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Post by mowat on May 26, 2006 14:15:05 GMT
images5.fotopic.net/?iid=yysbe3&outx=600&noresize=1&nostamp=1This is a photo of 1959 stock unit 1028 at Woodside Park on the Northern line. Units 1028 and 1043 were painted in LUL's red white & blue livery in 1993? 1028-2028-9029-1029: - Withdrawn from Northern Line service on 1/4/1999; - From Edgware to Ruislip (with 1259 unit) withdrawn stock for Scrap on 13/4/1999; - From Ruislip to Mayer Parry, Newmarket (by rail) for scrap on 23/4/1999. 1042-2042-1043: - Withdrawn from Northern Line service on 11/8/1999, and transferred from Golders Green to Ruislip (with 1176 unit) on same day. - From Ruislip to Mayer Parry, Newmarket (by rail) for scrap on 23/8/1999. The photo is from here. album4007.fotopic.net/c12158.html
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2006 14:59:26 GMT
I had no idea they'd repainted any of the 59s! It looks quite good, apart from the filthy roof.
But why did they bother so late in their life?
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2006 16:31:38 GMT
I had no idea they'd repainted any of the 59s! It looks quite good, apart from the filthy roof. I agree  |
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Post by Tomcakes on May 26, 2006 16:35:32 GMT
Wasn't it a "one-off" for the Northern Centenary, or something similar? Rather like the "heritage" train.
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Post by trainopd78 on May 29, 2006 10:35:15 GMT
It was done as an experiment. As the rest of the underground's fleet was being planned for refirb, and the 95 stock wasn't yet on the cards, the mighty 59 stock was still going to be around for the forseeable future as LUL couldn't afford to replace them. As the 59's were looking a bit shabby, a unit was facelifted so the cars looked brighter, with the then new Northern line moquette of salmon and an internal 2 tone colour scheme (light and dark grey, like the C stock doors IIRC). Wooden flooring was retained. Outside, the cars were painted in corporate livery. It was only ever intended to be a light refirbishment as the projected lifespan of the 59's didn't warrant a full refirbishment. In the end a PFI with GEC Alsthom was made where the 95TS would be built and leased to LUL, thus ending the problem with LUL not being able to afford new trains for the Northern. As a result the 59TS refirbishment project was abandoned and not persued. The heritage train (or mars bar as i've heard it called) was done in time for the line's centenary in 1990. It didn't stay together for long as the 2 heritage units didn't like each other, so had to be kept split for operational reasons.  |
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Post by Tomcakes on May 29, 2006 10:53:49 GMT
Hmm - so had the 59ts refurb programme gone ahead, they might still be running? If the 95ts weren't to come on stream until later.
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Post by Tubeboy on May 29, 2006 11:39:29 GMT
Was there a 59 in the yard at Ricky, when the new corporate livery was unveiled to the media, sorry meeja. I remember the a stock, and the 67 and 72 stock. |
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2006 13:11:05 GMT
That looks quite good actually. A very rare sight I imagine. Amazing how that looks better in Red, white & blue, than the newer stock do! Can anyone tell me what this ugly thing is - album4007.fotopic.net/p294700.htmlI THINK it looks like the track recording train? |
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Post by Tomcakes on May 29, 2006 13:21:04 GMT
Yep, TRT.
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Post by trainopd78 on May 30, 2006 7:32:17 GMT
Converted from 2 1960 stock DM's and a 73TS trailer. The train comes complete with its own IT suite and kitchen!!
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Post by c5 on May 30, 2006 16:23:15 GMT
Was there a 59 in the yard at Ricky, when the new corporate livery was unveiled to the media, sorry meeja. I remember the a stock, and the 67 and 72 stock. I seem to remember seeing a photo of that somewhere (in an office me thinks). I've seen one as well with the three experimental liveries that were done. |
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Post by prjb on May 30, 2006 19:23:11 GMT
Was there a 59 in the yard at Ricky, when the new corporate livery was unveiled to the media, sorry meeja. I remember the a stock, and the 67 and 72 stock. No there was no 59 there that day. I was there and video'ed a lot of it (the old format, was it Video 8?). They called it 'The Rainbow Train' event and all sorts of ministers and top brass turned up. I got some good footage of a 67 coming through Wembley Park, and managed to get into the sidings and video both on and off the trains. I have no idea where the tapes are now though, before anyone asks! |
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2006 20:14:56 GMT
i have a Model from EFE with the red/blue/white 1959 Tube Stock - i thing the colour of the interior is wrong!
and a other interesting livery is a 1959/62 Tube Stock with a Redpainted "Face" (D-Stock like)
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Post by prjb on May 30, 2006 20:38:05 GMT
Yes I've seen that, wasn't it part of some visibility testing they were carrying out? It looked like an unrefurbished 73 stock.
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Post by Dstock7080 on Jun 2, 2006 20:23:36 GMT
i have a Model from EFE with the red/blue/white 1959 Tube Stock - i thing the colour of the interior is wrong! and a other interesting livery is a 1959/62 Tube Stock with a Redpainted "Face" (D-Stock like) Also, I hope you brought the right EFE car?! as they painted 1029 with a full RED front as 1028 in the picture above- of course it only had the 'blue skirt' style for middle cabs. |
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