LEAMINGTON SPA-READING: THE SOUTHERN COASTERMAN
Engines: Class 33 nos 33026 Seafire & 33057 Seagull
Load: 9 coaches, 331 tons tare, 360 tons full
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miles sch m/sec mi/hr
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(avge)
0.00 LEAMINGTON SPA 0 0:00 Pass
3.72 Fosse Rd UB 4:53
5.47 Harbury tunnel S 6:56 51.2
6.92 Greaves Sdg SB 8:24 59.3
11.12 Fenny Compton SB 14 12:21 63.8
16.23 Cropredy 17:10 63.7
19.90 BANBURY 23 20:45 61.4
23.39 Kings Sutton 24:48 51.7
25.04 Aynho Jc SB 28 26:41 52.7
25.77 Aynho 27:37 46.9
27.98 Fritwell 29:50 59.8
30.84 Heyford 34 32:19 69.1
33.46 Tackley 34:31 71.5
34.92 Bletchington OB 35:43 73.0
37.03 Kidlington 37:21 77.5
39.70 Wolvercot Jc RR 43 39:24 78.1
41.52 Oxford N RR 40:51 75.3
42.57 OXFORD 46 41:52 61.9
45.02 Kennington Jc SB 44:03 67.3
47.64 Radley 46:20 68.8
49.87 Culham 48:13 71.0
50.88 Appleford 49:04 71.3
52.08 Didcot N Jc 50:41 47.8
52.94 DIDCOT 58 53:09
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0.00 0 0:00 RL
1.82 Moreton GF 2:38
4.68 Cholsey 5:22 62.8
8.39 Goring 8:35 69.2
11.60 Pangbourne 11:33 64.9
14.49 Tilehurst 14.24 60.8
15.39 mp 37.75 (Scours Lane) 15.42 easy
16.21 Reading West Jc sigs 15*
16.70 Oxford Rd Jc 19:49
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Date: 20th April 1996:
PATHFINDER TOURS "SOUTHERN COASTERMAN" ex Bristol:
pass: Leamington Spa 8.52am
arr: Oxford Rd Jc 10.10am
Train ran non stop Kenilworth to Didcot, though booked
to stop at Leamington for operational purposes. Log
ends at Oxford Rd Jc. The train was heavily checked
all the way to Basingstoke.
Locos limited to 60 mph!...Max 78mph Kidlington
Train continued from Basingstoke to Eastbourne with
Electric E5001. 33026 & 33057 then worked Eastbourne
to Bristol, via the West London line, the West Coast
Main line, and Birmingham.
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