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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2009 10:22:56 GMT
Date for the diary - Sunday 17th May. Sarah Siddons and ex BR Locos 20227 and/or 20189 are getting a run out on the Met with the 4 car TC unit. I believe it is roughly as follows:- Neasden Depot 10.12 Wembley (1) 10/18 Harrow (3) 10.26 Watford 10.50 - 10.58 Rickmansworth 11.07 Amersham (1) 11.22 - 11.57 Rickmansworth 12.10 Harrow (2) 12.26 - 12.45 Rickmansworth (2) 13.01 - 13.14 Harrow (2) 13.28 - 13.42 Amersham (1) 14.12 - 14.57 Rickmansworth 15.10 Harrow (2) 15.26 - 15.42 Amersham (1) 16.12 - 16.19 Rickmansworth 16.32 via LL Harrow (6) 16.47 - 16.51 Ruslip siding 17.04 - 17.09 Ruislip Depot 17.24 Hope the Sun is shining!  |
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Post by metman on May 1, 2009 11:55:24 GMT
That sounds wonderful. I'll try and pop up the road for that one!
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Post by Tubeboy on May 1, 2009 16:40:06 GMT
Just booked my ticket, planning to do every run, INCLUDING the first via Watford.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2009 23:56:06 GMT
Then if you go to the festival you may well see me on the Ruislip Lido Railway stand!
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Post by metman on May 6, 2009 7:23:50 GMT
I was going into London on a day off yesterday and was lucky enough to see a run reversing at Harrow platform 2! Sarah, the 4TC and the railfreight class 20 were present. Sarah was facing north. The trip must have then turned at Watford because at about 16.30 the train was seen in the southern reception road at Neasden with Sarah facing south. The train was trying to dodge A stocks pouring out for the evening peak!
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Post by neasdena60 on May 7, 2009 12:41:54 GMT
The UNIT is havin its wheels turned on the wheel lathe on 106 road neasden depot. Sarah is on 105 i believe, and the class 20 uncoupled on 106.
BOTH SARAH AND THE CLASS 20 ARE TOO HEAVY FOR THE LATHE, so are both outside.
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Post by Tubeboy on May 7, 2009 12:54:50 GMT
Then if you go to the festival you may well see me on the Ruislip Lido Railway stand! Will be on the trains all day Squire, another time!  |
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Post by citysig on May 7, 2009 19:48:40 GMT
The UNIT is havin its wheels turned on the wheel lathe on 106 road neasden depot. Sarah is on 105 i believe, and the class 20 uncoupled on 106. BOTH SARAH AND THE CLASS 20 ARE TOO HEAVY FOR THE LATHE, so are both outside. Their wheels were turning a little faster this afternoon. 3 or 4 Harrow-Amersham return trips, finishing up with an Amersham-Watford-Harrow-Ruislip Depot run about 1500ish - to turn the train around once again (Sarah now leads going south I believe from what I saw via the CCTV earlier in the afternoon). There was a (late altered) plan to let them visit Neasden depot, but the crew asked last minute to have it altered back to reversing at Harrow. Obviously didn't like it there ;D |
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Post by maxtube on May 9, 2009 20:34:34 GMT
How do you book tickets?
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2009 21:10:06 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2009 22:22:13 GMT
Does anyone know which trips No 12 will be leading on? With a bit of luck I shall be videoing. Thanks.
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2009 15:58:25 GMT
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Post by Chris W on May 17, 2009 16:56:30 GMT
InspectorSandsSo would this be you I'm currently working my way through 500 photos taken today on the tour  Should keep me out of trouble for an hour or two  
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2009 17:03:45 GMT
InspectorSandsSo would this be you It would be me, I am on the left having just emerged from 20 minutes under the canal bridge keeping dry! |
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2009 17:09:57 GMT
Doesn't look like you got very good weather today? Glad I stayed in doing some revision for my GCSEs to be honest!
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Post by Chris W on May 17, 2009 18:49:38 GMT
Right... I've chosen the best, have resized them and finally uploaded to my Fotopic site. A total of 222 images from today's Sarah Siddons railtour can be found hereI'll add text/descriptions to them all in the coming few days Enjoy ChrisW |
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Post by 21146 on May 17, 2009 19:04:26 GMT
I must admit I gave it a miss too what with the predicted bad weather, and inevitable "planned engineering work" shutting down much of the Underground in east London, but all credit to those who organised and operated it.
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Post by Chris W on May 17, 2009 19:24:18 GMT
... but all credit to those who organised and operated it. Absolutely - couldn't agree more... credit where credit is due! Thank you LU, the LT Museum & Metronet for investing in Sarah and for organising and running a superb tour. Also thank you all who worked on the excursions today - first class  |
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Post by maxtube on May 17, 2009 20:50:24 GMT
I must also say, credit to those who operated/organized the events, I had a great time today!
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2009 20:55:53 GMT
I got drenched! Began just north of Rickmansworth for first trip. Thence to Chorleywood for return and long wait there for No 12 (I passed on the short trip) with loads of A stock in between. Thence to bridge south of Moor Park for 20s at which time I threw in the towel with the weather! Travelling on the trains was the smart move today! I did get a couple of nice pics though. The Chorleywood shot of No 12 taken throught the gap in the gate was lovely. If I had a website I'd link them....
And yes. A huge thank you to all involved in todays events and to all who keep this magnificent machine where she belongs. The original MET livery looks incredible.
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Post by version3point1 on May 17, 2009 21:47:49 GMT
Pretty horrid weather for it. Wet and cold one minute... and then a blazing bright sun the next minute. Did the first two trips – pretty comfortable and enjoyable. Livery was nice, though I was worried it might peel off in the wet. Whoever put it up did a good job (from a graphic designer's point of view – excellent choice of materials; it is a vinyl application using 3M adhesive – which you could smell in the wet). Managed to catch Sarah Siddons on her way back to Ruislip Depot.  22 minutes late due to a couple of engineering trains being allowed to proceed down the line first (she was due to pass through Ruislip at 1701). Question (as I am curious, and not as knowledgeable as others here): Why were two Class 20 locos used on this particular occasion? |
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Post by Tubeboy on May 17, 2009 22:36:54 GMT
Yes the day was good, weather was variable all day, but still fun. Apart from Sarah Siddons, the train really isnt authentic is it? Dont get me wrong, its lovely to travel on it, but its marketed as a Met Heritage train, its really a Met Loco at one end and thats it. Its not like the 38ts tour on the Northern in a month's time. Am VERY appreciative of the work that went into the operation of the train today, well done to all concerned. |
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Post by metman on May 17, 2009 22:50:24 GMT
Well I guess if LT hadn't scrapped all but 3 Dreadnoughts we would have something a little more authentic, but there's not a lot we can do now! I'm not sure if I like the 4TC with the stick on teak sides, but its better than nothing.
Great effort all. Hopefully we will be able to travel on a heritage A60 train in 5 years time!
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Post by 21146 on May 17, 2009 23:13:43 GMT
But they wouldn't allow slam-door compartment operation in 2009 would they? (There are ex-Met Rly coaches in preservation and it would be great to see Sarah and L44/Met 1 top-and-tailing [or better still John Hampden] but it's not gonna happen, alas.)
Heritage A Stock would be good, repainted 'silver', Train Red LT fleetnames and car numbers edged black.
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2009 11:01:45 GMT
Managed to catch Sarah Siddons on her way back to Ruislip Depot. 22 minutes late due to a couple of engineering trains being allowed to proceed down the line first (she was due to pass through Ruislip at 1701). Just as well, otherwise we wouldn't have seen it at Ruislip Manor whilst waiting for a modern Met |
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2009 20:00:32 GMT
Was an enjoyable day out, despite the weather. My photos from the day are here. There have been complaints on other groups that the event wasn't particularly well advertised and that the ticket price was a bit steep (especially if you opted to visit the canal festival rather than do all the trips). Hopefully the LT Museum will take some of these comments on board. It is a bit poor, for example, that the Northern Line 38TS is still shown on their website as 'Tickets on sale soon', whereas I understand they have been available to book for a while. |
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Post by Ben on May 19, 2009 0:06:51 GMT
Wonderful to see Sarah out again. Without wanting to criticize any effort of the any staff member, it really is a shame that more authentic stock can't be gathered. There are 4 ashbury coaches out and about, 3 drednaughts, 2 T stock coaches, L44 and Sarah. I think all are running at the moment too, arent they? A concerted effort to 'bring them home' for an event needs to happen; it would be a very popular event I'm sure.
Having said that I'm suprised the interiors of the 4TC still retain their NSE upholstery. Presumably its in the pipeline to make them more Met-ish as and when time and finance permitts?
Well done to all though. A cracking display of staff passion and pride, a pity it didn't sell more tickets.
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2009 0:41:33 GMT
Ah yes, the Ashbury coaches, and Sarah! A proper changeover at Ricky from electric to steam would be cool, but I think a number of necessary items of signalling equipment have been decommisioned. Anyway they won't let steam run, that's how Steam On The Met ended.........
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2009 13:37:38 GMT
Loco change at Rickmansworth? I wonder if the Fairburn Tanks on the Lakeside line have main lione tickets?...
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Post by elo10538 on May 19, 2009 15:16:00 GMT
With regard to there being two class 20 locos engaged with the Sarah Siddons trip, my sources have quoted that the Class 20's are to be used to move the new S Stock from Aylesbury down to Neasden and are required well in advance for Test Crew Training and route training purposes. Also it's been said that 20227, Sir John Betjeman, is slightly lacking in power so a chance to use 20189 as well was, perhaps chosen.
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