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Post by hobbayne on Sept 24, 2013 21:52:56 GMT
What line would you like to drive on and why? I used to live close to North Acton and always fancied driving on the Central line, going up to Epping and Ongar in the open countryside  |
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Post by Chris M on Sept 25, 2013 0:04:46 GMT
I always used to think I'd like the variety offered by the Piccadilly (Heathrow. Z1, countryside) but knowing someone who used to drive on it I'm less sure now! Also, living in SE London it would be rather inconvenient to get to!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2013 0:06:39 GMT
Metropolitan line. Not the central as they aren't allowed to drive manually under norm conditions. It's a shame the Met line has lost it's fast services apart from peak hours.
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Post by tomek on Sept 25, 2013 17:15:09 GMT
Northern line, it was my favourite line when I was small. Of course I'm talking of it without ATO. The district line in second position, but when the D stock will be replaced with S stock it won't be the same thing ...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2013 22:04:14 GMT
All of em, test train driver!
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Post by class411 on Sept 26, 2013 9:48:35 GMT
All things being equal - i.e. ignoring the fact that some lines the drivers drive and some they don't, it would be the Central, because it has a good mix of open air and deep tunnel work and because it was the first underground line I became familiar with as a child in Ealing.
In those day even middle class children were allowed to use the underground by themselves at a very early age. It was always my dream to have the 5/- to buy a rover so I could spend all day on the it!
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Post by SE13 on Sept 26, 2013 12:11:03 GMT
The Piccadilly for me. I love the 73ts, and the mix of tube and open Countryside. Only one winner!
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Post by grahamhewett on Sept 26, 2013 17:03:02 GMT
@class 413 - yes, even at the tender age of 7 I was allowed to travel on my own (in Ealing, also!) but mainly on the Piccadilly. Even so, I'd choose the Bakerloo because of the interesting track layouts and TOC interfaces.
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Post by nickf on Sept 26, 2013 18:20:17 GMT
Northern Line for me - because of the complexities of Camden Town Junction. Also I can imagine wistfully staring beyond Mill Hill East and thinking of what might have been.
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Post by railtechnician on Sept 27, 2013 0:59:23 GMT
Northern Line for me - because of the complexities of Camden Town Junction. Also I can imagine wistfully staring beyond Mill Hill East and thinking of what might have been. Being in the cab is one thing, but walking the lines is something else as there is so much more to see. I walked about 75% of the entire pre-JLE network in about 20 years of my 28 years service. Lines I walked completely from end to end were the Picc, Bakerloo, Jubilee, Met(including ELL), Waterloo & City. I walked most of the tunnel sections of the Northern and most of the Victoria including the roads to Northumberland Park depot, also great chunks of open section on the Central and a few specific tunnel areas. On a percentage basis I guess the line I walked least percentage wise was the District, nevertheless I walked large sections of it including the entire District portion of the Circle. |
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Post by bassmike on Sept 27, 2013 13:24:46 GMT
you should be very fit.
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Post by railtechnician on Sept 28, 2013 23:06:09 GMT
In my ninth year of retirement now and two years after major surgery I am just beginning to regain my fitness through long countryside walks before breakfast but there's no substitute for walking the track with a heavy tool bag and climbing stationery escalators and spiral staircases on a nightly basis, I doubt I'll ever be that fit again! |
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