LONDON MIDLAND REGION: 2.20pm EUSTON-WOLVERHAMPTON
Engine: Jubilee class 4-6-0 No 45709 Implacable
Load: 11 coaches, 353 tons tare, 375 tons full
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miles sch m/sec mi/hr
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0.00 LONDON EUSTON 0 0:00
1.00 Camden No 1
3.00 mp 3 (Kilburn) 6:52
5.42 Willesden Juncton 9 9:39 59
7.00 mp 7 (Brent Jc) 11:08 63
8.05 Wembley 12:10 62
11.38 Harrow & Wealdstone 15:26 60
13.30 Hatch End 17:21 60
14.50 mp 14.5 (Carpenders) 18:33 60
15.99 Bushey 20:03 60
17.44 WATFORD JUNCTION 21 21:23 67
20.93 Kings Langley 24:35 66
23.07 Apsley 26:35 63
24.49 Hemel Hempstead 27:56 62
26.00 mp 26 (Bourne End) 29:24 61
27.94 Berkhamsted 31:16 60
30.00 mp 30 (Northchurch) 33:23 59
31.66 TRING 35 35:06 59
34.00 mp 34 (Tring Cutting) 37:09 72
36.10 Cheddington 38:50 76/78
38.00 mp 38 (Sears Xg) p.w.s 35*
40.18 Leighton Buzzard 43:10 52
42.25 mp 42.25 (Chelmscote) 45:32 61
44.50 mp 44.5 (Stoke Hammond) 47:40 67
46.68 BLETCHLEY 47 49:35 68/67
47.75 mp 47.75 (Denbigh Hall) 50:32 65
50.00 mp 50 (Loughton Sdg) 52:31 72
52.42 Wolverton 54:27 75/74
54.75 Castlethorpe 56:28 70
57.50 mp 57.5 (Hanslope) 58:54 65
59.89 Roade 58 61:10 62
62.85 Blisworth 61 63:48 72
64.50 mp 64.5 (Banbury Lane) 65:10 74
67.25 mp 67.25 (Heyford) 67:22 76/74
69.69 Weedon 67 69:19 77
75.25 Welton 74:09 66
76.75 mp 76.75 (Kilsby S) p.w.s 25*
78.75 mp 78.75 (Kilsby N) 78:55
80.26 Hillmorton SB 80:32 64
82.55 RUGBY MIDLAND 79 83:09 40*
86.00 mp 86 87:24 64
89.08 Brandon & Wolston 90:01 74
92.75 mp 92.75 (Humber Rd) 93:22 63
93.99 COVENTRY 94 94:56
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0.00 0 0:00
1.48 Canley Halt 3:54 40
3.57 Tile Hill 6:40 50
5.50 Berkswell 8:52 59
8.77 Hampton in Arden 11:50 72
12.42 Marston Green 14:51 69
14.00 Lea Hall 16:15 67
15.11 Stechford 17:15 66
16.98 Adderley Park 19:12 63
18.22 Proof House Jc SB 20 20:22 easy
18.92 BIRMINGHAM NEW ST 22 22:13
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Date: 25th July 1955
dep: London Euston 2.20pm..R Time
arr: Birmingham New St 4.20pm..R Time
Net Time 89.5 mins to Coventry (63.0 mi/hr)
Excellent run on a hot and sultry day from a Jubilee
on a full XL load. But "Implacable" was a Bushbury
engine, so say no more!
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