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Post by Dstock7080 on Nov 28, 2021 14:21:07 GMT
London Transport Railways 1967-1971:
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2021 16:55:37 GMT
Very interesting
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Post by spsmiler on Dec 3, 2021 0:12:16 GMT
wow, some great footage, much more varied than what is possible today
some also of a curiosity interest - such as crashing trains into the sand drags to see how far they will travel - and then one 'hec of a job' digging them out again!! I also noted the people standing around with live rails everywhere.
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Post by ted672 on Dec 3, 2021 12:46:12 GMT
wow, some great footage, much more varied than what is possible today some also of a curiosity interest - such as crashing trains into the sand drags to see how far they will travel - and then one 'hec of a job' digging them out again!! I also noted the people standing around with live rails everywhere. I was fortunate to visit Upminster after the trials when the 38 stock was sitll there. Sarah Siddons was used to propel the unit into the sand drag. The trials came about as a result of the events at Moorgate. flic.kr/p/pFVqPp |
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Post by rincew1nd on Dec 5, 2021 10:38:09 GMT
Looks like some of those tests are into a gravel bed, not sand.
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Post by t697 on Dec 5, 2021 13:18:31 GMT
I didn't realise there was still a crossover from the City Widened Lines to LU Circle at Farringdon as late as that final steam run. When was it removed?
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Post by davidb on Dec 5, 2021 16:00:53 GMT
I didn't realise there was still a crossover from the City Widened Lines to LU Circle at Farringdon as late as that final steam run. When was it removed? I think it was used for battery loco hauled stock transfers to and from the Northern City Line via Finsbury Park (maybe after the route to Highgate Depot via Crouch End closed in 1970). Would it have been removed after they finished in 1975? |
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Post by Tom on Dec 5, 2021 20:34:02 GMT
Looks like some of those tests are into a gravel bed, not sand. Indeed so. The tests involved trains being run into a number of materials thought to have good retarding properties; in the end the best was found to be small granite chippings. The output of these trials led to the installation of the type of train train arrestors that are used at Edgware and Cockfosters. |
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Post by Tom on Dec 5, 2021 20:40:39 GMT
I didn't realise there was still a crossover from the City Widened Lines to LU Circle at Farringdon as late as that final steam run. When was it removed? I think it was used for battery loco hauled stock transfers to and from the Northern City Line via Finsbury Park (maybe after the route to Highgate Depot via Crouch End closed in 1970). Would it have been removed after they finished in 1975? I would suggest it remained in place until the City Widened Lines were transferred from LT to BR in 1979. I'll see if I can find an actual date. |
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Post by selbiehouse on Dec 7, 2021 11:19:57 GMT
A great film. Thank you for posting.
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