WESTERN REGION: 6.10pm PADDINGTON-BIRKENHEAD
Engine: Castle class 4-6-0 No 5045 Earl of Dudley
Load: 12 coaches, 414 tons tare, 440 tons full
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miles sch m/sec mi/hr
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0.00 PADDINGTON 0 0:00
1.25 Westbourne Park 4:07 28
3.28 Old Oak West Jc 7 7:45 69/34
4.75 mp 4.75 (Park Royal) 10:09 37
7.79 Greenford 13 14:02 52
10.18 Northolt Jc (mp 0) 16 16:53 48
12.05 West Ruislip 19:04 54/53
57
14.79 Denham 22:04 55
17.39 Gerrards Cross 25:16 44
20.12 Seer Green 28:52 46
21.69 Beaconsfield 30:51 52
24.18 mp 14 (Tylers Green) 33:25 63
26.54 HIGH WYCOMBE 36 35:55 37*
28.78 West Wycombe 39:36 36/40
31.52 Saunderton 43:52 37
33.18 mp 23 (summit) 46:24 42
34.68 PRINCES RISBOROUGH 46 48:03 53
37.43 mp 27.25 (Ilmer) 50:27 73
40.03 Haddenham 52:36 76/68
41.68 mp 31.5 (Chearsley) 53:57 72
44.04 Ashendon Jc SB 56 56:08 55*
46.54 mp 2.5 59:05 47
47.41 Brill 60:04 60
65
50.42 Blackthorne 63:01 61
53.38 BICESTER NORTH 71 66:53
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0.00 0 0:00
3.80 Ardley 8 9:13 37
5.66 mp 15 (Ardley Tunnel) 11:52 50
8.14 Aynho Park 14:26 61/60
8.91 Aynho Jc SB 15 15:13 60*
10.56 Kings Sutton 16:53 59/60
11.87 mp 84 (Astrop) 18:13 59
14.07 BANBURY GENERAL 21 21:43
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0.00 0 0:00
1.70 Ironstone Sdgs SB 4:24 34
3.63 Cropredy 7:23 42
5.05 mp 91.25 9:26 40
6.80 mp 93 11:50 46
8.80 Fenny Compton 14:05 60
11.80 mp 98 16:58 68
13.75 Southam Road 18:42 64
16.16 Fosse Road SB 20:47 74/77
19.88 LEAMINGTON SPA 26 24:48
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0.00 0 0:00
1.92 Warwick 3:56 40/38
2.92 mp 109 5:21 43
3.92 mp 110 (Budbrook) 6:54 35
4.92 mp 111 8:45 30
6.09 Hatton 11 11:05 28/35
8.42 mp 114.5 (Rowington) 14:29 54
10.32 Lapworth 16:47 48
12.86 Knowle & Dorridge 19 19:59 47
14.78 Widney Manor 22:17 53
16.23 Solihull 23:53 55
18.06 Olton 25:50 63
19.02 Acocks Green 26:47 62
19.98 Tyseley 27 27:40 63
20.97 Small Heath 28:42 60
21.96 Bordesley 29:46 easy
23.31 BIRMINGHAM SNOW HILL 32 31:55
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Date: Saturday 7th June 1958
dep: Paddington 6.10pm..R Time
arr: Birmingham Snow Hill 8.48pm..Right Time
Not a single check of any description from Paddington
to Birmingham: the only time ever ?. Otherwise an
example of minimum effort to keep schedule.
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