WESTERN REGION: 6.10pm PADDINGTON-BIRKENHEAD
Engine: King class 4-6-0 No 6006 King George I*
Load: 12 coaches, 414 tons tare, 445 tons full
* Fitted with Double Chimney
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miles sch m/sec mi/hr
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0.00 PADDINGTON 0 0:00
sigs 15*
1.25 Westbourne Park 4:13
3.28 Old Oak West Jc 7 7:13 42/39*
4.75 mp 4.75 (Park Royal) 9:17 46
7.79 Greenford 13 12:24 64
62
10.18 Northolt Jc (mp 0) 16 14:40 66
12.05 West Ruislip 16:21 67
72
14.79 Denham 18:43 70
17.39 Gerrards Cross sigs 10*
20.12 Seer Green 27:51 42
21.69 Beaconsfield 29:55 52
24.18 mp 14 (Tylers Green) 32:21 65
26.54 HIGH WYCOMBE 36 35:00 36*
45
28.78 West Wycombe p.w.s 22*
31.52 Saunderton 43:19 44
33.18 mp 23 (summit) 45:28 50
34.68 PRINCES RISBOROUGH 46 46:55 71
37.43 mp 27.25 (Ilmer) 49:02 84
40.03 Haddenham 50:55 88/83
41.68 mp 31.5 (Chearsley) 52:44 86
44.04 Ashendon Jc SB 56 54:05 52*
46.54 mp 2.5 56:43 58
47.41 Brill 57:34 68
79
50.42 Blackthorne 59:58 75
78
53.38 BICESTER NORTH 71 63:07
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0.00 0 0:00
3.80 Ardley 8 7:00 50
5.66 mp 15 (Ardley Tunnel) 9:03 61
8.14 Aynho Park 11:22 66
8.91 Aynho Jc SB 15 12:09 60*
10.56 Kings Sutton 13:46 64
11.87 mp 84 (Astrop) 15:00 67
14.07 BANBURY GENERAL 21 18:09
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0.00 0 0:00
1.70 Ironstone Sdgs SB 3:48 44
3.63 Cropredy 6:10 54
5.05 mp 91.25 7:44 53
6.80 mp 93 9:32 60
8.76 Fenny Compton 11:19 71
11.80 mp 98 13:42 82
13.75 Southam Road 15:10 78
16.16 Fosse Road SB 16:58 82/84
sigs 15*
19.88 LEAMINGTON SPA 24 22:28
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0.00 0 0:00
1.92 Warwick 3:45 48
2.92 mp 109 4:54 53
3.92 mp 110 (Budbrook) sigs 0*
4.92 mp 111 11:08 34
6.09 Hatton 11 13:04 44
sigs 25*
8.42 mp 114.5 (Rowington) 16:44 54
10.32 Lapworth 18:47 56
12.86 Knowle & Dorridge 19 21:26 59/58
14.78 Widney Manor 23:19 63
16.23 Solihull 24:38 66
18.06 Olton 26:15 73
19.02 Acocks Green 27:03 75
19.98 Tyseley 27 27:49 68
20.97 Small Heath 28:48
21.96 Bordesley sigs
23.31 BIRMINGHAM SNOW HILL 32 32:48
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Date: Thursday 5th June 1958
dep: Paddington 6.51pm..41 Late
arr: Birmingham Snow Hill..9.18pm..29 Late
Driver Thomas, Fireman Pierce (Stafford Road)
Marooned in Paddington's Platform 1 for 41 mins by a
points failure, the crew straight away "went for it"
That they only succeeded in pulling back 12 minutes,
tells only half the story, for Signal checks leaving
Paddington and at Gerrards Cross, a P.W Slack at
West Wycombe, and further Signals at Leamington,
Hatton, and Bordesley, cost in total another 15 mins.
Net Gain to engine and crew 27 minutes.
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