WESTERN REGION: 8.35am WOLVERHAMPTON-PADDINGTON
Engine: King class 4-6-0 No 6022 King Edward III
Load: 12 coaches, 411 tons tare, 440 tons full
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miles sch m/sec mi/hr
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0.00 BIRMINGHAM SNOW HILL 0 0:00
1.35 Bordesley 2:48
2.34 Small Heath 4:03
3.33 Tyseley 5 5:21 50
4.29 Acocks Green 6:28 53
5.25 Olton 7:31 56
7.08 Solihull 9:25 61
8.53 Widney Manor 10:47 66
10.45 Knowle & Dorridge 12 12:30 68
12.99 Lapworth 14:43 70
14.89 mp 114.5 (Rowington) 16:19 73
17.21 Hatton 18 18:25 60/66
p.w.s 15*
19.39 mp 110 (Budbrook) 21:40
p.w.s 15*
21.38 Warwick 25:57
54
23.31 LEAMINGTON SPA 24 28:41
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0.0 0 0:00 (Restart)
2.08 mp 104 4:15 44
3.72 Fosse Rd SB 6.13 48/47
6.13 Southam Road 9:35 46/48
sigs 0*
11.12 Fenny Compton 18:32 52
13.83 mp 92.25 (Claydon) 21:31 60
16.25 Cropredy 23:44 71
18.08 mp 88 (Ironstone Sdg) 25:15 72
19.90 BANBURY GENERAL 25 26:46 71
22.08 mp 84 (Astrop) 28:39 68
23.39 Kings Sutton 29:48 66
25.04 Aynho Jc SB 29 31:22 60*
25.82 Aynho Park 32:07 59
28.80 mp 14.5 (summit) 35:26 51
30.16 Ardley 34 36:52 60
33.96 BICESTER NORTH 40:03 81
86
36.92 Blackthorne 42:09 81
39.93 Brill 44:32 68
40.80 mp 2.5 45:19 63
66
43.30 Ashendon Jc SB 46 47:43 59*
46.66 mp 31.5 59:53 68
47.31 Haddenham sigs 22*
49.91 mp 27.25 (Ilmer) 56:25 48/46
52.66 PRINCES RISBOROUGH 56 59:51 49
54.91 mp 22.25 (summit) 62:35 47
55.82 Saunderton 63:38 55
58.56 West Wycombe 66:41 51*
60.80 HIGH WYCOMBE 67 69:38 40*
63.16 mp 14 (Tylers Green) 72:15 58/59
65.65 Beaconsfield 74:49 57
67.22 Seer Green 76:23 65
69.95 Gerrards Cross 78:38 74
72.55 Denham 80:41 80
75.29 West Ruislip 82:48 74
77.16 Northolt Jc (mp 0) 83 84:21 71
79.54 Greenford 85 86:20 73
82.59 mp 4.75 (Park Royal) 89:02 57
84.06 Old Oak West Jc 89 90:46 47*
50
86.09 Westbourne Park sigs 0*
87.34 PADDINGTON 98 100:00
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Date: Saturday 8th August 1959
dep: Birmingham Snow Hill 9.01am..1 Late
arr: Paddington 11.17am..12 Late
Delays on this journey amounted to nearly 21 mins,
Two 15mph P.W.Slacks Budbrook and Warwick 4.3 mins
Signal failure at Greaves Sdg 4.0 mins
Signal check at Haddenham 3.9 mins
Signal check at Westbourne Park 3.5 mins
Emergency stop for coach examination when departing
from Leamington. Departure was delayed 5 mins 8 secs,
and log times are taken from the subsequent re-start
The calculated net running times were:
Birmingham-Leamington 23.3 miles 24.4 mins
Leamington-Paddington 87.3 miles 88.6 mins
Total 111.0 mins
Scheduled times totalled 122 mins
Gain to Engine 11.0 mins
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