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Post by number35 on Dec 23, 2019 10:42:16 GMT
Hi All I can confirm that London Transport Museum is looking for a good new home for the 86TS car. Interesting as it maybe, it is not representative of the fleet or a massive step change in technology as a prototype. As many have already observed in the thread we have very limited space at the Museum Depot and we have to focus on items that are core to our Collections Policy. A review of our vehicle collection some years ago concluded that the car was suitable for disposal and we are following our Asset Disposal process. We have been advertising the unit’s availability in specialist Museum forums for several years without success in finding a home with a related collection. Having exhausted this avenue we are now advertising the car for sale to a suitable home. Also I can confirm that Bob Bird is real (he is our Senior Vehicle Curator) and is the person to contact if you are interested in the vehicle.
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Post by number35 on Mar 3, 2017 8:13:00 GMT
To all those fans of the A stock I'm sorry to say the Museum has no plans to run any passenger tours as the works A stock units are retired. Chris W's earlier thoughts about the logistics are well observed. If you've had the fortune to see the Rail Adhesion Train in service (on the rare occasions when it stands long enough at a station to see inside) then it will be apparent that it long since ceased to be a passenger carrying vehicle. Alas I can't seem to upload a photo to this post to show this.
Jokingly we might speculate that there may be a niche market for a ride on the train whilst sitting on the floor or the Sandite equipment but it's not something we'd do. Sadly the last A stock tour was indeed on 29 September 2012. I'm sorry if you missed it.
To address what I suspect may be a follow up question for some: we won't be taking the Sandite train into our collection. We already have a DM car for static display - 5034. This will be the only unit preserved by LTM.
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Post by number35 on Feb 27, 2017 9:03:51 GMT
Good morning All Just a note to anyone watching the passimeter on eBay: the Museum is not seeking to collect this object. The sale finishes in about 30 minutes and we won't be bidding so if anyone is interested please don't feel restrained.
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Post by number35 on Feb 19, 2017 23:05:38 GMT
I appreciate Chris W flagging this up directly to us. As he indicates - the right people at LTM are aware of it.
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Post by number35 on Feb 18, 2017 10:54:35 GMT
Hi To those who guessed Highgate high level in the "new tour speepstake" - well done. It adds some interesting extra story lines to Hidden London which are not covered on other tours. Like 55 Broadway it also gives the more claustrophobic Hidden London fan a chance to enjoy the programme. The tunnels either side are heavily protected as they are home to several species of bat. We won't be entering the tunnels as disturbing the bats increases their mortality rate but we will be covering the conservation aspects of the site in the narrative. The tours are in the summer months as that's when we feel the site is at its best. There are still places available if you want to see it for yourself. For those longing for tours of City Road and South Kentish Town - I share your interest but they are both tricky sitesfrom the point of view of public tours for all the reasons other members have aired. Also we try to pick sites which add new storylines to our existing tours - these two sites would somewhat duplicate storylines we already tell elsewhere. This reasoning may help if you are keen to speculate where we might pick next!
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Post by number35 on Feb 18, 2017 10:23:36 GMT
Hi Rincew1nd Sorry I don't think my last two attempts to post worked - third time lucky hopefully. You are quite right - the LTM Depot doesn't have traction leads to power up the 38 stock. It's now a store rather than a maintenance depot so we can't really have such things in a place which we open to the public. Our Depot roads don't have inspection pits either so we are able to use an approved method involving a fork lift and scotching to push the 38 out to a point where it can pick up traction current. You may remember the two shunting unimogs at Lillie Bridge which did a similar thing in that they were using rubber tyre to move stock.
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Post by number35 on Feb 18, 2017 10:15:09 GMT
There's a similar video, a little old now of the 38ts entering the Acton depot of the LT Museum: The blurb states: How they get it out of the depot I'm less sure as whenever I've been there I've never seen any Shed Lead; perhaps number35 could enlighten us?
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Post by number35 on Feb 18, 2017 9:50:16 GMT
There's a similar video, a little old now of the 38ts entering the Acton depot of the LT Museum: The blurb states: How they get it out of the depot I'm less sure as whenever I've been there I've never seen any Shed Lead; perhaps number35 could enlighten us?
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Post by number35 on Jul 24, 2016 9:25:26 GMT
In 2014 C stock Undergound car 5721 was preserved at our London Transport Museum Acton Depot pending a review of our vehicle collection. Our Collection Development Group, Senior Management Team and Museum Board have considered the merits of the vehicle carefully. I'm happy to announce that Board approval was given this week for the formal decision to take 5721 into the Museum collection.
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Post by number35 on Jun 17, 2016 21:41:10 GMT
Mod edit - Antharro: I've created this thread so anyone who wants to ask a question of the LT Museum's official representative, number 35, can do so. This thread will be monitored to see how it works out and further changes may be made in the future.Hello no. 35! I've a daft question - the company I joined a month ago is a corporate member of the LT museum. I've discovered that I can get free entry into Covent Garden. What about the Acton open days, please? Hi sorry I missed your post originally. Corporate members get a discount at Acton open days.
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Post by number35 on Jun 5, 2016 22:45:51 GMT
Hello Number 35....a question about Number 23. If I recall correctly she was delivered from Beyer Peacock with Allan straight link valve gear. This was subsequently changed to Gibson & Lilley valve gear. From the photos I have seen of the valve gear presently on No. 23 it looks very like Stephenson gear. Can you tell me if my eyes are deceiving me? Thanks very much. Sorry - not one I know off the top of my head. Quickest way to find out might be to drop an email to enquiry@ltmuseum.co.uk.
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Post by number35 on Jun 5, 2016 22:33:13 GMT
Is "Sarah Siddons" and the "Heritage Train" owned by the LTM? One of the items on my "bucket list" is to see SS close up at least or better still ride the train behind her. I've tried Googling periodically to find out where she may be out for a run or even on display at e.g. Acton but to no avail. Where can I get this info? Sarah Siddons and the 4TC coaches belong to London Underground's heritage fleet. The 38 stock belongs to London Transport Museum. Rincew1nd beat me to it with the link to our website for the programme.
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Post by number35 on Jun 5, 2016 22:28:39 GMT
I think if I remember correctly it was a couple of years ago and part of the Friday lates or similar I wonder if it was to do with the Mind the Map exhibition. Without knowing which workshop it was or the theme all I can suggest is keep an eye on our up coming programmes on our website.
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Post by number35 on Jun 4, 2016 8:26:41 GMT
Melikepie
Do you know which department you did those sessions with? Events like these tend to be related to specific projects rather than part of our routine programme as they require a good deal of resource to run. Was it with the Johnston's Journey project perhaps? If you or your friend have the contact details of the person from the LTM who was running this you could get in touch and register your interest in any future events.
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Post by number35 on Jun 3, 2016 8:53:37 GMT
Sorry my update on this took a little longer than expected: The Loughton signal box was adopted by London Transport Museum, its maintenance still comes under London Underground - it is considered a heritage asset. We're aware that it has a few issues though from the outside it looks rather worse than it is, I'm told it's actually in pretty good shape. Work has been done on the cabin over the years to keep it sound and more recently to resolve access issues. It's one of a number of signal cabins that survive around the system that we keep watch on through locally based members of our team along with LU's Heritage Manager. To reassure those who are concerned for the future of the cabins - there are active discussions about their ongoing preservation.
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Post by number35 on Jun 3, 2016 8:31:14 GMT
Thank you. I hope to be of use!
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Post by number35 on May 30, 2016 19:29:22 GMT
Yes the Loughton signal cabin was adopted by the Museum though I believe its maintenance may come under a different part of TfL. I'll check tomorrow and post again.
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