WESTERN REGION: 9.50am CARDIFF-BIRMINGHAM Engine: Modified Hall class 4-6-0 No 6971 Athelhampton Hall Load: 5 coaches, 160 tons tare, 165 tons full ----------------------------------------------------- miles sch m/sec mi/hr ----------------------------------------------------- 0.00 STOURBRIDGE JUNCTION 0 0:00 0.38 Stourbridge N Jc 1:30 slack 1.29 Lye 3:04 36 2.67 Cradley Heath 5:19 34 4.12 Old Hill 7:57 33 4.47 Old Hill Tunnel S 8:37 33 4.98 Old Hill Tunnel N 9:33 32 5.29 Rowley Regis 10:10 38 45 6.88 Oldbury & Langley Green 12:31 35 8.03 SMETHWICK JUNCTION 15 14:49 ---- -- ----- 0.00 0 0:00 0.86 Handsworth Jc SB 2:19 29 1.51 Handsworth & Smethwick 3:33 41/45 2.51 Soho & Winson Green sigs 39* 3.17 Hockley 6:08 4.06 BIRMINGHAM SNOW HILL 10 8:42 ---- -- ----- Date: 14th December 1955 dep: Stourbridge Junction 1.04pm..R Time arr: Birmingham Snow Hill 1.28pm..2 Early ----------------------------------------------------- WESTERN REGION: 2.45pm BIRMINGHAM-KIDDERMINSTER Engine: 5100 class 2-6-2T No 4100 Load: 3 coaches, 90 tons tare, 95 tons full ----------------------------------------------------- miles sch m/sec mi/hr ----------------------------------------------------- 0.00 BIRMINGHAM SNOW HILL 0 0:00 0.89 Hockley 3:05 ----- (Water) 3 5:14 1.55 Soho & Winson Green 6:57 ----- 6 7:10 2.55 Handsworth & Smethwick 9:49 ----- 10 10:14 3.20 Handsworth Jc SB 12:08 28 4.06 SMETHWICK JUNCTION 14 14:09 -- ----- 15 14:25 31 5.21 Oldbury & Langley Green 17:21 ----- 19 18:07 6.36 mp 135.75 21:10 31 6.80 Rowley Regis 22:12 ----- 23 23:05 7.11 Old Hill Tunnel N 7.62 Old Hill Tunnel S 25:05 sigs 10* 7.97 OLD HILL 26:08 ----- 28 27:02 sigs 0* 8.61 mp 138 29:41 40 9.42 Cradley Heath 31:24 ----- 32 32:25 33 10.80 Lye 35:33 ----- 36 36:16 sigs 0* 11.71 Stourbridge N Jc 40:02 slack 12.09 STOURBRIDGE JUNCTION 40 41:21 ----- -- ----- Date: 14th December 1955 dep: Birmingham Snow Hill 2.46pm..1 Late arr: Stourbridge Junction 3.27pm..2 Late ----------------------------------------------------- Midlands Secondary Services Steam 1954-1967 Archives Page