WEST SOMERSET RAILWAY: BISHOPS LYDEARD-MINEHEAD & RTN Engine: Class 8F 2-8-0 no 48773 Load: 10 coaches, 328 tons tare, 360 tons full -------------------------------------------------- miles m/sec mi/hr -------------------------------------------------- 0.00 BISHOPS LYDEARD 0:00 1.50 mp 169¾ 6:53 21½ 2.50 mp 170¾ 9:57 18 3.50 mp 171¾ 13:14 19 3.85 CROWCOMBE 14:39 15* 4.58 Roebuck LC 16:24 27 5.35 Leigh Wood LC 18:09 29 6.25 mp 174½ 19:35 26 6.56 Stogumber 20:51 24 7.75 mp 176 23:35 28/24 8.75 mp 177 25:55 28 9.84 WILLITON 29:20 ----- 0:00 25 10.56 Doniford 2:34 20* 11.00 mp 179¼ 3:20 25 11.55 Watchet 5:00 10* 12.00 mp 180¼ 6:54 18 12.75 mp 181 8:33 26 13.50 mp 181¾ 10:25 21 13.90 Washford 11:28 21 15.25 mp 183½ 14:46 33 16.16 BLUE ANCHOR 17:50 ----- 0:00 17.25 mp 185½ 2:47 31 18.00 Dunster 5:08 ---- 0:00 18.75 mp 187 Seaward Way LC 4:16 easy 19.62 MINEHEAD 5:53 ---- ---- 0.00 0:00 Seaward Way LC 1:41 easy 1.12 mp 186¾ 3:31 30 1.62 Dunster 5:24 ---- 0:00 2.87 mp 185 3:49 34 3.46 BLUE ANCHOR 6:01 10* 4.37 mp 183½ 8:36 26 5.37 mp 182½ 11:38 18 5.72 Washford 12:48 18 6.62 mp 181¼ 15:04 27 7.37 mp 180½ 17:34 17* 8.07 Watchet 19:18 10* 9.06 Doniford 22:18 20* 9.37 mp 178½ 23:25 26 9.78 WILLITON 25:09 10* 10.62 mp 177¼ 27:55 20/19 11.62 mp 176¼ 30:32 24½ 12.62 mp 175¼ 33:01 23½ 13.06 Stogumber 34:06 23 13.87 mp 174 36:18 22 14.27 Leigh Wood LC 37:24 22/21 15.04 Roebuck LC 39:33 22 15.37 mp 172½ 40:26 20½ 15.77 CROWCOMBE 41:25 22/20 17.37 mp 170½ 45:09 33/26 18.87 mp 169 48:03 33½ 19.62 BISHOPS LYDEARD 50:44 ----- ----- 18th September 1993: S.V.R.A Kidderminster to Minehead Charter: dep: Bishops Lydeard 12.37pm..17 late arr: Minehead 1.39pm..16 late dep: Minehead 4.54pm..14 late arr: Bishops Lydeard 5.52pm -------------------------------------------------- Back to Review: Smaller Midland Locos Page