENNY 34:34 44
26.69 mp 25.5 (Pempergwm) 37:46 58/64
29.29 Nantyderry 40:34 49/54
30.44 mp 29.25 41:55 49
31.85 Little Mill Jc SB 43:25 59
33.44 PONTYPOOL ROAD 46:15 20*
34.94 mp 33.75 (Panteg Jc) 49:08 43
p.w.s 20*
36.19 mp 35 (Lwr Pontnewydd) 51:48 44
37.69 mp 36.5 (Llantarnam) 53:34 55/40
39.19 mp 38 (Ponthir) 55:43 41/45
40.69 mp 39.5 (Caerleon) 57:50 40/43
42.57 Maindee N Jc 62:08 25*
43.42 NEWPORT 52 65:18
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0.00 0 0:00
0.85 Maindee N Jc 3:14 30/23*
2.73 mp 39.5 (Caerleon) 7:13 31
4.23 mp 38 (Ponthir) 9:30 42/35
5.73 mp 36.5 (Llantarnam) 12:40 36
7.23 mp 35 (Lwr Pontnewydd) 16:17 22*/28
8.48 mp 33.75 (Panteg Jc) p.w.s 12*
9.98 PONTYPOOL ROAD 24:51 18*
11.55 Little Mill Jc SB 26:59 56
13.23 mp 29 28:59 44
14.13 Nantyderry 30:03 53/49
16.73 mp 25.5 (Pempergwm) 32:49 63/58
18.23 mp 24 34:30 51
19.49 ABERGAVENNY 35:53 50
20.48 Abergavenny Junction 37:17 42
21.73 mp 20.5 39:18 33
23.48 mp 18.75 (Llanvihangel) 42:49 26
25.86 Pandy SB 45:52 59
27.48 mp 14.75 47:29 61/58
29.23 mp 13 49:17 59
30.92 Pontrilas 51:02 56
32.98 mp 9.25 53:13 59/54
34.37 St Devereux 54:41 58
36.77 Tram Inn LC 57:09 60/58
38.98 mp 3.25 (Redhill Tunnel) 59:33 53
39.98 mp 2.25 (Redhill Jc) 60:39 55/60
42.23 mp 0 (Rotherwas Jc) 63:00 55
43.42 HEREFORD 53 65:44
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Date: 11th October 1980
The Welsh Dragon
dep: Shrewsbury 11:28am..3 Late
arr: Hereford 1.00pm..12 Late
dep: Hereford 1.35pm..5 Late
arr: Newport 2.40pm..18 Late
dep: Newport 4.02pm..2 Late
arr: Hereford 5.08pm..15 Late
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