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• Departure siding - uphill 1%
• Over mainline to Manchester
• Downhill 1.4% - get up to 20 mph
• Edge Hill Engine Shed box - uphill 2%
• Towards Mainline at Wavertree - downhill 1.7%

Wavertree

• Winsfield - 30 mph diverge into slow line
• There is a split distant approaching Crewe North Junction
• The slower route (to the left) has 20 mph points to the freight line.
• After the points, speed limit is 20 mph.
• Maintain 20 mph through the next few hundred yards and as you approach Basford Hall Junction, be prepared apply full regulator to get up the 2.7% grade. (Impossible for 08:20 Through Freight: Edge Hill - Nuneaton loaded coal 871 tonnes).