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Post by towerman on Jul 15, 2005 19:50:31 GMT
What stock was nicknamed "Sputniks" by Hainault Depot staff,although I couldn't see the similarity.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2005 20:21:59 GMT
DING!!!
'I gaze into the crystal ball and the answer appears'
Ahem!!!
Was it Cravens, per chance???
Dunno why I think this is it; instinct tells me something...
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Post by towerman on Jul 15, 2005 21:43:35 GMT
No,you're years out.
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Post by q8 on Jul 16, 2005 8:36:27 GMT
I have a little niggle telling me it was some of the "standard" stock. Probably wrong. I have heard the term but the connotation escapes me. 1957 also rings a bell.
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Post by q8 on Jul 16, 2005 9:03:12 GMT
 Speaking of nicknames. Where on the tube is that lovely spot known as "Perverts delight"  Edit: I got it wrong. It's "Pervert's Paradise"
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Post by towerman on Jul 16, 2005 20:06:40 GMT
You're wrong Q8 but 1957 does have relevance.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2005 20:51:46 GMT
Speaking of nicknames. Where on the tube is that lovely spot known as "Perverts delight" Oh Matron!!!  I say. Whatever you wanna know THAT for??? |
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Post by q8 on Jul 17, 2005 0:53:35 GMT
Oh Matron!!! I say. Whatever you wanna know THAT for??? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I already know it. I wanna know if OTHERS do? |
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Post by q8 on Jul 17, 2005 0:58:25 GMT
You're wrong Q8 but 1957 does have relevance.
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Why do I get the feeling that SOUND comes into this somewhere?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2005 20:52:43 GMT
Anywhere on the Underground is pervert's paradise at rush hour, cramped escalators, packed stations, and I won't go onto the train itself  |
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Post by chris on Jul 23, 2005 20:58:55 GMT
How much 'accdiently' touching of other passengers goes on on crowded train then?
I know in China men buy a magazine for the train but not for reading - for rolling up and holding with both hands to prove it wasn't them!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2005 21:17:38 GMT
ugh
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Post by Christopher J on Jul 23, 2005 21:21:39 GMT
I can't remember the exact location, but I once read there was an advertisement which showed Kyle Mingoue with her backside in the air, T/ops who were handle got so 'interested' in the advertisement it put them off their braking and it caused many overshoots and SPADs, AFAIK because of this the advertisement got taken down.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2005 21:32:35 GMT
Getting back to topic, were sputniks the 2-car standard stock units for the Loughton - Epping - Ongar service,which started in 1957 when the juice reached Ongar??
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Post by Tom on Jul 23, 2005 21:50:04 GMT
I can't remember the exact location, but I once read there was an advertisement which showed Kyle Mingoue with her backside in the air, T/ops who were handle got so 'interested' in the advertisement it put them off their braking and it caused many overshoots and SPADs, AFAIK because of this the advertisement got taken down. Baker St Bakerloo. They probably forgot to slow down for the tripcock tester as well ;D |
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Post by towerman on Jul 23, 2005 22:37:32 GMT
David5032,you're right about where the stock ran,not about what type it was.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2005 1:09:26 GMT
Anywhere on the Underground is pervert's paradise The bigest perverts are the drivers ;D |
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Post by q8 on Jul 24, 2005 5:24:19 GMT
The bigest perverts are the drivers ;D ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HOW DARE YOU !!!  Drivers are dirty, lecherous, pop-eyed fanny chasers NOT perverts. Oh, I dunno though....... |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2005 7:53:35 GMT
Got it! Was it the 1935 experimental stock, which was converted to two cars, ISTR that they did the Loughton - Epping service?
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Post by towerman on Jul 25, 2005 19:47:40 GMT
David,congratulations you got it right.
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Post by towerman on Jul 25, 2005 19:49:38 GMT
Mind you they ran Epping-Ongar shuttles.They only went to Loughton for stabling.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2005 20:07:23 GMT
Nice one I'm sure I've got a JH Meredith photo of one of the shuttles at Epping, buried deep in a photo album somewhere.  |
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Speaking of nicknames. Where on the tube is that lovely spot known as "Perverts delight" 
Drivers are dirty, lecherous, pop-eyed fanny chasers NOT perverts.
