1938 stock on the move - Sunday 24th February 2013

Thanks for that. May go and film it if I'm about! Good to see it out and about.

It seems that 747 is used a fair bit. When Sarah and the 38ts were out and about for the Rickmansworth festival they were running as 746 and 747:


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Ah, that explains why it was notably absent from the Depot today.

We had an amalgamation of problems in the morning that resulted in the train running quite late out of Northfields and thus being short-tripped instead of running what could've been an interesting route.



T747 in the end ran down the EB local to Acton Town, reversing via 21 sidings and via the local to Rayners Lane, where we reversed off of the platform. From there we ran down the SB fast, reversing off Baker Street Platform 1, where we picked up the delegates from CoMET who boarded the first two cars. The train then ran non-stop via the NB fast, back to Rayners Lane, and then non-stop to Acton Town (where our guests alighted to attend a small tour up at the LT Museum Depot). Back into 21 sidings, out again to Ealing Common, and then off the platform into Ealing Common Depot. After a slight wait (as we had to wait for the CoMET delegates to be ushered up out of the way and up to the Mezzanine level), we had a lovely smooth stop into the Museum Depot.



It was a good little run, though a shame it did not run the intended route (I was quite looking forward to going in and out of Platform 1 at Aldgate). The 38TS had a few motors dropping out on the west end of the train and a couple of door problems, but despite this the ride was fairly spirited. It was however the coldest I have *ever* been on a train! Sorry I didn't get that many pictures – I was struggling with having come off night shifts that morning as well as battling with the cold!