CREWE-SHREWSBURY & HEREFORD-CREWE: WELSH MARCHES EXPRESS Engine: Class 40 No 40044 Load: 11 coaches, 395 tons tare, 420 tons full ----------------------------------------------------- miles sch m/sec mi/hr ----------------------------------------------------- 0.00 CREWE 0 0:00 1.52 Gresty Lane SB 3:50 2.79 Willaston 5:22 52 4.48 Nantwich 7:06 68 8.05 mp 7.75 10:50 51 8.90 Wrenbury 11:47 56 10.42 Marley Green SB 13:32 49 12.30 mp 12 16:08 38 13.85 WHITCHURCH 16 18:01 56 18.75 Prees 22:36 74 21.98 Wem 25:16 71 25.47 Yorton 28:26 62 28.08 Hadnall 30:39 73/65 30.66 Harlescott 32:51 76 32.28 Crewe Bank SB sigs 5* 32.74 SHREWSBURY 35 38:52 ----- -- ----- (avge) 0.00 HEREFORD 0 0:00 1.73 Shelwick Jc SB 3 4:00 4.23 Moreton-on-Lugg LC 6:45 54.5 7.56 mp 43.5 (Dinmore) 9:55 63.1 10.23 Ford Bridge 12:33 60.8 12.62 Leominster 13 14:35 70.5 15.81 Berrington 17:16 71.3 18.92 Woofferton 18 19:59 68.7 23.53 Ludlow 24:02 68.3 25.81 Bromfield 26:05 66.7 28.19 Onibury 28:14 66.4 31.11 CRAVEN ARMS 29 31:07 60.8 35.68 Marsh Brook LC 36:06 55.0 38.26 Church Stretton 40 39:20 47.9 44.75 Dorrington SB 45:26 63.8 50.25 Sutton Bridge Jc SB 52 51:28 54.7 51.06 SHREWSBURY 55 54:45 ----- -- ----- 0.00 0 0:00 2.08 Harlescott 4 4:39 7.27 Yorton 10:56 49.5 10.76 Wem 14:09 65.1 13.99 Prees 16:48 73.1 18.89 WHITCHURCH 20 21:20 64.8 23.84 Wrenbury 25:29 71.6 28.26 Nantwich 29:20 68.9 29.95 Willaston 31:21 50.3 sigs 0* 32.74 CREWE 38 43:53 ----- -- ----- Date: Saturday 7th February 1981: dep: Crewe 10.15am..R time arr: Shrewsbury 10.54am..4 late dep: Hereford 5.18pm..2 Early arr: Crewe 7.10pm..10 Late Net Times: 36.6, 54.7, 36.4, Total 127.7 mins (Sch 130) ----------------------------------------------------- Class 40 English Electric Type 4 Modern Traction Archives Page