PADDINGTON-GLOUCESTER: 4.27pm PADDINGTON-CHELTENHAM            
                                                                      
      Engine: Class 47 No 47444                                       
      Load: 10 coaches, 335 tons tare, 345 tons full                  
                                                                      
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      miles                          sch   m/sec    mi/hr             
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       0.00  PADDINGTON                      0:00                     
                                             sigs     5*
       1.25  Westbourne Park                 4:30                     
       3.28  Old Oak West Jc                 7:13    61               
       4.26  Acton                           8:01    67               
       5.72  Ealing Broadway                 9:15    73               
       7.35  Hanwell                        10:31    80               
       9.07  SOUTHALL                       11:48    83               
      10.90  Hayes & Harlington             13:05    86               
      13.21  West Drayton                   14:39    91               
      14.74  Iver                           15:37    93               
      16.22  Langley                        16:36    93               
      18.44  SLOUGH                         17:59    95               
      20.95  Burnham                        19:35    93               
      22.45  Taplow                         20:34    92               
      24.24  Maidenhead                     21:42    92               
      27.00  mp 27                          23:33    91      
                                             sigs
      31.01  Twyford                        26:27                     
                                             sigs     0*
      35.98  READING GENERAL                35:38                     
      38.65  Tilehurst                      38:25    69               
      41.54  Pangbourne                     40:42    82               
      44.75  Goring                         42:58    88               
      48.44  Cholsey                        45:27    92               
      51.25  mp 51.25 (Moreton)             47:23    93               
      53.14  DIDCOT                         48:30    92               
      56.51  Steventon                      50:45    87*              
      60.42  Wantage Road                   53:25    90               
      63.82  Challow                        55:44    89               
      66.56  Uffington                      57:33    89               
      69.00  mp 69 (Knighton)               59:12    89               
      71.52  Shrivenham                     60:54    90               
      74.00  mp 74 (Marston)                62:34    91               
      76.32  Highworth Jc SB                64:15   easy              
      77.29  SWINDON                        66:01                     
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       0.00                                  0:00                     
       2.71  mp 80 (Bremell Sdg)             3:42    66               
       4.15  Purton                          4:55    77               
       8.15  Minety                          7:30    85               
      11.15  Oaksey                          9:58    90               
      13.71  KEMBLE                         12:43                     
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       0.00                                  0:00                     
       1.00  mp 92 (Coates)                  2:00    43               
       3.41  Sapperton Sdg SB                4:53   52/51             
       4.92  Sapperton Tunnel W              6:29                     
       7.02  Chalford                        8:48    50*              
       8.30  Brimscombe                     10:04   56/53             
       9.75  mp 100.75 (Ham Mill)           11:50    56               
      11.16  STROUD                         13:58                     
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       0.00                                  0:00                     
       2.77  Stonehouse                      3:39    68               
                                                     72
       4.68  Standish Jc                     5:42    40*              
       5.80  Haresfield                      7:02                     
       7.60  mp 97 (Naas)                    8:35    77               
                                                     84
       9.85  Tuffley Jc                     10:15   easy              
      10.90  Gloucester S Jc                11:39   easy             
      11.54  Tramway Jc SB                   sigs     0*              
      11.96  GLOUCESTER CENTRAL             20:24                     
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     Date: Thursday 26th June 1980                                    
                                                                      
     dep: Paddington 4.27pm..R Time                                   
     arr: Gloucester 6.28pm..9 Late                                   
                                                                      
     Net Times: 56.2, 12.7, 14.0, 13.6, Total 96.5 mins

     But for a 6 minute stand outside Gloucester awaiting
     a platform, we should have been almost on time.                  

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