Post by whistlekiller2000 on Nov 7, 2013 8:00:10 GMT
I mentioned this once before years ago but never got an answer so I thought I'd bring it up again now in case anybody who's joined subsequently can help me with this.
Having lived near Roding Valley for most of my life up till 1987 I was familiar with most of the trains used on the Woodford to Hainault shuttle service and travelled on all of them regularly.
These were, variously:
60ts DM's with 2 x standard stock trailers sandwiched between
67ts (4 car) aluminium finish
60ts DM's with 1 x 38s trailer between
However, for a period of what was only a few weeks, a mate of mine and myself occasionally got on what I believe to be a 3-car 73ts operating the line. This train had engineering equipment in the DM's so only the rear half of each car was useable by passengers. The central trailer was configured normally. The train was in standard aluminium finish with half red fronts but did have proper Central Line maps - the old ones where the Hainault loop looked like a frying pan with the lid on.
The description above is what leads me to believe that it was 73ts. Before anyone says so it was definitely not a 60 (in any configuration), 67 or 62. This would have been around 1976 - sorry I can't be more specific. I'd been on some of the first 73ts to the airport so was familiar with the differences between them and the 67s and 72s.
Can anybody else shed some light on this train?
Many thanks
Rich
Having lived near Roding Valley for most of my life up till 1987 I was familiar with most of the trains used on the Woodford to Hainault shuttle service and travelled on all of them regularly.
These were, variously:
60ts DM's with 2 x standard stock trailers sandwiched between
67ts (4 car) aluminium finish
60ts DM's with 1 x 38s trailer between
However, for a period of what was only a few weeks, a mate of mine and myself occasionally got on what I believe to be a 3-car 73ts operating the line. This train had engineering equipment in the DM's so only the rear half of each car was useable by passengers. The central trailer was configured normally. The train was in standard aluminium finish with half red fronts but did have proper Central Line maps - the old ones where the Hainault loop looked like a frying pan with the lid on.
The description above is what leads me to believe that it was 73ts. Before anyone says so it was definitely not a 60 (in any configuration), 67 or 62. This would have been around 1976 - sorry I can't be more specific. I'd been on some of the first 73ts to the airport so was familiar with the differences between them and the 67s and 72s.
Can anybody else shed some light on this train?
Many thanks
Rich
