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Post by superteacher on Jun 14, 2015 18:08:17 GMT
Who used to crew the trains which started from and stabled in Croxley Green depot? Were they Queens Park crews?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2015 18:34:15 GMT
As far as I can recall (when there were just four trains) the four Up trains in the morning were worked by crews based at Croxley Green, as were two of the Down trains in the evening. The two other trains were worked by Queen's Park crews.
Happy to be corrected, but I think that is it!
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Post by superteacher on Jun 14, 2015 18:56:24 GMT
Thanks. Didn't realise there was a crew deoot at Croxley towards the end. I can imagine stabling there wasn't popular with the Queen's Park crews, who had to then make their way back from the wastes of Croxley!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2015 18:56:54 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2015 22:25:07 GMT
Thanks. Didn't realise there was a crew deoot at Croxley towards the end. I can imagine stabling there wasn't popular with the Queen's Park crews, who had to then make their way back from the wastes of Croxley! They (QP crews) might have stabled away from their own depot, but I think there was plenty of spare time at the end ('snip turn' or 'easement of the turn' comes to mind). And if they lived north of QP on the Watford line - bonus! What I am not clear on is if QP crews were familiar with the southbound run and exit from Croxley Green depot. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2015 10:02:38 GMT
Thanks. Didn't realise there was a crew deoot at Croxley towards the end. I can imagine stabling there wasn't popular with the Queen's Park crews, who had to then make their way back from the wastes of Croxley! They (QP crews) might have stabled away from their own depot, but I think there was plenty of spare time at the end ('snip turn' or 'easement of the turn' comes to mind). And if they lived north of QP on the Watford line - bonus! What I am not clear on is if QP crews were familiar with the southbound run and exit from Croxley Green depot. I had a long discussion recently with a gentleman that had worked as a driver out of Croxley Green Depot on Bakerloo Line services and he mentioned the use of a bush as a marker for drivers on the Croxley Green Depot shunt and apparently an incident where the bush had been trimmed back and tube train hitting the headshunt buffer stop at slow speed and damaging it however it was quickly repaired and no one was the wiser! XF |
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Post by towerman on Jun 19, 2015 11:57:22 GMT
They were classed as Watford Bakerloo crews,there were always adverts for guards postions there in the Traffic Circular.
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Post by superteacher on Jun 22, 2015 22:44:32 GMT
Were Elephant crews road trained to Watford?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2015 8:15:25 GMT
Were Elephant crews road trained to Watford? Only as far Regents Park!  XF |
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Post by whistlekiller2000 on Jun 23, 2015 10:20:44 GMT
Were Elephant crews road trained to Watford? Only as far Regents Park! XF Have you considered a career on the stand-up circuit Nigel?.............  |
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Post by programmes1 on Jun 23, 2015 12:46:25 GMT
Only as far Regents Park! XF Have you considered a career on the stand-up circuit Nigel?............. I won't be buying a ticket. |
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Post by programmes1 on Jun 23, 2015 12:47:32 GMT
Were Elephant crews road trained to Watford? In later years no only, Croxley & Queens Park crews were trained both directions. |
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Post by roythebus on Jun 23, 2015 19:38:41 GMT
In 1973 I investigated moving from Parsons Green to Croxley as I'd just married and moved to Northampton. I ended up at Rickmansworth. From what I remember the Croxley turns were indeed snip turns and would have made life far easier, but the lure of the Met Main and A60s was overpowering.
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Post by superteacher on Jun 23, 2015 20:17:54 GMT
What is a snip turn?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2015 1:37:30 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2015 1:39:40 GMT
They were classed as Watford Bakerloo crews,there were always adverts for guards postions there in the Traffic Circular. Having no extreme duties and few weekends Watford would have been a low paying depot with little dark money. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2015 8:37:08 GMT
Only as far Regents Park! XF Have you considered a career on the stand-up circuit Nigel?............. Well it would beat being unemployed! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2015 11:54:51 GMT
I was a Guard/Motorman at the Elephant in 1983. If I recall there were 4 Croxley duties. They were all spread over turns working both peak hours with a 4 hour ish break in the middle. No weekend work. I lived in Milton Keynes at the time so was interested in working there until it was closed. Never mind.....
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