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Post by miff on Aug 6, 2021 6:00:27 GMT
Sounds like “how they got the money to the bank” is another UndergrounD secret to be explored in a future programme
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Post by miff on Jul 29, 2021 12:10:34 GMT
There is a small building at surface level with stairs leading down below, when it was used as some sort of potential cold-war control centre. However this access wasn't built until some time in the '50s. Until then the only access was by train.
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Post by miff on Jul 29, 2021 11:57:24 GMT
Excellent news - I hope they have a bit of a tea-party, with appropriate photos, to welcome the arrival of the first train in for overhaul.
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Post by miff on Jun 23, 2021 20:49:32 GMT
When is the Acton Works development expected to open? With completion of the new workshop will some existing parts of Acton Works become redundant ?
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Post by miff on May 23, 2021 14:25:03 GMT
On a sidenote wouldnt this cease once the Holborn upgrade begins since it will use platform 5? Yes. The FOI response also confirms the train will be removed if the upgrade goes ahead, and there are no plans for the LT Museum to preserve it.
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Post by miff on Mar 30, 2021 22:40:31 GMT
Love it. I used to play that song in a band. Our singer looked a bit like Annie and I looked a bit like .... me But playing the guitar solo in the middle was fun - it’s an easy one so I could jump around. Happy days.
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Post by miff on Mar 10, 2021 21:03:20 GMT
So, if it wasn’t ‘end of the quarter’ accounting or a new timetable, what was the reason for closing both branches on the same day?
Since the Alydwych lifts were worn out I guess someone had to estimate the date after which they could no longer be certified or maintained without great expense. The statutory closure procedure would then need to commence many months in advance since there’s always a political risk that the closure might be refused or the process prolonged.
With the Ongar branch it’s perhaps less clear cut since it had been losing money for decades and there was a long standing desire to get rid of it if the politics allowed. Previous attempts to close the Ongar branch had failed but this time, during the London Regional Transport era, LUL was more tightly controlled by central government than before.
So maybe the Ongar closure timetable was led by the Aldwych one - senior management might have decided if they had to go through the statutory closure process (with all the attendant political pressures both upon them and on the government) for one branch it might be a good opportunity to do the other at the same time. Once both closure decisions were confirmed LUL would have chosen the earliest practicable implementation date.
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Post by miff on Mar 5, 2021 12:13:24 GMT
I don't think staff rosters or timetable changes would be particularly significant as the Picc and Central do not interwork at all. I agree interworking wasn’t an issue. My speculation was that since staff would have to be redeployed and/or rosters re-planned as a result of the branch closures it might have made sense to coincide the preparation of all this with the planning also necessary for a timetable change- if there was one on that date.
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Post by miff on Mar 4, 2021 19:22:05 GMT
Timetable changes would require new staff rosters too so also a good date to plan the removal of the rostered duties for both branches. Perhaps it eased budgeting & accounting processes too - 30th Sept being the end of the 2nd quarter of the financial year.
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Post by miff on Jan 15, 2021 20:23:24 GMT
Even then there is still some risk of this not being fulfilled if the supplier goes bust.
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Post by miff on Jan 2, 2021 22:38:24 GMT
The old, yellow tiled, entrance to Stratford Station can still be seen behind the taxi-rank and I believe it’s still accessible as an emergency exit - a double doorway leads to it from the inside. There used to be a subway from there under the road into the old shopping centre. Another (private) subway next to the station entrance was a staff entrance to the works and loco depot.
Once upon a time there was a Station Road leading from Angel Lane to a long gone station building at that end of the site. Close to the site of that old Angel Lane/Station Road junction there is now a ‘junction to nowhere’ where Angel Lane has a sharp bend onto the bridge over the railway. This would be a T-junction into a development site which has yet to be built. So there is a, currently pointless, set of traffic signals ‘controlling’ access to what would be another road but it’s blocked by a wall after a few feet. On the other side of the wall is a sheer drop.
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Post by miff on Dec 12, 2020 11:00:33 GMT
A brief list of what could be available would be useful. 002 - withdrawn long ago but still retained as a spare parts donor. 004 - withdrawn 2019 and many parts removed for other units. 006 - failed a few weeks ago, reported to be under repair so it may run again before the end. LTTG say this is the unit most likely to be offered to them for preservation (or if not 008). 007 - re-entered service on Friday following overhaul. Believed allocated to IOWSR after withdrawal. 008 - operational until a few weeks ago but now withdrawn. 009 - withdrawn from passenger service in 2016 but still mobile enough to be used as the depot shunter.
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Post by miff on Nov 27, 2020 18:27:35 GMT
Who is taking responsibility for looking after the one at Brading?
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Post by miff on Nov 9, 2020 18:45:04 GMT
Here’s the BBC list. Only one of these sites in London. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-54871244Overheight vehicle detectors triggering illuminated signs do exist at many locations. I imagine the sensors need to be tested in some way fairly frequently otherwise how would anyone know if they’re faulty?
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Post by miff on Nov 4, 2020 14:13:20 GMT
Again
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Post by miff on Aug 1, 2020 11:14:46 GMT
This group have an agreement in principle to take a unit to EOR and have now started fundraising towards this. Their intention is to keep it in IoW condition and run it on the EOR using either batteries or a generator. They’ve also pointed out the units still in service were originally owned by the LNER. www.lttractiongroup.co.uk
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Post by miff on Apr 20, 2020 12:56:13 GMT
Thanks- interesting set of pictures.
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Post by miff on Apr 5, 2020 15:32:40 GMT
Fascinating to hear that the battery locos still use pre-war traction motors. Is there some operational advantage to this or is it now just the case that nothing else would fit?
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Post by miff on Mar 7, 2020 22:59:08 GMT
I’m not sure what the ‘contactless or not’ issue is here. Clearly Oyster was a pioneer but it is now just one type of contactless prepayment card. Most credit & debit cards now offer contactless payment. Google Pay and Apple Pay are contactless wallets (you can load several ‘cards’ or payment accounts into your wallet). I agree giving one contactless provider exclusive branding on what is supposed to be a universal contactless receiver is potentially confusing.
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Post by miff on Nov 11, 2019 23:42:33 GMT
Carl S Watson’s photo site says the TRV has received recent attention at Eastleigh.
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Post by miff on Nov 8, 2019 18:04:38 GMT
The Squarewheels ‘62 stock web page says after 1979 this unit transferred to the Northern Line and worked with the ‘59 stock for 10 years then picked up a fourth car from somewhere and moved to the Central Line for a period before ending its career back on the Northern.
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Post by miff on Aug 5, 2019 13:43:29 GMT
Will Florence (the recently restored saloon) be making an appearance?
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Post by miff on Jun 21, 2019 7:23:26 GMT
Here's Carl Watson's video of Sarah Siddons on test at Eastleigh - without a 4th rail.
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Post by miff on May 29, 2019 18:42:36 GMT
I must say it looks incredibly smart. This latest iteration of an LT heritage livery really does go well with the 4TC and this ex-LMS saloon being very close to the LMS's own Crimson Lake livery. Looks very nice with the table and armchairs. How will the saloon be used?
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Post by miff on May 17, 2019 21:35:20 GMT
Peter Hendy says it was his idea:
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Post by miff on Feb 5, 2019 13:05:06 GMT
Not a buffet but there were reports a few years ago of a proposed ‘fine dining’ service on the SSL using LMS inspection saloon DM45029. I assume this came to nothing and 45029 remains incomplete at Eastleigh - no idea why LUL bought it in the first place, the dining idea was reported several years later.
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Post by miff on Jan 22, 2019 7:51:42 GMT
The Oxo tower is a much loved building. Let’s have a cube too.
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Post by miff on Jan 20, 2019 8:17:15 GMT
What on Earth is that? 😵😵 It’s a cube. I rather like it, I’ve always liked tile clad buildings of all colours. Plenty of LUL ones that aren’t red and, considering it’s function, there is no need to disguise it as something it isn’t.
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Post by miff on Dec 15, 2018 13:41:24 GMT
That’s one reason why nobody likes Nazis
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Post by miff on Dec 11, 2018 23:07:38 GMT
Speaking as someone who's sold 40+ of his own paintings, I've only two queries with the concept. One, of course, why haven't they approached ME yet? The other-art is purely subjective;struggle as we might, none of us can deliver an objective assessment of what constitutes art, let alone good or bad art. Is that therefore an appropriate subject to be on the Tube Map, which shouldn't be remotely subjective, unless we want to have referenda on a daily basis about which Tube Line's services are going to be serving which termini tomorrow? Might be fun, but.................. There’s surely no reason why the cover of the Tube Map shouldn’t contain something subjective. If I don’t like the current edition maybe I will the next one. Either way isn’t it better than just another advert?
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