Post by roythebus on Sept 14, 2009 7:08:31 GMT
did anyone here go on the above tour in the early 1970's? Probably 1973, just before I moved from PG to the Met.
I happened to be the "pilot" guard for a bit of the tour, from Tower Hill to Aldgate East! A snip of a sunday duty, I actually managed to swap an ordianary running turn for this turn!! I caught the train at Gloucester Road, anad managed to stay on till the end of the trip at Baker Street.
IIRC, the tour started from Neasden. The bit I done was Gloucester Road, New Cross, Shoreditch, New Cross Gate, Baker Street, Watford, Amersham, then fast to Baker Street, with over 60mph being clocked down Chorleywood bank!
The main crew were from the "fluffy link" at Neasden as they had route knowledge for all the Met lines and were trained on 38TS for transfers to the Northern City.
I've still got some pics of the train at Shoreditch somewhere in my collection. By the way, does anyone know why the fluffy link was so-called?
I happened to be the "pilot" guard for a bit of the tour, from Tower Hill to Aldgate East! A snip of a sunday duty, I actually managed to swap an ordianary running turn for this turn!! I caught the train at Gloucester Road, anad managed to stay on till the end of the trip at Baker Street.
IIRC, the tour started from Neasden. The bit I done was Gloucester Road, New Cross, Shoreditch, New Cross Gate, Baker Street, Watford, Amersham, then fast to Baker Street, with over 60mph being clocked down Chorleywood bank!
The main crew were from the "fluffy link" at Neasden as they had route knowledge for all the Met lines and were trained on 38TS for transfers to the Northern City.
I've still got some pics of the train at Shoreditch somewhere in my collection. By the way, does anyone know why the fluffy link was so-called?
