SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY: 3442 INAUGURAL TRAIN
Engine: Class K4 2-6-0 no 3442 The Great Marquess
Load: 9 coaches, 305 tons tare, 320 tons full
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miles m/sec mi/hr
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0.00 KIDDERMINSTER 0:00
0.55 mp 135½ 2:20 15*
0.05 mp 136 (Falling Sands V) 3:37 27/28
1.47 Foley Park OB 4:31 27
1.91 Bewdley Tunnel N 5:29 27
2.18 Bewdley Tunnel S 6:00 34
2.65 Rifle Range UB 6:45 39
3.32 Bewdley South SB 8:39 easy
3.51 BEWDLEY 9:43 10*
4.41 mp 138¼ (top 1/145) 12:12 30
4.91 mp 138¾ 13:10 32
5.13 Northwood Halt 14:13 10*
p.w.s 15*
6.16 mp 140 17:05 26
6.60 Victoria Bridge 18:16 15*
23
7.08 ARLEY 20:02
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0.00 0:00
0.83 mp 141¾ 2:35 32
1.44 Borle Viaduct 3:46 29/30
2.08 mp 143 5:42 15*
2.33 HIGHLEY 6:54 10*
2.78 Alveley Xg 8:35 19/17
3.83 mp 144¾ p.w.s 20*
4.49 HAMPTON LOADE 14:20
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0.00 0:00
1.09 mp 146½ 3:03 38
1.64 Sterns 4:35 5*
2.32 Eardington 7:21 26
3.34 mp 148¾ (summit) 9:20 33
3.65 Knowlesands Tunnel 9:54 34
3.96 Oldbury Viaduct 10:35 20*
4.51 BRIDGNORTH 13:19
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0.00 0:00
0.55 Oldbury Viaduct 2:45 20*
0.86 Knowlesands Tunnel 3:32 25
1.17 mp 148¾ (summit) 4:16 27
2.19 Eardington 6:04 36
2.87 Sterns 8:42 5*
3.92 mp 146 11:43 34
4.51 HAMPTON LOADE 13:16 15*
5.42 mp 144½ p.w.s 15*
25
6.22 Alveley Xg 18:21 17
6.67 HIGHLEY 20:27 10*
6.92 mp 143 21:17 15*
7.56 Borle Viaduct 22:58 34
8.42 mp 141½ 24:21 39
9.00 ARLEY 25:57 15*
24
9.48 Victoria Bridge 27:07 15*
10.17 mp 139¾ 28:52 28
p.w.s 15*
10.95 Northwood Halt 31:13 15*
11.42 mp 138½ 32:17 30
12.17 mp 137¾ 33:58 25
12.57 BEWDLEY 35:14 15*
12.76 Bewdley South SB 35:47 easy
13.03 mp 138 36:28 33
13.43 Rifle Range UB 37:09 37
13.90 Bewdley Tunnel S 37:54 38
14.17 Bewdley Tunnel N 38:20 38
14.61 Foley Park OB 39:10 31
15.03 mp 136 (Falling Sands V) sigs 0*
15.53 mp 135½ (Kidder Jn) 43:11 21
16.08 KIDDERMINSTER 45:07
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Date: 18th April 1989:
dep: Kidderminster 12.30pm
arr: Bridgnorth 1.52pm
dep: Bridgnorth 2.34pm
arr: Kidderminster 3.19pm
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