CREWE-CARNFORTH-RAVENGLASS: CUMBRIAN COAST EXPLORER: Engines: Class 31 nos 31128 & 31459 (Fragonset) Load: 7 coaches, 242 tons tare, 260 tons full ----------------------------------------------------- miles sch m/sec mi/hr ----------------------------------------------------- (Avge) 0.00 DORRIDGE 0 0:00 1.92 Widney Manor 2:49 3.37 Solihull 4 5:11 ---- -- ----- 0.00 0 0:00 1.83 Olton 3 3:21 ---- -- ----- 0.00 0 0:00 0.96 Acocks Green 1:48 1.92 Tyseley 2:47 58.6 2.91 Small Heath 3:47 59.4 4.00 Bordesley Jc 5:57 30.2 4.33 St Andrews Jc 7:05 17.5 sigs 0* 5.26 Proof House Jc 15:05 5.95 BIRMINGHAM NEW STREET 16 17:53 ---- -- ----- 0.00 0 0:00 1.05 Monument Lane OB 2:59 2.03 Soho S Jc 4:14 47.0 3.33 Smethwick 5:58 45.0 5.31 SANDWELL & DUDLEY 7:56 60.4 6.12 Albion Xg 8:41 64.8 8.15 Tipton 10:31 66.4 9.53 Coseley 11:55 59.1 11.96 mp 12 (Monmore Green) sigs 12.90 WOLVERHAMPTON 22 18:53 ----- -- ----- 0.00 0 0:00 1.60 Bushbury Jc 3:24 7.41 Gailey OB 7:57 76.6 9.60 Penkridge 9:24 90.6 14.77 mp 133 (Trent Valley Jc) 13:19 79.2 15.31 STAFFORD 19 14:45 ----- -- ----- 0.00 0 0:00 RL 3.32 Great Bridgeford OB 4:25 5.32 Norton Bridge 6:03 66.7 7.75 Badnall Wharf RR 8:00 74.7 9.83 Standon Bridge OB 9:41 74.1 12.28 Stableford RR 11:39 74.7 13.97 Whitmore OB 13:01 74.2 16.38 Madeley SB 14:57 74.8 19.62 Betley Road SB 17:36 73.4 22.73 Basford Hall SB 20:30 64.3 24.50 CREWE 32/46 24:12 28.7 27.65 Coppenhall Jc OB 27:54 51.1 29.39 Minshull Vernon OB 29:21 72.0 31.96 Winsford 31:07 87.3 36.26 Hartford sigs 38.95 Acton Bridge 36:58 40.96 Weaver Jc (mp 174.50) 38:26 82.2 43.96 Norton Xg 40:32 87.8 46.71 Acton Grange (mp 180.25) 42:35 80.5 48.61 WARRINGTON sigs 52.05 Winwick Jc 48:46 54.46 Golborne Jc 51:10 60.2 55.51 Golborne (mp 1.75) 52:07 66.3 57.76 Bamfurlong (mp 4) 54:01 71.1 60.35 WIGAN NORTH WESTERN 55:52 84.0 Signal Delays 75.47 PRESTON 121 100:07 ----- --- ------ 0.00 0 0:00 1.34 Oxheys OB 3:03 4.75 Barton 6:24 61.1 7.46 Brock Xg 8:21 83.3 9.50 Garstang (mp 9.5) 9:51 81.6 12.75 Scorton (mp 12.75) p.w.s 60* 15.25 Bay Horse (mp 15.25) 15:09 17.80 Oubeck RR 17:08 77.1 20.99 LANCASTER 19:42 74.6 sigs 40* 22.91 Morecambe S Jc 22:35 24.13 Hest Bank LC 23:53 56.3 25.38 Bolton-le-Sands LC 24:58 69.2 27.24 CARNFORTH 28:24 easy 30.54 Silverdale 33:20 40.1 33.10 Arnside sigs 0* 33.59 Kent Viaduct 43:13 36.38 GRANGE OVER SANDS 47:09 42.6 38.18 Kents Bank 49:21 49.1 40.56 Cark & Cartmel 52:09 51.0 43.70 Leven Viaduct * 56:28 43.6 44.56 Plumpton Jc SB 57:58 34.4 46.18 Ulverston 54 60:49 ----- --- ------ 0.00 0 0:00 3.19 Lindal Tunnel E 5:49 4.52 Dalton 7:45 41.3 5.12 Dalton Jc SB 9:42 18.4 sigs 0* 6.20 Park South SB 14:05 8.19 Askham 16:46 44.5 11.37 Kirkby-in-Furness 20:25 52.2 13.57 Foxfield 25:09 27.9 15.59 Green Road 28:49 33.0 18.14 Millom 31:57 48.8 21.33 Silecroft sigs 26.55 Bootle 44:26 29.73 Eskmeals Viaduct 47:47 57.2 31.10 RAVENGLASS 46 50:04 ----- -- ----- Date: Saturday 13th July 2002: EAGLE RAILTOURS "THE CUMBRIAN COAST EXPLORER" dep: Dorridge 7.28am..1 late arr: Ravenglass 1.17pm..12 late Held 42 minutes at Preston Train continued to Workington ----------------------------------------------------- Diesel Miscellany 2 Modern Traction Archives Page