WESTERN REGION: 10.25am MANCHESTER-BOURNEMOUTH Engine: Castle class 4-6-0 No 4093 Dunster Castle Load: 12 coaches, 385 tons tare, 405 tons full ----------------------------------------------------- miles sch m/sec mi/hr ----------------------------------------------------- 0.00 BIRMINGHAM SNOW HILL 0 0:00 1.35 Bordesley 2:58 2.34 Small Heath 4:16 47 3.33 Tyseley 5:33 48 4.29 Acocks Green 6:41 50 5:25 Olton 7:49 51 7.08 Solihull 9:56 53 8.53 Widney Manor 11:28 57 10.45 Knowle & Dorridge 13:23 60 12.99 Lapworth 15:50 62 14.89 mp 114.5 (Rowington) 63 17.21 Hatton 20:08 55* 19.39 mp 110 (Budbrook) 22:18 65 21.38 Warwick 24:06 68 23.31 LEAMINGTON SPA 26:19 40* 27.03 Fosse Rd SB 31:05 49 28.39 mp 101 32:48 46 29.44 Southam Road p.w.s 20* 34.43 Fenny Compton 43:35 49 39.56 Cropredy 48:48 69 43.19 BANBURY GENERAL 52:16 61 46.82 Kings Sutton 55:31 65 48.35 Aynho Jc SB 57:13 45* 49.08 Aynho 58:06 47 51.24 Fritwell 60:50 49 54.14 Heyford 63:56 59 56.77 Tackley Halt 57 58.22 Bletchington 68:02 63 60.34 Kidlington 69:57 66 63.01 Wolvercot Jc SB 72:18 69 sigs 0* 65.88 OXFORD 80 79:02 ----- -- ----- Date: Saturday 8th August 1964 dep: Birmingham Snow Hill 1.33pm..3 Late arr: Oxford 2.52pm..2 Late Net time 71.5 mins, 55.3 mph Note: Speeds by Rail-joint, approx only. ----------------------------------------------------- Steam in the Thames Valley Steam 1954-1967 Archives Page