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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 6 (October 1, 1932.)
The Train Log. — 3.48 p.m. Express Swindon to Paddington (2.30 p.m. ex Cheltenham)
The Train Log.
3.48 p.m. Express Swindon to Paddington (2.30 p.m. ex Cheltenham).
June 6, 1932. Engine: 4-cyl. 4-6-0 No. 5006, Tregenna Castle. Driver Ruddock, Fireman H. Thorp. Load: 6 coaches—186 tons tare, 195 tons full.
| miles. | min. | sec. | m.p.h. |
| 0.0 Swindon start | 0 | 00 | — |
| 1.0 Mile-post 76 1/4 pass | 2 | 10 | — |
| 2.0 Mile-post 75 1/4 pass | 3 | 15 | 64.3 |
| 3.0 Mile-post 74 1/4 pass | 4 | 09 | 69.2 |
| 4.0 Mile-post 73 1/4 pass | 4 | 58 | 75.0 |
| 5.0 Mile-post 72 1/4 pass | 5 | 4.5 | 78.9 |
| 5.7 Shrivenham pass | 6 | 15 | |
| 7.3 Mile-post 70 pass | 7 | 24 | 81.8 |
| 10.8 Uffington pass | 9 | 51 | |
| 12.3 Mile-post 65 pass | 10 | 56 | 84.9 |
| 13.4 Challow pass | 11 | 42 | |
| 16.9 Wantage Road pass | 14 | 05 | |
| 17.3 Mile-post 60 pass | 14 | 21 | 87.8 |
| miles. | min. | sec. | m.p.h. |
| 20.8 Steventon pass | 16 | 40 | |
| 22.3 Mile-post 55 pass | 17 | 41 | 90.0 |
| 24.2 Didcot pass | 18 | 55 | |
| 27.3 Mile-post 50 pass | 20 | 55 | 91.4 |
| 28.8 Cholsey pass | 21 | 59 | |
| 32.3 Mile-post 45 pass | 24 | 15 | 91.4 |
| 32.6 Goring pass | 24 | 25 | |
| 35.8 Pangbourne pass | 26 | 33 | |
| 37.3 Mile-post 40 pass | 27 | 34 | 90.5 |
| 38.7 Tilehufst pass | 28 | 28 | |
| 41.3 Reading pass | 30 | 12 | |
| 42.3 Mile-post 35 pass | 30 | 51 | 91.4 |
| 46.3 Twyford pass | 33 | 31 | |
| 47.3 Mile-post 30 pass | 34 | 12 | 89.5 |
| 52.3 Mile-post 25 pass | 37 | 38 | 87.4 |
| 53.1 Maidenhead pass | 38 | 08 | |
| 57.3 Mile-post 20 pass | 41 | 06 | 86.5 |
| 58.8 Slough pass | 42 | 10 | |
| 62.3 Mile-post 15 pass | 44 | 36 | 85.7 |
| 64.1 West Drayton pass | 45 | 51 | |
| 67.3 Mile-post 10 pass | 48 | 13 | 82.9 |
| 68.2 Southall pass | 48 | 51 | |
| 71.6 Ealing Broadway pass | 51 | 17 | |
| 72.3 Mile-post 5 pass | 51 | 48 | 83.7 |
| 75.3 Mile-post 2 pass | 53 | 56 | 84.4 |
| 76.0 Westbourne Park pass | 54 | 40 | — |
| 77.3 Paddington stop | 56 | 47 | — |
(From the Great Western Railway Magazine, July, 1932. Courtesy Mr. S. G. Bonsor, London).