EASTERN REGION: 12.30pm KINGS CROSS-NEWCASTLE
Engine: A3 class 4-6-2 no 60050 Persimmon (35B)
Load: 12 coaches, 400 tons tare, 425 tons full
-----------------------------------------------------
miles sch m/sec mi/hr
-----------------------------------------------------
0.00 KINGS CROSS 0 0:00
1.67 Holloway North SB 5:21
2.50 Finsbury Park 6:54 38
3.40 Harringay West 8:12 44
4.05 Hornsey 9:04 49
4.97 Wood Green 10:06 53
6.44 New Southgate 11:48 51
8.37 Oakleigh Park 14:05 50
9.15 New Barnet 15:00 51
10.13 Greenwood SB 15 16:09 51
10.57 Hadley Wood 16:41 52
12.71 Potters Bar 19:12 51
14.46 Brookmans Park 20:56 66
15.75 Marshmoor SB 22:03 68
17.70 HATFIELD 24 23:50 69
20.31 Welwyn Garden City 26:07 64/62
22.00 Welwyn North 27:40 66
23.50 Woolmer Green SB 29:04 61
25.04 Knebworth 30:33 65
26.66 Langley Jc SB 32:00 73
27.57 Stevenage p.w.s 45*
31.90 HITCHIN 37 37:16 67/64
33.50 mp 33.5 (Cadwell) 38:44 68
35.69 Three Counties 40:35 75
37.01 Arlesley 41:40 73/74
38.50 mp 38.5 (Langford Br) 42:51 71
41.16 Biggleswade 44:59 76
44.12 Sandy 46 47:21 73/72
46.37 Everton SB 49:10 77
47.50 Tempsford 50:04 75
50.00 mp 50 (Little Barford) 52:05 73
51.59 St Neots 53:31 71
54.00 mp 54 (Paxton) 55:22 75
55.93 Offord 56:55 74
58.80 HUNTINGDON 60 p.w.s 25*
62.00 mp 62 (Leys summit) 65:09 44
63.50 Abbots Ripon 66:58 59
67.37 Connington South SB 70:16 76
69.40 Holme 71:51 74
72.61 Yaxley 74:33 67
75.00 mp 75 (Fletton Jc) 76:43 61
76.36 PETERBOROUGH NORTH 81 78:52 20*
78.00 mp 78 (New England) 81:56 48
79.50 mp 79.5 (Werrington) 83:38 56
81.88 Helpston SB 86:06 59/57
84.81 Tallington 89:08 59
87.00 mp 87 (Greatford) 91:19 59/61
88.66 Essendine 92:58 58/60
92.21 Little Bytham 96:38 57
95.50 mp 95.5 100:14 52
97.09 Corby Glen 102:03 56
100.00 mp 100 (Stoke summit) 105:16 51
102.08 Great Ponton 107:22 64
105.45 GRANTHAM 115 111:33
------ --- -----
Date: 8th March 1958
The Northumbrian
dep: Kings Cross 12.30pm..R Time
arr: Grantham 2.22pm..3 Early
Net Time 107.5 mins, 58.9 mi/hr
-----------------------------------------------------
Back to Review: LNER Steam Page