SLS RAILTOUR: BIRMINGHAM-WORCESTER-BIRMINGHAM Engine: Class K4 2-6-0 no 3442 The Great Marquess Load: 7 coaches, 228 tons tare, 245 tons full ----------------------------------------------------- miles sch m/sec mi/hr ----------------------------------------------------- 0.00 BIRMINGHAM SNOW HILL 0 0:00 0.89 Hockley 3:16 Sig 5:18 stop 1.55 Soho & Winson Green 6:58 2.55 Handsworth & Smethwick 9:22 25.0av 3.20 Handsworth Jc SB 11:07 22.2av 4.06 Smethwick Junction 13:05 26.2av p.w.s 5.21 Oldbury & Langley Green 16:05 6.80 Rowley Regis 19:20 29.3av 7.97 Old Hill 21:32 31.9av 9.42 Cradley Heath p.w.s SL Wkg 10.80 Lye 35:31 11.71 Stourbrige N Jc SB 37:50 slack 12.09 STOURBRIDGE JUNCTION 25 39:23 ----- -- ----- 0.00 0 0:00 1.84 Hagley 4:16 42/44 3.54 Blakedown p.w.s 6.64 KIDDERMINSTER 12:12 easy 44/40 10.35 Hartlebury 17:48 43 12.70 mp 129.5 (Cutnall Green) 21:15 46 p.w.s 16.09 DROITWICH SPA 27:57 easy 19.04 Fernhill Heath 32:44 40 21.30 Tunnel Jc SB 37:03 slack 21.70 WORCESTER SHRUB HILL 43 38:51 ----- -- ----- 0.00 0 0:00 0.40 Tunnel Jc SB 2:21 slack 2.66 Fernhill Heath 6:50 34/30 5.61 DROITWICH SPA 12:03 easy 9.00 mp 129.5 (Cutnall Green) 18:07 33.5av 11.35 Hartlebury 22:17 33.8av Kidderminster Jc SB 28:41 Sig 29:23 stop 15.06 KIDDERMINSTER 30:55 18.16 Blakedown 36:48 31.6av 19.86 Hagley 40:12 30.0av 21.70 STOURBRIDGE JUNCTION 37 44:23 ----- -- ----- 0.00 0 0:00 0.38 Stourbridge N Jc SB 1:55 slack 1.29 Lye 4:01 2.67 Cradley Heath 6:43 34 0.00 mp 138 8:39 22 4.12 Old Hill 10:24 20 Old Hill Tunnel South 11:35 19 Old Hill Tunnel North 13:19 18 5.29 Rowley Regis 14:25 6.88 Oldbury & Langley Green 17:19 32.9av 8.03 Smethwick Junction 19:30 easy 8.89 Handsworth Jc SB 21:22 9.54 Handsworth & Smethwick 22:39 30.4av 10.54 Soho & Winson Green sigs 11.20 Hockley 26:00 easy RL/FL slack 12.09 BIRMINGHAM SNOW HILL 24 30:04 ---- -- ----- Date: Sunday 19th September 1965. SLS "RESTORED LOCOMOTIVES CAVALCADE" dep: Birmingham Snow Hill 10.30am...Right Time arr: Worcester Shrub Hill 11.59am...6 Late dep: Worcester Shrub Hill 5.59pm...19 Late arr: Birmingham Snow Hill 7.15pm...32 Late Locos 4555 & 1420 worked Worcester, Hartlebury, Bewdley, Alveley Sdg (reverse), Bewdley, Kidderminster, Wolver- -hampton (reverse) and back to Worcester. ----------------------------------------------------- LNER Mixed Traffic Locos Steam 1954-1967 Archives Page