WESTERN REGION: ? BIRKENHEAD-POOLE Engine: Castle class 4-6-0 No 7023 Penrice Castle Load: 8 coaches + 1 van, 282 tons tare, 300 tons full ----------------------------------------------------- miles sch m/sec mi/hr ----------------------------------------------------- 0.00 BIRMINGHAM SNOW HILL 0 0:00 1.35 Bordesley sigs 0* 2.34 Small Heath 8:04 RL 3.33 Tyseley 10:29 easy RL/ML 4.29 Acocks Green 12:31 41 5.25 Olton 13:52 48/50 7.08 Solihull 10 16:33 ---- -- ---- 0.00 0 0:00 1.45 Widney Manor 2:58 50 3.37 Knowle & Dorridge 5:00 60 5.91 Lapworth 7:16 70 7.81 mp 114.5 (Rowington) 74 10.13 Hatton 11:06 48* 12.31 mp 110 (Budbrook) 13:01 71 14.30 Warwick 14:51 67 16.23 LEAMINGTON SPA 20 17:33 ----- -- ----- 0.00 0 0:00 3.72 Fosse Rd SB 6:03 51 6.13 Southam Road 9:02 46 9.08 mp 97 12:14 59 11.12 Fenny Compton 14:24 55 16.25 Cropredy 19:24 69 19.88 BANBURY GENERAL 22:52 60* 23.39 Kings Sutton 26:18 62 25.04 Aynho Jc SB 28:19 35* 25.77 Aynho 29:27 46 27.93 Fritwell 31:55 58 30.83 Heyford 34:30 71 33.46 Tackley Halt 67 34.91 Bletchington 38:00 73 37.03 Kidlington 39:47 68 39.70 Wolvercot Jc SB 42:07 67/69 42.57 OXFORD 50 46:07 ----- -- ---- Date: Saturday 5th September 1964 dep: Birmingham Snow Hill 12.23pm arr: Oxford arr 1.47pm Net times: 10.0, 17.5, 46.1, Total 73.6 mins, 53.7 mph Note: Speeds by Rail-joint, approx only. ----------------------------------------------------- Steam in the Thames Valley Steam 1954-1967 Archives Page