Steam on the "Met " 2013.

Reading the LT Museum Friends newsletter:

"a series of steam runs on the evenings of 13 & 20 January between Olympia and Moorgate via Edgware Road. At the time of writing the ticket price has yet to be agreed but will be high for this once-in-50year event. Tickets will be available by ballot for donors of the MET loco No.1 fund; to our Friends and the general public. Those unlucky in the ballot will find a busy programme of steam-hauled trains in May, October and December, as well as guest appearances at Quainton Road".

LBC 97.3 reporting on the News today that a steam train had run on the UndergrounD today. They appear to referring to the Beattie Well tank at on the Circle Line in Feb this year. They did give some good publicity for the planned steam events on the UndergrounD next year though. "LBC First for News"?

XF

Another Steam on the Met event?
WOOHOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh deep joy - Steam On The Met reborn - and my birthday is 26th May so i'll defo get family permission to attend!

Video now available from the BBC:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20061006

Regards,

Dan

Although describing Sarah as one of the first electric locos used on the tube is down to usual journalistic standards - more like one of the last!

Talking of the 150th anniversary, any idea what the "Train wraps of Metropolitan line trains" will entail? Will we be seeing s-stock dressed up like the 4TC?

Chris

£150 for a single trip? Are we sure that isn't a typo? Or is LUL on to a money spinning exercise?

And people complained about the (reasonable) "cost"of the A Stock tour.

Have to do a bit of thinking over the weekend.

It's a pity the old routeing via Latimer Road is no longer available for the trips to Addison Road.

Hear Hear re Museum Volunteers. What about all those staff who were made redundant when it closed for redevelopment.

While not being an apologist for the (high) price of a trip - I think it's fair to say these will highly unlikely ever be repeated again. Of course £'s per min it isn't a massive bargain but £'s per once in a lifetime experience?

Whilst some of those costs would fall on these trips, there is also a steam on the Met event in May to help with the expenses. The overhauled Met 1 will also be able recoup the costs over a longer period.

Personally, the only trip which may tempt me at that price is the Olympia - Moorgate one at 18.23 on the 20th January. This must do something unusual to reverse (maybe the crossover at Gloucester Road) and looks like a cheap way for at least riding behind steam for a short section.

I also see that there is a return run (steam one way / Sarah the other) in the evening of the 13th Jan, for the same price as the steam single on other trips.

i've just read www.railforums.co.uk/showpost.php?p=1241515&postcount=7 on a different forum and hope that, for those of us unsuccessful, it is not true.

Which misses my point that not all of the expenses you mention will need to be put against just the two days of specials on the city section of the Met.

For example, I've seen the cost of Met 1 overhaul put at £250,000, but there is an appeal to help cover the costs and the loco won't just sit around doing nothing after the runs in January. After all, it isn't owned by the museum, but by the Buckingham Railway Centre.

If all the trains sell out, there would be several £100,000 raised to set against the expenses but there are a lot of seats to sell and some for trips very late in the evening.