WESTERN REGION: SHREWSBURY-PADDINGTON
(L.C.G.B NORTH AND WEST RAILTOUR)
Engine: Princess Coronation class 4-6-2
no 46251 City od Nottingham
Load: 8 coaches, 273 tons tare, 290 tons full
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miles m/sec mi/hr
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0.00 Coleham 0:00
0.61 Abbey Foregate Jc SB 2:57 15*
1.78 Belvidere Bridge 5:04 48
4.03 Upton Magna 7:31 63
5.28 mp 166.5 8:35 75
6.56 Walcot 9:35 74/76
8.82 Admaston Halt 11:25 69
10.44 WELLINGTON 13:13 46*
11.53 mp 160.25 (Ketley Jc) 14:29 55
13.39 Oakengates 16:22 60
14.54 Hollinswood SB 17:27 62
15.46 Madeley Jc SB 18:19 76
17.48 Shifnal 19:51 80
19.28 mp 152.5 21:06 90
sigs
20.89 COSFORD 24:48
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0.00 0:00
1.41 Albrighton 3:13 47
2.89 mp 148 4:59 53
4.38 Codsall 6:22 72
5.08 Birches & Bilbrook 6:55 80
6.64 mp 144.25 (Oxley N) 8:11 60
8.09 Dunstall Park 10:45 easy
9.12 WOLVERHAMPTON LOW LEVEL 13:33
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0.00 BIRMINGHAM SNOW HILL 0:00
sigs 0*
1.35 Bordesley 7:00
ML/SL slow
2.34 Small Heath 9:08
3.33 Tyseley 10:53 easy
4.29 Acocks Green 12:13
5.25 Olton 13:26 48
7.08 Solihull 15:34 56
8.53 Widney Manor 16:58 65
10.45 Knowle & Dorridge 18:42 69
SL/ML slow
12.99 Lapworth 22:23
14.89 mp 114.5 (Rowington) 24:40 65
17.21 Hatton 26:55 58*
19.39 mp 110 (Budbrook) 28:51 77/80
21.38 Warwick 30:23 70
23.31 LEAMINGTON SPA 32:50 37*
25.39 mp 104 35:18 54
27.03 Fosse Rd SB 37:00 58
29.44 Southam Road p.w.s 15*
32.39 mp 97 46 36 54
34.43 Fenny Compton 48:47 58
37.14 mp 92.25 (Claydon) 51 28 64
39.56 Cropredy 53:29 78/82
41.39 mp 88 (Ironstone Sdg) sigs 0*
43.21 BANBURY GENERAL 59:00
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0.00 0:00
2.18 mp 84 (Astrop) 3:46 56
3.49 Kings Sutton 5:07 60
5.14 Aynho Jc SB 6:44 64
5.92 Aynho Park 7:26 62
8.90 mp 14.5 (summit) 9:31 55
10.26 Ardley 11:53 66
14.06 BICESTER NORTH 15:00 83
91
17.02 Blackthorne 17:02 90
92
20.03 Brill 19:01 84
20.90 mp 2.5 (summit) 19:41 78
23.40 Ashendon Jc SB 22:00 60*
26.67 mp 31.5 (Chearsley) 24 01 74/72
27.41 Haddenham 25:18 75
78
30.01 mp 27.25 (Ilmer) 27:25 73
32.76 PRINCES RISBOROUGH 29:48 67/68
35.01 mp 22.25 (summit) 31:52 63
35.91 Saunderton 32:41 69
38.66 West Wycombe 35:28 47*
40.90 HIGH WYCOMBE 38:37 41*
43.26 mp 14 (Tylers Green) 41:14 61
45.75 Beaconsfield 43:42 59
47.32 Seer Green 45:13 65
50.05 Gerrards Cross 47:27 78
51.26 mp 6 48:23 81
ML/SL slow
52.65 Denham 49:59 easy
SL/ML slow
55.39 West Ruislip 53:25 60
57.26 Northolt Jc (mp 0) 55:13 62
59.64 Greenford 57:00 80/82
64.19 Old Oak West Jc 61:03 easy
66.19 Westbourne Park 64:20 easy
67.44 PADDINGTON 68:19
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Date: Sunday 21st June 1964
dep: Coleham 6.06pm..27 late
arr: Paddington 9.41pm..27 Late
Special stop at Banbury to remove injured passenger
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