WESTERN REGION: BRISTOL-PADDINGTON (via Badminton)
Engine: Castle class 4-6-0 no 5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
Load: 7 coaches, 243 tons tare, 255 tons full
----------------------------------------------------
miles sch m/sec m/hr
-----------------------------------------------------
0.00 BRISTOL TEMPLE MEADS 0 0:00
0.69 Dr Days Bridge Jc 2:25
1.05 Lawrence Hill 3:02
1.62 Stapleton Road 5 3:55 52
2.54 Ashley Hill 5:04 45
3.70 Horfield 6:45 40
4.80 Filton Junction 8+ 8:17 50/43*
5.63 Stoke Gifford Jc 9:20 46
7.79 Winterbourne 11:45 57
9.16 Coalpit Heath 13:07 62
10.47 Westerleigh Jc 14:27 63
13.06 Chipping Sodbury 16:48 66
17.62 BADMINTON 21+ 20:54 68/66
19.87 mp 97.75 (Alderton) 22:47 79
23.36 Hullavington 25:15 92
27.86 Little Somerford 28:05 98
30.61 Brinkworth 29:48 92
34.75 Wootton Bassett 34 33:07 60*
37.62 mp 80 (Hay Lane) 35:43 71
40.33 SWINDON 39 37:52 78
43.62 mp 74 (Marston) 40:15 85
46.10 Shrivenham 41:55 88
48.62 mp 69 (Knighton) 43:41 89
51.06 Uffington 45:20 89
53.80 Challow 47:09 89
57.20 Wantage Road 49:29 90
61.11 Steventon 57+ 52:16 89
64.48 DIDCOT 59+ 54:22 89
65.37 mp 51.25 (Moreton) 55:38 88
69.18 Cholsey p.w.s 20*
72.87 Goring 63:47 67
76.08 Pangbourne 66:24 78
78.97 Tilehurst 68:33 82
81.64 READING GENERAL 71+ 70:28 83
83.62 mp 34 (Sonning) 71:53 82
86.61 Twyford 75 74:04 81/77
91.12 mp 26.5 (Waltham) 77:33 80
93.38 Maidenhead 80 79:12 81
95.17 Taplow 80:31 82
96.67 Burnham 81:34 84
99.18 SLOUGH 84+ 83:25 83
101.40 Langley 84:59 82
102.88 Iver 86:05 81
104.41 West Drayton 87:11 81
106.72 Hayes & Harlington 88:55 73
108.55 SOUTHALL 91 90:28 74
110.27 Hanwell 91:50 78
111.90 Ealing Broadway 93:03 80
113.36 Acton 94:10 82
114.34 Old Oak West Jc 94:52 82
116.37 Westbourne Park 96:37 eased
sigs 5*
117.62 PADDINGTON 105 101:03
------ --- ------
Date: 5th June 1958
THE BRISTOLIAN
dep: Bristol 4.30pm..R Time
arr: Paddington 6.11pm..4 Early
Net Time 95 mins (7018 best time 93 min 50 sec)
-----------------------------------------------------
Steam in the Thames Valley Steam 1954-1967 Archives Page