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Bristol, and conveying a slip portion for Taunton. The return working left Penzance at 10:30, reaching Birmingham at 18:36 and Wolverhampton at 19:28. Catering was available throughout the journey and the train conveyed a portion for
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Penzance at 19:50. At 8 hours and 35 minutes for the 325ÂĽ miles, this made it the fastest train to the West of England, being 10 minutes faster than the
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963:Peel, Dave (2006). "Cornishman".
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348:Wolverhampton Low Level
270:Cornish Riviera Limited
196:Cornish Riviera Limited
191:Cornish Riviera Limited
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888:Russell, J.H. (1981).
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907:Whitehouse, Patrick;
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307:Move to the Midlands
264:locomotive No. 3433
1581:The Railway Station
1509:Stratford-upon-Avon
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673:Great Western Album
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871:The Limited
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82:Broad gauge
1631:Categories
1576:Paintings
1437:Containers
1322:Shrewsbury
1292:Gloucester
1063:West Wales
867:Nock, O.S.
825:References
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513:References
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293:Hall class
281:King class
262:City class
235:3031 class
139:3501 class
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113:at 12:45,
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1535:Gauge War
1530:Accidents
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518:Citations
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369:Kingswear
332:Ivybridge
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1544:Museums
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365:Torquay
334:in 1964
216:St Erth
174:Newquay
157:, laid
111:Bristol
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493:Notes
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