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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2012 13:53:23 GMT
Just to confirm train 717 was topped and tailed by 5532 and 5575. The timings I was shown were just for today so is that the last scrap train to Northwood? Someone mentioned the rest going from Acton.
Would post a photo but both ends had some graffiti.
RAT passed Northwood northbound 13.10 - not on the schedule posted elesewhere. Went shopping at Moor Park just before going to Northwood. On return to station platforms 1 & 2, normally locked during the day, were unlocked and an Aldgate bound train went down the fast line shortly afterwards. Spotted another about 20 minutes later. First time I've seen fast lines between Moor Park and Harrow used during off peak for scheduled trains although seen Harrow to Wembley Park several times.
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Post by norbitonflyer on Oct 15, 2012 14:09:35 GMT
Just to confirm train 717 was topped and tailed by 5532 and 5575. . Not sure I understand - was that a 4-car formation? If not, what else was forming the train, and is any of it to return from Northwood? I believe all A stock workings of 717 were 8-car - is it possible to coast a 4-car far enough down the siding? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2012 14:48:23 GMT
Just to confirm train 717 was topped and tailed by 5532 and 5575. The timings I was shown were just for today so is that the last scrap train to Northwood? Someone mentioned the rest going from Acton. Would post a photo but both ends had some graffiti. I would love to see your photo. Would it be possible to blank out the graffiti with photoshop? |
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Post by Antje on Oct 15, 2012 14:57:32 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2012 15:16:28 GMT
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Post by DWS on Oct 15, 2012 15:25:09 GMT
Just to confirm train 717 was topped and tailed by 5532 and 5575. . Not sure I understand - was that a 4-car formation? If not, what else was forming the train, and is any of it to return from Northwood? I believe all A stock workings of 717 were 8-car - is it possible to coast a 4-car far enough down the siding? 4 cars of C stock. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2012 16:11:38 GMT
RAT passed Northwood northbound 13.10 - not on the schedule posted elesewhere. Went shopping at Moor Park just before going to Northwood. On return to station platforms 1 & 2, normally locked during the day, were unlocked and an Aldgate bound train went down the fast line shortly afterwards. Spotted another about 20 minutes later. First time I've seen fast lines between Moor Park and Harrow used during off peak for scheduled trains although seen Harrow to Wembley Park several times. Ah ha! I can assist here  What happened was, that the Uxbridge road was suspended for a while earlier on today, so some trains diverted to Watford instead. With the extra trains from Uxbridge running, some ex-Rickmansworth trains were diverted via the main line to avoid congestion on the local lines  As for the RAT, there is a 'run as required' trip earlier in the day - this was not carried out at the booked time, so the extra trip you saw was laid on instead! The C stock came at an interesting time, in amongst the additional trains from Uxbridge! Made the end part of my shift go quickly anyway ;D |
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Post by 21146 on Oct 15, 2012 17:27:13 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2012 17:40:45 GMT
Thanks as ever 21146, I did have the offer from test crew to divert the train to Rickmansworth (so I could see it!) to reverse, but knowing there may be people out there waiting for it at various places thought it best to keep to the Watford plan! I knew I'd get to see the train in action one way or another |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2012 18:57:57 GMT
Car 6575 promptly dispatched onto a low loader and taken away to Eastleigh.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2012 20:10:11 GMT
Heres my coverage of todays 717
was nice meeting a few forum members at the bridge in Northwood too.
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Post by metman on Oct 15, 2012 20:30:30 GMT
You were there?
So was I
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2012 20:43:54 GMT
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Post by metman on Oct 15, 2012 20:46:21 GMT
Reminded me of the CP motor that had a sideswipe in the 70s and went for scrap. This was irronically the car with the experimental C stock doors!!
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Post by norbitonflyer on Oct 15, 2012 20:59:28 GMT
Car 6575 promptly dispatched onto a low loader and taken away to Eastleigh. Ironically, the very first to go was the only one of the four to survive the side swip incident undamaged! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2012 21:14:09 GMT
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Post by astock5000 on Oct 15, 2012 23:28:31 GMT
5532 and 5575 at Royal Oak, Moor Park and Northwood:
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2012 9:35:11 GMT
Great to see this stock going - good riddance. Not a lot of damage to the train but not worth repairing.
I watch the video and it looked like "Dr Death"( (Dave) the infamous enthusiast/photographer/dangerous idiot from Exeter might on the platform at Northwood, I could be wrong - the guy with the flat cap?
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Post by Dstock7080 on Oct 16, 2012 11:28:14 GMT
I watch the video and it looked like "Dr Death"( (Dave) the infamous enthusiast/photographer/dangerous idiot from Exeter might on the platform at Northwood, I could be wrong - the guy with the flat cap? XF Thankfully you are wrong, the Gentleman wearing the flat cap at Northwood is a well respected, (very) long serving photographer of London's transport for over 70years. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2012 15:37:49 GMT
I watch the video and it looked like "Dr Death"( (Dave) the infamous enthusiast/photographer/dangerous idiot from Exeter might on the platform at Northwood, I could be wrong - the guy with the flat cap? XF Thankfully you are wrong, the Gentleman wearing the flat cap at Northwood is a well respected, (very) long serving photographer of London's transport for over 70years. That is good news, however I encountered Dr Death at Penzance earlier this year I am glad I was wrong as he is a danger to himself and others around him! XF |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2012 16:48:54 GMT
Take them all away, cut them up for COKE cans and the world'll be a better place. S Stock air-con units to come and **** the old stuff................bliss. I won't be there to suffer the old underground any more on a regular basis so thanks be to god but for the rest of you............A stock gone, C & D stock next...........it's for the best!!!!  Rich, peaceful quiet Lincolnshire. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..................... |
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Post by metman on Oct 16, 2012 16:55:13 GMT
Sadly some of us have to stand in whining heaps that will be monopolising the SSLs. There's always Chiltern I guess....
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Post by allan60 on Oct 16, 2012 20:22:25 GMT
so when does the C stock scrap programme officially starts?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2012 17:23:30 GMT
Sadly some of us have to stand in whining heaps that will be monopolising the SSLs. There's always Chiltern I guess.... I feel your pain......  |
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Post by t697 on Oct 22, 2012 18:55:26 GMT
Sadly some of us have to stand in whining heaps Isn't that C stock? ;D |
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Post by metman on Oct 22, 2012 18:57:55 GMT
Howling may be a better word for the C stock |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2012 20:28:08 GMT
Like many on here I'll be glad to see the C Stock go, despite it being the first stock I ever rode in. They look very scruffy and the air is very stale. But at least they aren't stuck together with chewing gum.
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Post by Chris W on Oct 22, 2012 21:18:00 GMT
sticks toe out into piranha infested waters ;D ;D ;D I for one will be sorry when the C Stocks go... and I speak as an enthusiast. I've just returned from Naples this evening, and having rode Italian suburban and Metro units for the past 3 days, believe me when I say that they are in good nick for their age. They've been an outstanding, under-rated and much maligned workhorse for the past 4 decades, overlooked by many who see the more glamorous stocks such as the A, D and 73ts units. They've done their job well (transporting as many people as possible around the capital and quickly as possible) and when the time comes to say goodbye, I hope that they have as good a send off and the A Stock units did last month.... I also have an ulterior motive, in that they will be the last Underground stock in service that pre-date me.... the C69s that is... and believe me, when that happens, that's a sobering thought 
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2012 21:29:22 GMT
I could never forgive the C stock for replacing the Q Stock!
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Post by metman on Oct 22, 2012 21:41:35 GMT
Indirectly yes the C69 stock did replace the Q stock but so did the A stock. The first round of scrapping took place as a result of the A62 stock displacing the (C)P stock onto the District.
I like the C stock too, and certainly prefer them to the S stock. I'd rather travel on the Rome MetRO trains which looked knackered but sounded great!
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What happened was, that the Uxbridge road was suspended for a while earlier on today, so some trains diverted to Watford instead. With the extra trains from Uxbridge running, some ex-Rickmansworth trains were diverted via the main line to avoid congestion on the local lines 
