C Stock Farewell Railtours

Thanks to everyone who has posted their photos. It was a great day and the organisers even managed to arrange nice weather for the day!

I followed the tour, although I was too slow getting to Rayner's Lane for a photo there or at North Ealing. No matter, I was enjoying the sunshine!

My pictures of the tour:
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I'm thinking of going on the 29th of June tour, when will tickets go on sale and once I'm on the train will there I need to get off before it gets back to hammersmith?

I know there's no toilets at Moorgate. Am I right in thinking there are also no toilets at Hammersmith, leaving the only toilets as Barking?

Edit to ask: Are there likely to be a lot of us going? If so, has anyone thought about which carriage of the six we should take over?

Some of us have always praised the C stock (I'm biased, though, as I drove them on occasions when I worked for LU - give my right arm to have one last drive, too!)

Are there any provisional timings for the farewell tour? I was thinking more of what time it's finishing at Hammersmith.

Now on sale www.ltmuseum.co.uk/tickets?directlink=en-GB/shows/c%20stock%20heritage%20train%20run/events

Ticket is booked, for centimental reasons, I have to come and pay my respects!

Like electra, I've always praised the C stock, I am fond of them for many enjoyable afternoons spent skiving off from college, going round the circle line with friends whilst taking time to deliberate where to go, riding home from work, the dodgy westinghouse applications that sometimes went wrong, the accompanying smell of brake dust. Proper trains!

Will there be a forum meet of some sort?

Sun 29 June: "C Stock Classic Tour": a0853 Hammersmith (empty) d0859½- a0932½ Moorgate d0955 (passenger)- a1042 Wimbledon d1055½- a1203 West Ham siding d1206- a1216 Barking LUNCH d1321½- a1331 West Ham siding d1334½- Baker St6 14/07- South Kensington 14/25½- Tower Hill 14/45½- Baker St6 15/07½- Paddington (sub) 15/13½- a1527 Hammersmith d1535 (empty to depot).

There is nothing wrong with West Ham like most places if they used the signalling as it should then they wouldnt get these problems. It would help if they used the sidings in and out in passenger they can do that as it colour light signals in and out no shunt signals involved

I guess it depends how long the turnaround time at Wimbledon is. On the Explorer tour you could easily have left the train and picked it up again at any of the scheduled stops where there was door release (Amersham, Acton Town, Northfields and Upminster), showing your ticket when you got back on if asked. Barking is obviously the lunch break so as long as there is a door release at Wimbledon my guess is that you'd be okay (I believe that there's around a ten minute stop at Wimbledon, so would imagine that there would be a door release).

I suspect that they may well be opened - 13 minutes inside an enclosed C stock in high temperatures is going to be uncomfortable as you said. It would also be an opportunity to head to the loo, or grab a drink from somewhere. If I were you, I'd send an email off to the LTM, or maybe try your luck on twitter

If anyone is going to be taking photos of this train at or around Paddington, I would very much appreciate a picture of the C and an HST in the same shot!

5721+5531+5578

We are running 20 mins early.

5578 + 5531 + 5721 passing Wimbledon Park eastbound, departing Barking, and then at West Ham, Mansion House and Hammersmith (I missed the journey from Moorgate to Wimbledon due to a London Midland service being cancelled this morning):