Performance Tables

The Railway Magazine , March 1959

1958	D207	The "Talisman"	307 tare 325 gross
Dist . Miles		M. S.	MPH
0	Peterborough	0	-
3.1	Werrington Junction	4.26	64 ¾
8.4	Tallington	8.58	77½
12.2	Essendine	11.57	74
-	Milepost 90	-	76¾
15.8	Little Bytham	14.47	73¼
-	Milepost 96	-	67½
20.7	Corby Glen	19	69
23.7	Stoke Box	21.41	63½
29.1	Grantham	25.54	77½

Railway Magazine November 1959

1959	D202	2/45pm Norwich - Liverpool Street		306 tones tare
Distance	Location	Sched	Actual	Speeds
Miles		Min	M. S.	mph
0	Norwich	0	0	-
2.1	Trowse Upper Junction		4.35	-
5.3	Swainsthorpe		8.15	59
8.3	Flordon		11.11	75
10.9	Forncett		13.23	68/73
14.5	Tivertshall	17	16.25	68
17.5	Burston		18.51	83(max)
20	Diss		21.45	-
			22.02	-
23.6	Mellis		27.05	-
28.4	Finningham		31.41	72
32.1	Haughley	32	34.46	(Slack)
34.4	Stowmarket		36.28	85
37.9	Needham		38.58	84
41.4	Claydon		41.32	84
43.8	Bramford		43.14	82
			sigs	-
46.3	Ipswich	45	46.25	-
0		0	0	-
3.7	Milepost 65		6.02	47
9.2	Manningtree	12	11	75
12.7	Ardleigh		14.07	61
14.6	Parsons Heath		15.51	72
17	Colchester	20	18.05	(Slack)
19.7	Sanway		21.08	54
22.1	Marks Tey		23.25	66 ½
26.5	Kelvedon		27.08	80
30.1	Witham	32	29.52	82
32.8	Hatfield Peverel		31.55	75/81
			pws	20
39	Chelmsford	40	38.12	-
45.1	Ingatestone		43.48	69
			sigs	-
48.5	Shenfield	50	47.25	35
			sigs	-
50.3	Brentwood		50.21	-
			Sigs	-
53.7	Harold Wood		53.23	-
56.3	Romford		55.46	-
58.7	Chadwell Heath	59	57.46	-
			pws	-
61.4	Ilford		60.43	-
64.7	Stratford	65	64.04	-
67.6	Bethnal Green		67.3	-
68.7	Liverpool Street	73	70.2	-

The Railway Magazine , March 1959

1959	D207	Sheffield Pullman	Load 7	282 tons tare
Distance(miles)	Timing Point	Sched	Time	Speed
Miles		(min)	Mins/Secs	MPH
0	Retford	0	0 00	-
4.9	Milepost 133 ¾	-	6 49	58
6.7	Tuxford	-	8 27	72 ¼
12.2	Carlton	-	12 29	86
18.5	Newark	18	17 54	Eased 56
23.2	Claypole		21 57	77 ¾
28.9	Barkston	26 ½	26 26	71
33.1	Grantham	31	30 49	-

0		0	0 00	-
1.3	Milepost 104 ¼	-	2 21	42 ½
5.4	Stoke box	6	7 02	58
8.4	Corby Glen	-	9 33	83
13.3	Little Bytham	-	12 49	92 ¾
16.9	Essendine	13 ½	15 09	93 ¼
			Sigs	80
20.7	Tallington	-	17 44	89
26	Werrington Jun	20	21 41	60
				Slack
27.7	New England North	-	23 14	72 ½
29.1	Peterborough	25 ½	25 27	-

D219 RAILWAY MAGAZINE SEP 1960

1960	D219	London Midland Region	16 Coaches	519 tons tare. 545 tons full
Dist		Sch	Actual	Speed
Miles		Min	m.s	m.p.h
0.0	CREWE	0	0 00	-
4.8	Betley Road	-	8 54	43
8.0	Madley	-	13 20	41
10.5	Whitmore	16	16 35	48
19.2	Norton Bridge	24	24 25	71 ½
21.2	Great Bridgeford	-	26 06	68
			Sig stop	-
24.5	STAFFORD	35	33 59	-
		(delayed)
0.0	RUGBY	0	0 00	-
2.3	Hillmorton Box	-	4 40	43
3.9	Kilsby	-	6 53	47
9.4	Long Buckby	14	13 02	68
13.0	Althorp Park	-	15 57	85
			p.w.s	25
19.1	NORTHAMPTON	25	26 00	-
		(delayed)
0.0	BLETCHLEY	0	0 00	-
6.5	Leighton Buzzard	-	8 52	64
10.6	Cheddington	-	12 45	62 ½
15.0	Tring	19	17 09	59
18.7	Berkhamstead	-	20 30	80
			p.w.s	23
29.2	WATFORD JUNCTION	36	31 10	75
35.3	Harrow	-	36 00	80
38.6	Wembley	-	38 25	85
41.3	WILLESDEN JUNCTION	51	40 25	73 ½
46.7	EUSTON	60	48 30	-

MODERN RAILWAYS, FEBRUARY 1964

	D213	LONDON EUSTON - CREWE	Load 10	357 tons, 380 gross
Miles	Location	Mins	Secs	Min/Max Speeds
0.00	EUSTON	0	0.00	-
3.15	Kilburn	(#5)	6.45 pws	- *30
5.40	WILLESDEN JUNCTION	14	10.32	*30
8.05	Wembley Central	-	13.56	57 ½
11.40	Harrow	(#5)	17.14	64 ½
17.45	WATFORD JUNCTION	31	22.41	72 ½
20.95	Kings Langley	-	25.35 pws	72 ½ *15
24.50	Hemel Hempstead	-	30.26	*15
27.95	Berkhamstead	-	35.13	-
31.65	TRING	44 ½	38.47	64
36.10	Cheddington	-	42.26	82
40.20	Leighton Buzzard	-	45.09 pws	86 ½ *25
46.65	BLETCHLEY	56 ½	50.51	*25
52.40	Wolverton	-	57.06	72 ½
54.75	Castlethorpe	-	59.04	74
59.90	ROADE	67 ½	63.26	68
62.85	Bilsworth	70 ½	65.55	77 ½ /75
69.70	Weedon	76 ½	71.13	77 ½
75.30	Welton	-	75.44 pws	70 ½ /75 *30
80.30	Hillmorton	(#5)	81.12 pws	30 17
82.55	RUGBY	93	86.03	*30
88.10	Brinklow	-	92.13	75
97.10	NUNEATON	106 ½	99.40 pws	- *15
102.30	Atherstone	-	107.15	-
106.50	Polesworth	-	111.29	72 ½
110.00	TAMWORTH	116 ½	114.18	76 ½
116.25	LICHFIELD	121 ½	119.13	76 ½
124.30	Rugeley	128	125.38	74
127.15	Colwich	130 ½	128.06	74
133.55	STAFFORD	136 ½	133.24	*68
138.85	Norton Bridge	141 ½	137.57	70 ½
143.40	Standon Bridge	-	141.54	68
147.65	Whitmore	-	145.38	68
150.05	Madeley	152	147.33	80
153.25	Betley Road	-	149.54	90
155.00	Milepost 155	-	151.06 sig stop	- *0
158.00	CREWE	159	157.14	-


* Speed restrictions		# Recovery time

25/03/1967	D368 + D1973	0812 Edinburgh Waverley - Carlisle, BR Grand Scottish Railtour		18 Coaches,602 tons tare,650 tons gross
Distance (miles)	Timing Point	Sched. min	Actual m s	Speeds mph
0.0	EDINBURGH WAVERLEY	0	0.00	-
3.0	Portobello	5	7.11	-* sigs
6.0	Millerhill	9	11.09	53 max
8.0	Eskbank	13	14.27	*/-
9.7	Newtongrange		17.04	38
12.0	Gorebridge		21.04	*/41
16.0	Tynehead		27.06	39
17.9	Falahill		29.45	42
19.1	Heriot	29	31.16	62 max
22.6	Fountainhall		34.59	*/-
26.7	Stow		39.08	61/-/*
33.5	Galashiels	44	47.19	-*
37.2	Melrose		51.10	-
40.6	St Boswells	53	54.27	62
45.2	Belses		58.53	56
48.5	Hassendean		62.19	69 max
52.8	Hawick	65	66.52	-*
56.7	Stobs		73.35	38
59.8	Shankend		77.58	46
62.6	Whitrope Tunnel North End		81.51	41
63.6	Whitrope Sidings		83.16	43
65.8	Riccarton Junction	83	86.23	-*
69.4	Steele Road		90.22	62/*
74.0	Newcastleton	93	95.18	-
		arr	99.55	0*sig
		dep	100.30	0*stop
77.0	Kershope Foot		101.32	-
81.6	Penton		107.24	-
86.3	ScotchDyke		113.34	-
88.6	Longtown	111	116.47	*/-
91.6	Lyneside		119.50	66/69
93.8	Harker		121.55	-
98.2	CARLISLE	123	131.16	*/- slow finish

Railway World March 1985

24 June 1972

270

1000 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle

Load 10

340 tare

Miles Location Sch Min/Secs 370 gross

0 MANCHESTER VICTORIA - 0 Min/Max Speeds

1.5 Miles Platting 4 4.23

3.25 Clayton Bridge 7.18 21*

6.1 OAGB Jn 10 10.58 51/53

7.8 STALYBRIDGE 14 14.28 43

-

4.8 Greenfield 7 7.44

6.9 Diggle Jn 9 10.14 47/50 half

10.85 Marsden 14 15.22 35*

15 Golcar 20.04 44*

18 HUDDERSFIELD 23 26.05 62/26*

-

2.7 Bradley Jn 4.08

4.95 Mirfield 6.58 60

6.45 Thornhill LNW Jn 9 9.45 35

8 Dewsbury 12.17 -

12.5 Morley 18 19.03 28*/42 half

3min signal stop 50/65

17.15 LEEDS 30 31.29 3 min

Railway World March 1985

30 June 1972

384

1450 Glasgow Central - Liverpool Lime Street

Load 8

286 tons, 285 gross

Miles

Location

Mins

Secs

Min/Max Speeds

0.00

CARLISLE

0

00

-

4.80

Wreay

7

39

51

12.95

Plumpton

15

39

66/70

17.85

Penrith

19

52

56*

21.15

Eden Valley Junction

26

57

Stop 13mins

31.45

Shap Summit

53

43

58/94

37.00

Tebay

57

32

90/75*

42.95

Grayrigg

61

54

80

50.00

Oxenholme

66

56

85

55.55

Milnthorpe

70

44

90

62.85

Carnforth

75

43

-

69.10

LANCASTER

81

36

-

3.00

Oubeck

4

24

60

5.80

Bay House

6

44

75

11.85

Garstang

11

10

85 ½

13.75

Brock

12

30

86

16.50

Barton

14

23

83

21.00

PRESTON

19

35

-

* Speed restrictions

Railway World March 1985

29 June 1977

40080

1000 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle

Load 10

340 tare, 368 gross

Miles

Location

Sch

Min/Secs

Min/Max Speeds

0.00

MANCHESTER VICTORIA

-

0.00

-

10*

1.50

Miles Platting

4

4.38

25/21*

3.25

Clayton Bridge

7.44

49/54

6.10

OAGB Jn

10

11.08

47/51

7.80

STALYBRIDGE

14

14.28

-

4.80

Greenfield

7

8.03

47/50

6.90

Diggle Jn

9

10.33

45*/60

10.85

Marsden

14

15.27

35*

15.00

Golcar

19.29

70

18.00

HUDDERSFIELD

23

25.02

-

2.70

Bradley Jn

4.37

66 ½

4.95

Mirfield

7.08

55

6.45

Thornhill LNW Jn

9

8.49

50*/54

8.00

Dewsbury

10.41

51 ½ /50 ½

12.50

Morley

18

15.54

59/67

3min signal stop

5*

17.15

LEEDS

30

24.25

-

* Speed Restriction

Railway World March 1985

31/07/1983

40122

Hadrian Pullman

Load 9

338tons tare, 360tons gross

Miles

Location

Mins

Secs

Min/Max Speeds

0.00

PETERBOROUGH

0

00

-

5.55

Helpston

6

43

74

8.65

Tallington

9

13

78

12.65

Essendine

11

29

80

15.65

Little Bytham

14

35

75/69

20.65

Corby Glen

18

45

72

23.65

Stoke Box

21

20

69min

Railway World March 1985

02 June 1984 40015 Cumbrian Mountain Express Load 12 434 tons tare ,460 gross

Miles Location Mins Secs Min/Max speed

0 CREWE 0 0 -

7.4 Winsford 10 31 73

16.45 Weaver Junction 17 15 83

24.1 W-B-Q 22 40 90

27.6 Winwick Junction 25 33 63*/67

35.8 Wigan NW 33 2 65*/55

41.6 Coppull 39 2 63

45.5 Euxton Jn 42 0 83

51 PRESTON 55 58 -

* Speed Restriction

PAUL IRVING`S CLASS 40 PERFORMANCE LOGS

24 June 1972	270	1000 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle	Load 10	340 tare
Miles	Location	Sch	Min/Secs	370 gross
0	MANCHESTER VICTORIA	-	0	Min/Max Speeds
1.5	Miles Platting	4	4.23
3.25	Clayton Bridge		7.18	21*
6.1	OAGB Jn	10	10.58	51/53
7.8	STALYBRIDGE	14	14.28	43
				-
4.8	Greenfield	7	7.44
6.9	Diggle Jn	9	10.14	47/50 half
10.85	Marsden	14	15.22	35*
15	Golcar		20.04	44*
18	HUDDERSFIELD	23	26.05	62/26*
				-
2.7	Bradley Jn		4.08
4.95	Mirfield		6.58	60
6.45	Thornhill LNW Jn	9	9.45	35
8	Dewsbury		12.17	-
12.5	Morley	18	19.03	28*/42 half
	3min signal stop			50/65
17.15	LEEDS	30	31.29	3 min

30 June 1972	384	1450 Glasgow Central - Liverpool Lime Street	Load 8	286 tons, 285 gross
Miles	Location	Mins	Secs	Min/Max Speeds
0.00	CARLISLE	0	00	-
4.80	Wreay	7	39	51
12.95	Plumpton	15	39	66/70
17.85	Penrith	19	52	56*
21.15	Eden Valley Junction	26	57	Stop 13mins
31.45	Shap Summit	53	43	58/94
37.00	Tebay	57	32	90/75*
42.95	Grayrigg	61	54	80
50.00	Oxenholme	66	56	85
55.55	Milnthorpe	70	44	90
62.85	Carnforth	75	43	-
69.10	LANCASTER	81	36	-

3.00	Oubeck	4	24	60
5.80	Bay House	6	44	75
11.85	Garstang	11	10	85 ½
13.75	Brock	12	30	86
16.50	Barton	14	23	83
21.00	PRESTON	19	35	-

* Speed restrictions

29 June 1977	40080	1000 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle	Load 10	340 tare, 368 gross
Miles	Location	Sch	Min/Secs	Min/Max Speeds
0.00	MANCHESTER VICTORIA	-	0.00	-
				10*
1.50	Miles Platting	4	4.38	25/21*
3.25	Clayton Bridge		7.44	49/54
6.10	OAGB Jn	10	11.08	47/51
7.80	STALYBRIDGE	14	14.28	-

4.80	Greenfield	7	8.03	47/50
6.90	Diggle Jn	9	10.33	45*/60
10.85	Marsden	14	15.27	35*
15.00	Golcar		19.29	70
18.00	HUDDERSFIELD	23	25.02	-

2.70	Bradley Jn		4.37	66 ½
4.95	Mirfield		7.08	55
6.45	Thornhill LNW Jn	9	8.49	50*/54
8.00	Dewsbury		10.41	51 ½ /50 ½
12.50	Morley	18	15.54	59/67
	3min signal stop			5*
17.15	LEEDS	30	24.25	-
*	Speed Restriction

31/07/1983	40122	Hadrian Pullman	Load 9	338tons tare, 360tons gross
Miles	Location	Mins	Secs	Min/Max Speeds
0.00	PETERBOROUGH	0	00	-
5.55	Helpston	6	43	74
8.65	Tallington	9	13	78
12.65	Essendine	11	29	80
15.65	Little Bytham	14	35	75/69
20.65	Corby Glen	18	45	72
23.65	Stoke Box	21	20	69min

02 June 1984	40015	Cumbrian Mountain Express	Load 12	434 tons tare ,460 gross
Miles	Location	Mins	Secs	Min/Max speed
0	CREWE	0	0	-
7.4	Winsford	10	31	73
16.45	Weaver Junction	17	15	83
24.1	W-B-Q	22	40	90
27.6	Winwick Junction	25	33	63*/67
35.8	Wigan NW	33	2	65*/55
41.6	Coppull	39	2	63
45.5	Euxton Jn	42	0	83
51	PRESTON	55	58	-
*	Speed Restriction