AXMINSTER-WATERLOO: 12.20pm EXETER SD-WATERLOO                           
                                                                          
     Engine: Class 50 no 50001 Dreadnought        
     Load: 9 coaches, 289 tons tare, 310 tons full.  
                                                                          
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     miles                                 m/sec    mi/hr                 
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      0.00  AXMINSTER                       0:00                          
      3.27  mp 141.25 (Broom)               4:35      67                          
      5.08  Chard Jc SB                     6:11      74                          
      6.02  mp 138.5                        6:54      72                    
      9.27  mp 135.25                       9:23      82                    
     11.27  mp 133.25                      10:55      74
                                                     easy
     13.09  CREWKERNE                      13:08                          
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      0.00                                  0:00                          
      1.93  mp 129.5                        2:29      69                          
      3.43  mp 128 (Hardington)             3:43    78/80                   
      5.18  mp 126.25                       5:02      78                          
      6.58  Sutton Bingham                  6:05      83
                                                     easy 
      8.82  YEOVIL JUNCTION                 8:59                          
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      0.00                                  0:00                          
      1.87  mp 120.75 (Wyke)                2:48      62                   
      3.62  mp 119                          4:17      76
      4.57  SHERBORNE                       5:35                          
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      0.00                                  0:00                          
      2.56  mp 115.5                        3:56      51                    
      3.67  Milborne Port                   5:07     67/69                    
      5.05  mp 113                          sigs      15*
      6.06  TEMPLECOMBE                     9:06                          
      8.30  mp 109.75                      11:01      83                    
     10.56  mp 107.5 (Buckhorn T)          12:43      76
                                                      82
     12.80  GILLINGHAM                     15:07                         
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      0.00                                  0:00                          
      2.27  mp 103                          3:19      56
      4.11  Semley                          5:16      57                          
      5.27  mp 100                          6:19     73/70
      7.77  mp 97.5                         8:13     83/81
      9.10  TISBURY                         9:50                          
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      0.00                                  0:00                          
      4.33  Dinton                          4:39     82/86                     
      7.19  mp 89                           6:44      78                    
                                                                          
     10.06  Wilton South                    9:23     easy                     
     11.69  mp 84.5                        11:22      64                    
     12.57  SALISBURY                      13:08                         
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      0.00                                  0:00                          
      1.13  Tunnel Jc SB                    2:24      50                          
      2.53  mp 81                           3:50     66/68
                                           p.w.s      44*
      5.53  mp 78 (Porton)                  7:03      58                    
      8.03  mp 75.5 (Amesbury)              9:22      72                    
     10.92  Grateley                       11:34     86/85                    
     14.53  mp 69                          14:05      86                          
     16.03  mp 67.5 (Red Post)             15:10      80                    
     17.28  ANDOVER JUNCTION               17:02                         
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      0.00                                  0:00                          
      1.75  mp 64.5                         2:45      58
      3.75  mp 62.5                         4:40      66                    
      5.25  mp 61 (Hurstbourne)             5:52     81/80                    
      7.15  Whitchurch                      7:17     82/79                     
     10.79  Overton                         9:59     81/77                     
     13.94  Oakley                         12:21     81/79                     
     15.29  mp 51                          13:36      56*
     16.04  mp 50.25 (Worting)             14:19      67                    
     17.29  mp 49                          15:19      80
     18.56  BASINGSTOKE                    17:05                          
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      0.00                                  0:00                          
      3.75  mp 44                           4:10      82                              
      5.59  Hook                            5:26     89/91                   
      7.96  Winchfield                      7:01     89/91                     
     11.30  Fleet                           9:14      88                    
     14.56  Farnborough                    11:30     82/85                     
     16.78  mp 31                          13:04     85/90                     
     23.47  Brookwood                      15:10      83                     
     21.78  mp 26                          16:30      91                    
     23.47  WOKING                         18:56                          
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      0.00                                  0:00                          
      2.66  West Byfleet                    3:17      77                   
      3.89  Byfleet                         4:14      88                    
      5.16  Weybridge                       5:08      87                    
      7.24  Walton-on-Thames                6:31      91                    
      8.39  Hersham                         7:15      88                    
      9.91  Esher                           8:20      88                   
     10.98  Hampton Court Jc                9:02      87                    
     12.27  Surbiton                        9:57      84                    
     13.34  Berrylands                     10:43      85                   
     14.54  Malden                         11:36      72*                    
     15.66  Raynes Park                    12:33      70                    
     17.04  Wimbledon                      13:45      60*                    
     18.74  Earlsfield                     15:18      74                    
     20.39  Clapham Junction               17:03      40*                    
     21.63  Queens Road                    18:32      60                    
     22.96  Vauxhall                       20:14      37*                    
     24.28  WATERLOO                       23:45                          
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     Date: 4th March 1989           
                                                                          
     dep: Axminster 1.16pm                                          
     arr: Waterloo 3.51pm

     Comments: Train left Honiton Right Time but was
     subject to a 30 mph restriction as far as Axminster
     on the instructions of the police. An escaped convict
     was believed to be near the railway.

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