WESTERN REGION: 10.10am PADDINGTON-ABERYSTWYTH (THE CAMBRIAN COAST EXPRESS) Engine: Castle class 4-6-0 no 5035 Coity Castle Load: 11 coaches, 370 tons tare, 395 tons full ----------------------------------------------------- miles sch m/sec mi/hr ----------------------------------------------------- 0.00 BIRMINGHAM SNOW HILL 0 0:00 0.89 Hockley 2:17 1.55 Soho 3:31 37 2.55 Handsworth 5:20 33 3.20 Handsworth Jc SB 6 6:32 33 4.64 West Bromwich 8:45 47 5.78 Swan Village 10:03 55/57 7.41 Wednesbury Central 11:59 34* 9.71 Bilston Central 15:36 43 10.81 Priestfield 17:17 slack p.w.s 20* 12.38 WOLVERHAMPTON LOW LEVEL 20 21:32 ----- -- ----- 0.00 0 0:00 1.03 Dunstall Park 2:54 ----- 0:00 1.25 Stafford Rd Jc SB 1:37 2.48 mp 144.25 (Oxley N) 3:39 52 4.04 Birches & Bilbrook 5:20 57/54 4.74 Codsall 6:04 54 6.23 mp 148 7:43 58/55 7.71 Albrighton 9:07 68 9.12 Cosford 10:14 77 10.23 mp 152 11:05 82 12.53 Shifnal 12:58 68 14.55 Madeley Jc SB 14:55 52 15.47 Hollinswood SB 16:09 49 16.62 Oakengates 17:20 63 18.48 mp 160.25 (Ketley Jc) 18:54 73 19.57 WELLINGTON 20:24 42* 21.19 Admaston Halt 22:23 60 23.45 Walcot 24:22 72/70 24.73 mp 166.5 25:24 75 25.98 Upton Magna 26:28 67 p.w.s 28.23 Belvidere Bridge 29:45 41 29.38 Abbey Foregate Jc SB sigs 29.81 SHREWSBURY 35 34:03 ----- -- ----- Date: Saturday 6th August 1957: dep: Birmingham Snow Hill 12.28pm..11 late arr: Shrewsbury 1.29pm..10 late Additional Stop Dunstall Park (Wolverhampton Races) ----------------------------------------------------- Back to Steam Top Ten Page