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Post by uzairjubilee on Jul 29, 2011 21:40:15 GMT
A few months ago I was reading 'The Little Book of the London Underground' by David Long, 'Underground Train File - Surface Stock 1933-1959' by Brian Hardy, and 'London Underground Rolling Stock in colour' by John Glover.
Now, I remember that in 2 of these 3 books, one said that all the sidings at Parsons Green are part of the former Parsons Green depot, whilst another book the sidings are part of the abandoned four tracking.
I looked through both books again to confirm what I had read, however was unable to find it again.
The four tracking does not seem to be true - where would the four tracking have started/finished? Whereas the depot sounds more plausible.
Can someone shed more light on these? Thanks.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2011 22:39:55 GMT
As far as I know, there has never been a "depot" at Parsons Green, only sidings.
However, there used to be a proper trainmen's "depot" there - i.e. a crew booking on point.
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Post by bassmike on Jul 30, 2011 2:21:52 GMT
there used to be a building dept: at PG i think
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2011 7:19:52 GMT
there used to be a building dept: at PG i think Indeed. The shed at the north end of the station. There is still access from the street to the East IMR via it. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2011 8:46:20 GMT
It was indeed the old "Works & Buildings Department" (Works & Bricks as we used to call them) building but it was separate from the railway and not a railway "depot" to stable trains.
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Post by castlebar on Jul 30, 2011 8:55:22 GMT
Inside the Capital Transport book, "London Transport Services Vehicles, a few (3 or 4) interesting photos exist from the time when this was the "Works & Building Dept" base
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2011 16:58:12 GMT
In the IMR for Parsons Green there was a set of points (14's) which took you into the depot from if memory was 27 road
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Post by roythebus on Jul 31, 2011 21:35:04 GMT
there was indeed a set of points on the e/b siding (27 road?) which was used to keep a 2-car set during the off-peaks. My memory of the siding numbers is fading! We had this conversation here a while ago when someone wondered about the other 2-car sidings on the e/b side on the Putney side of the station.
In the building dept there was a narrow gauge railway which was visible by using the official walkway to the sidings. No locos, onyl ever hand -worked wagons on it.
I was a guard at PG 1970-73.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2011 21:00:08 GMT
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Post by Ben on Aug 12, 2011 6:47:43 GMT
It was intended for four tracking in relation to the District going to Sutton. This would have been partial by all accounts; it was thought that signalling improvements would negate the need for full four tracking. However when it did not happen, the powers were used for the construction of sidings instead. This is an artical on the history of the lines creation: www.semgonline.com/RlyMag/WimbledonSuttonRly.pdf |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2011 19:35:54 GMT
Thanks for this, I had never known that the Wimbledon-Sutton line was originally intended to be a part of the District Railway, but was aware of the plans to further extend the Northern down there.
It would have been a bit nicer if these plans had come to fruition, the line is so dreary...
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Post by Ben on Aug 15, 2011 5:45:27 GMT
It would have been an interesting to compare it as could have been to what the Uxbridge branch is.
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Post by norbitonflyer on Aug 15, 2011 6:58:55 GMT
Thanks for this, I had never known that the Wimbledon-Sutton line was originally intended to be a part of the District Railway, but was aware of the plans to further extend the Northern down there. .. I have certainly read of plans to extend to Sutton before the First World War, to which the LBSCR raised opposition (and hauled a south London electric unit down there (via Mitcham Junction) to prove it would fit. the actual Wimbledon/Sutton line did not get built until the late 1920s, by which time the Underground's intentions in that direction had become focussed on extending the Morden/Edgware line. Whether either route would have followed the route that was actually built by the Southern is a moot point - certainly arranmgements at both Wimbledon and Sutton are likely to have been different if it was built i competition with, rather than by, the SR |
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Post by 21146 on Aug 16, 2011 13:34:57 GMT
Does anyone else remember the Works & Building overspill yard at Parsons Green? This was in Lettice Road and could be seen from No.24 Road siding. The site is built on now.
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Post by roythebus on Aug 26, 2011 21:52:26 GMT
Being pedantic, it was Lettice Street. i don't remember an overspill yard for the building dept. there, though there may have been one. There was a yard by the railway on the eastbound side, but the Putney Bridge end, I forget the road name despite living there for years,, that used to house the fleet of York Trailers that LT one owned.
Thinking about the 4-tracking idea, that would have meant demolishing The Alma, and where on earth would the train crews have got a pint after work??
When the SM was having a quick pint, he would let the spare man know he was "checking the booking office"..
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