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 ----------------------------------------------------- miles sch m/sec mi/hr ----------------------------------------------------- 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 ----- -- ----- 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 ----- -- ----- 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 ----- -- ----- 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 ---- -- ----- Date: Monday 2nd July 1956: dep: Bath Green Park dep 1.55pm..5 late arr: Poole 4.59pm..2 early ----------------------------------------------------- Somerset & Dorset Steam 1954-1967 Archives Page