SOUTHERN/MIDLAND REGIONS: 10.10am SHEFFIELD-BOURNEMOUTH
Engine: West Country class 4-6-2 no 34040 Crewkerne
Pilot engine to Evercreech Jc: class 2P 4-4-0 no 40568
Load: 8 coaches, 252 tons tare, 265 tons full
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miles sch m/sec mi/hr
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0.00 BATH GREEN PARK 0 0:00
0.51 Bath Jc SB 1:55 easy
1.51 mp 1 4:33 24
1.95 Devonshire Tunnel N 5:35 19
2.50 Coombe Tunnel N 7:27 16
4.39 Midford 10:42 44
5.76 mp 5.25 12:43 38
6.80 Wellow 14:05 51/48
8.60 Shoscombe 16:16 55
9.66 Writhlington SB 17:33 43
10.68 Radstock 19:10 37
12.52 Midsomer Norton 22:58 21
13.69 Chilcompton Tunnel S 27:17 14
14.53 Chilcompton 30:27 18
15.74 Moorewood SB 34:25 25/24
16.51 mp 16 (top 1/60) 36:24 24
17.11 Binegar 37:42 32
18.26 mp 17.75 (Masbury summit) 40:37 22
18.67 Masbury 41:18 36
20.01 mp 19.5 (Winsor Hill) 43:06 53
21.87 Shepton Mallet 45:19 36*
23.51 mp 23 47:41 50
24.97 Evercreech New 49:10 45
26.45 EVERCREECH JUNCTION 58 52:13
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0.00 0 0:00
1.06 mp 27 2:56 33
2.78 Cole 5:27 43
4.31 mp 30.25 7:50 33
7.03 Wincanton 12:03 38
8.56 mp 34.5 14:11 46
10.25 Templecombe No 2 Jc 17:17 easy
12.43 Henstridge 20:28 50
13.93 Stalbridge 22:55 slack
15.81 mp 41.75 25:41 56
17.90 Sturminster 28:30 slack
19.06 mp 45
20.94 Shillingstone 32:28 slack
23.74 Stourpaine 36:25 55
25.31 mp 51.25 38:10 easy
26.40 BLANDFORD FORUM 42 39:50
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0.00 0 0:00
1.66 Charlton Marshall 4:06
3.28 Spetisbury 5:52 60/56
63
6.09 Bailey Gate 8:42 57
7.89 Corfe Mullen Jc SB 11:06 38*
9.69 mp 62 (top 1/80) 14:11 32
38
10.89 BROADSTONE 20 16:28
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0.00 0 0:00
1.10 Creekmoor Halt 2:57 43
2.90 Holes Bay Jc SB 51
3.43 POOLE 0 6:23
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Date: Monday 2nd July 1956:
dep: Bath Green Park dep 1.55pm..5 late
arr: Poole 4.59pm..2 early
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