1938 stock deliveries for Aldenham

I've seen a picture of the 38 stock en route via Berkhamstead, which would indicate a delivery via the Bakerloo.

TP's book on the 38 Stock was where I found it first.

Thank you chaps that clears up a few things in my head. So I take it the stock destined for Aldenham would have been stored at Golders Green until the depot opened.

IIRC a lot of the pre 1938 stock was parked in the open for several years and had to be refurbished after the war. The 38 stock was intended for the Central line but went to the Northern instead.

there is a book on the subject.

www.ltmuseumshop.co.uk/gifts-and-souvenirs/books/underground/product/By-Tube-Beyond-Edgware.html

The life-expiry of the Central's original 1903 stock was one iof the factors that triggered the order for the 1938 stock, although the Central actually got hand-me-downs from other lines, including the Northern.

1935 stock did work on the Central, with ocasional deputisation by 1938 stock

The (flat fronted) 1935 Stock did indeed work on the Central, firstly 1950-54 (Loughton - Epping), and then 1957 until withdrawn in late-1966 (Epping - Ongar). Of course, they also worked Hainault - Woodford, especially on transfer trips to and from Hainault depot.

The only 1938 Stock to deputise on the Central was 10177-012265-11177 from 1957 to 1960, in lieu of unit 10011/11011 which was a test train during that time.

In addition, Pre-1938 Stock was no stranger to any of the Central Line east end shuttles duting the reign of 1935 Stock.

We exclude, of course, the 1938 Stock trailers that eventually ended up between 1960 Stock motor cars

Again, thank you chaps, very informative. The fact that plans were still being drawn up in 1946 for the depot and for the siting of the terminus- still intent on reaching Watford- shows that the intention was to complete everything.
( The new book is on my wish list for xmas!)

I agree wholeheartedly, it is indeed complex. You've obviously got the "seed" of the plans from the W&ER plans, which coupled with the idea that although the old trams up the Edgware Road ended at Canon's Park (roughly synonymous with Brockley Hill station), there had been a firm intention to continue through Bushey to Watford, which shows that the demand was there (IIRC, it was blocked by protests from Stanmore landowners).

Looking at the Bushey Town Planning map shown in the book you can find a route all the way to Watford though Old Bushey (Bushey Village in modern terms) that was just about available - just. The developments stemming from that document and it's ilk prevented a clear alignment being found at a later date.

The buses that essentially cover the old tram route and projected axis of the railway (the 142 traditionally ran from Watford Junction through Bushey and Stanmore then down the Edgware Road to Kilburn Park Station, before the section south of Brent Cross being split off into route 32 in the 70s) are very well loaded. At peak times, sometimes you can't get on the buses despite them being double deckers on the standard ~10-minute high-frequency timetables...and the section between Bushey Heath and Watford Junction is paralleled by route 258 to Harrow, doubling the effective frequency on that section.

It's a right pain when you want to get to somewhere like Colindale, Hendon Central or Camden and have to get a bus to Edgware first ...and likewise, heading the other way knowing the line should have gone all the way north to the mainline at Watford, or at the very least, just down the road from my home