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Post by grahamhewett on Aug 22, 2016 21:08:39 GMT
There was - another, to Croydon, was obliterated by the London & Croydon Railway. There were also plans to continue to Mitcham, but the arrival of the railways put paid to that. As for large employers, how many worked for British Railways immediately in 1948? I believe the BR figure peaked at around 120 000. There's also the army but I don't have any figures for the peacetime numbers at their peak. |
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metman
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Post by metman on Aug 23, 2016 17:23:12 GMT
Before the F stock was sent to the ELL ex district railway C/D/E stock (H stock) was used and it was joined by the remains of the ex Met rly S train which where were prototype T stock motor cars. When the F stock was withdrawn it was initially replaced by Q stock but at times CP stock was used. This finally replaced the Q stock in 1971. An industrial dispute at Acton and wheel issues led to the replacement of CO/CP stock with 1938 tube stock until the A stock took over. Vic Mitchell's book on the ELL gives 1963 as the end of the F stock there. (Can't find any more detail but that must be close to the final withdrawal date for the stock). Apparently 10x 4 car sets were allocated but with only 5 in service and one spare - not clear what the other four did, although out on the far reaches of the |Met, we sometimes saw F stock even when not normally scheduled, especially to Uxbridge. Yes the F stock ended it's service on the ELL with the final units being replaced by A62 stock on the met in the spring of 1963. The 10 units (or perhaps 20 driving motors cars) were equipped with a double battery charging set on the double equipped and additional drico on the single equipped cars. With only 6 trains in service for the ELL the other cars were used on the uxbridge service. 8x8 cars were needed on the mainline which left 1 train spare. Thus the allocation of stock was tight and some 7 car formations were used on the met. Some special workings used F stock on the Ricky/Watford school runs or occasionally P stock. When the electric rails reached Amersham some trains were formed from F stock as the T stock started to be withdrawn. Interesting times I imagine! |
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Post by grahamhewett on Aug 23, 2016 18:52:55 GMT
metman -thank you for that. A theoretical 92% availability for 40+ year rigs is impressive!
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