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Post by tubetraveller on Apr 3, 2024 2:55:24 GMT
The trigger temperature is so low that the 'Harrow Hot Weather Plan' was even brought in several times early in the 2023 leaf fall season
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Post by tubetraveller on Jun 11, 2021 22:13:11 GMT
All of the hoardings and equipment at Ickenham have been removed but the speed restriction remains. Who's to say when the Harrow one will go?
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Post by tubetraveller on Apr 16, 2021 22:31:09 GMT
Currently, Heritage trains would only be permitted to operate on the section between Harrow on the Hill and Amersham via the fast lines, as these will retain train stops and colour-light signals for the benefit of Chiltern services.
From what I understand, there is currently no plan to fit heritage trains with the new signalling equipment as it would cost around £1m each.
The current plan is to run heritage trains with a battery loco at each end, but this does add extra complications
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Post by tubetraveller on Nov 28, 2020 21:52:41 GMT
Is there some operational reason for the RAT being a full length train? There are two RATs on the Central Line. A five car unit on the west end of the line and an eight car unit on the East The east requires an eight car train so it doesn't get 'gapped' on some of the more complex pointwork that exists out that way and end up isolated from the electrical supply. |
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Post by tubetraveller on Aug 18, 2020 22:09:54 GMT
Except that in the last few months many in the private sector have had the conversations along the lines of "would you like redundancy or a significant paycut and reduced working week?", if not their employers collapsing... I think in the face of many being made jobless and having pay cuts unions might have a harder time keeping the public on side that their members deserve better than everyone else - even though I agree that is the job of a union to do! When have the public ever been on the union's side? The public can't be expected to keep up to date with TfL's employee relations. News outlets have no interest in reporting on disputes until a few days before a strike is due As far as Joe Public is concerned, everyone in TfL earns 100k and strikes at the drop of a hat |
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Post by tubetraveller on Aug 12, 2020 9:36:31 GMT
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Post by tubetraveller on Jul 4, 2020 14:41:45 GMT
Has anybody seen the May pocket maps in the wild yet? I've spotted a few on eBay, but none in stations
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Post by tubetraveller on Jun 8, 2020 0:52:40 GMT
An early steam on the met event with Class 305/2 and two former BR passenger coaches in a special London Underground livery. the steam train is seen twice, after about 5:20 I'll now search for the computer file for this film, as I can then extract the train details - these cannot be read from the train. The staff special a few days before, passing through Wembley Park station. A *lot* of black smoke from Met No.1! On looking at my master video file I can see that the emu is 305 513, the Mk2 is 08977*47 (asterisk slightly unclear, probably 5 but might be 3), the Mk1 Brake is 08977588 and L44 is at the rear A compilation film showing steam On The Met trains over several years, plus other ordinary and non-passenger trains at Rickmansworth station OK, data copied from the computer file made when I edited the Chorleywood film. There is some confusion here, in that I describe the Class 305 as a 305/2, when surely it should be 305/5? I must have got the incorrect information from somewhere! Although its not possible read the train numbers from the passing trains I did note the rear destination display showed Tilbury! So this unit must have come from the LTS services out of Fenchurch St Stn. Whilst making this film I recall spending ages searching for information about these former BR coaches, reading Wikipedia pages and other online sources. The locomotives & their wheel arrangements are: Metropolitan Railway E Class No. 1 0-4-4T Great Western Railway pannier tank No. 9466 0-6-0PT London Transport battery locomotive No. L44 The passenger carriages are: British Railways Class 305/2 ac electric multiple unit in Network SouthEast livery, Former British Railways Mk2C First Open (FO) No. 3152, former BR Mk1 Brake Standard Corridor (BSK) (ie: includes a guard's section) No. 35011, - both in a special 'London Underground' livery. re: the 1889 - 1989 Chesham Centenary Steam Train film, This was filmed before I had a camcorder, so it was made using silent super 8 ciné film with added copyright-free music. Below is the train information as seen on-screen: The special train's passenger carriages comprised of (sic) (since writing that text I have learnt that "comprised of" is bad grammar) a British Railways Class 438 electric multiple unit 4TC (trailer control) set in Network SouthEast livery and... ...former British Railways Mark 1 BSK No. 35011 in its new identity as Brake Force Runner No. 977588 and painted in a special London Underground livery. Brake Force Runners are carriages added to short locomotive hauled trains to improve the brake force (so that it slows down faster / in a shorter distance). Apologies for duplicating some of what other people have said here, I hope this helps, and thanks for watching my videos Simon Those are brilliant, thanks Simon! They've cleared up a lot of what I was unsure of about the special Underground livery and the best view I've seen of the Metropolitan Maroon one. |
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Post by tubetraveller on Jun 7, 2020 16:33:30 GMT
Many thanks guys, all very helpful! At Steam on the MET 2000 we had two sets of carriages so they could have parallel running up from Harrow on The Hill. The two sets of I think 6 carriages, consisted of 2 TC sets plus some Mk2s, and MK1s? The Mk2 were in a very bad way with rust holes in the collision pillars and I did wonder how long before a door would fall off as they opened. Mk2 doors are very heavy. All were painted in MET maroon apart from the 2 Mk1s? that were in inter city livery. Do a google search for "Steam on the Meet 2000" for video on Youtube and some images usually of the Steam Locomotives rather than a carriages. I think the carriage no.s appeared in Underground news, my copies are buried in my parents attic so cannot check easily. That might explain why it was cheaper to buy them rather than rent a set for the weekend! They would've only been owned by LU for around five years at that point. I'll have to have a rummage around and see if I can find that copy of Underground News next time I'm at the museum depot If I remember correctly the coaching stock used for Steam on the Met and District was as follows: Steam on the Met 89 - a unit hired from Network SouthEast & 35011 Steam on the Met 90 - 35011, 3152 & a unit hired from Network SouthEast Steam on the District 90 - 3152 & 35011 Steam on the Met 92 & Steam on the Met 93 (Harrow-Amersham weekend) - 4TC & 3TC Steam on the Met 93 (Watford-Amersham weekend) & Steam on the Met 94 - 1st set: 4TC, 2nd set: 3152 & 3TC Steam on the District 93 - 4TC Steam on the Met 95, 96, 98 & 99 - 1st set: 1 MK2B & 4TC, 2nd set: 2 MK2B & 3TC Steam on the Met 2000 - 1st set: 2 MK2B & 4TC, 2nd set: MK1 TSO & FO hired in, a MK2B & 3TC The two 4TC sets were repainted into Metropolitan Maroon when purchased, 3152 by Steam on the Met 94 and the MK2B carriages by Steam on the Met 96. 35011 was also repainted into Metropolitan Maroon at some point. That's amazingly detailed, thank you. I take it the 3TC is just one of the 4TCs with a car removed? I think I have the identities of all the Mk1 and Mk2 passenger coaches. I definitely have video footage of them... and at least one of the overhead wire electric emu's used in the 1980s. I need to research... I've seen a couple of your videos on Youtube and they've been a great help already. They're pretty much the only source I've found for the two original carriages used on Steam on the Met 1989 |
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Post by tubetraveller on Jun 4, 2020 21:21:11 GMT
Does anybody have any further info or pictures of the ex BR coaches that London Underground purchased for steam events in the 90s?
I've found a couple of videos of two of them from afar, plus a few pictures where an end happens to be in shot, but nothing much else.
It looks like a Mk 1 (BSK 35011) and a Mk2C (3152) were painted into a new livery and used in the early 90s. Are there any clear photos of this?
3152 appears to have been converted from an FO to SO configuration at some point. Does anybody know if this was before or after their life with LU?
It looks like three additional Mk2s were purchased in 1995:
5458 Mk.2B TSO
5495 Mk.2B TSO
5497 Mk.2B TSO
Does anybody know what livery they carried, or if they were ever used by LU after purchase?
Thanks in advance if anybody has any more pictures, or can point me in the right direction of where I might find some more info about them!
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Post by tubetraveller on Mar 18, 2020 15:17:11 GMT
38TS in April now postponed. A private 38TS event this weekend has, I believe, also been postponed. At this stage the 4TC trip to Swanage is still going ahead. Swanage have now postponed their diesel gala, so I wouldn’t be surprised if the 4TC trip follows Edit: just checked and the 4TC trip has also been postponed |
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Post by tubetraveller on Feb 29, 2020 23:01:35 GMT
The 4TC set is being used for a railtour from Eastleigh to Swanage on the 23rd for the Swanage railway diesel gala. Presumably it was cheaper to just send them all at the same time. Doesn't look like you can book tickets in the inspection saloon unless some of the first class tickets are in there TO Swanage only on 23 APRIL (the month is kind on useful in posts like this!); returns from Swanage 26 April. 33012 + gbrf 73. Noted mods comment upthread about LU train on LU metals but it's kind of drifted already, and the post I'm replying to possibly increases confusion, and I'll add even more if I post my comment somewhere else. Good point about the month! I've edited the post to clarify. Perhaps it would be worth me creating a separate thread about heritage vehicles off LU metals? |
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Post by tubetraveller on Feb 29, 2020 19:20:40 GMT
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Post by tubetraveller on Feb 7, 2020 22:49:42 GMT
B is one of the two bridges between Northwick Park and Harrow-on-the-Hill
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Post by tubetraveller on Oct 12, 2019 22:53:43 GMT
The lifts from the interconnecting corridor are in the new entrance that opened around 2016 and the minimum staffing levels are higher these days. If there aren't enough staff to cover that exit, Lifts A and B have to be taken out of service.
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Post by tubetraveller on Jun 2, 2017 12:14:23 GMT
@hassaanhch posted this on twitter last night, Something clearly went awry on 96120.  Starting with 96120 and 96119 they're being painted with a lighter colour around the windows. The previous ones will be repainted eventually |
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Post by tubetraveller on May 1, 2017 13:38:25 GMT
All trains need to have the cut out in some form, in case the cab door / drop light cannot be closed, or the switch / sensor fails. The cut out exists to get the train moving. The 72's droplight cut out (if memory serves me correctly) is a left over legacy from the 67 stock which was there to stop the train from being able to start with no one in the cab. Which we know it has done in the past 🤔 Wasn't that because somebody was hanging their bag on the TBC? |
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Post by tubetraveller on Apr 30, 2017 4:33:07 GMT
I'm sure the 96 can (could) be driven manually without the need to cut anything out. The 72s (yes, I drove them too) had droplight cut out switch, to be able to drive with the windows down, on account of an Elephant driver head butting the signal plate as he came out of tunnel on approach to Queens pk in 1997 🙄 95 stock certainly has a cut-out switch, and I'm pretty sure 96 stock does too.. The '96 stock can be driven in PM with the driver's doors open but not in ATO. It doesn't need any extra cutouts, this is the default behaviour |
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Post by tubetraveller on Apr 29, 2017 7:25:10 GMT
What differences will the new soon to come additions to the fleet have externally? They're being ordered to be exact clones, so they'll probably just be cleaner |
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Post by tubetraveller on Apr 25, 2017 12:47:53 GMT
"West Hampstead sidings are behaving funny at the moment, so it would take too long there." Is this a new technical term? They replaced the points leading in and out of the siding so trains could go over them faster, but now they don't always clear when you reach the stopping point, especially in RM. For the time being we have to call up the signaller and check before we change ends and potentially move forward to overshoot the stopping point |
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Post by tubetraveller on Apr 25, 2017 1:23:16 GMT
Is the inset West Kensington?
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Post by tubetraveller on Apr 25, 2017 1:15:01 GMT
I suspect it was a TBTC failure for that large an area to be affected, though I don't have my paperwork with the boundaries to hand.
Assuming this was just a points failure, Wembley Park is the easiest point to reverse trains to the north.
West Hampstead sidings are behaving funny at the moment, so it would take too long there.
Technically trains can be reversed at Finchley Road but my guess it would take too long to detrain, or they don't have the staff to cope, or they can't use the crossover with another train in the platform (I've never seen it used)
Charing Cross can only be used in the other direction
Waterloo is the next option
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Post by tubetraveller on Apr 22, 2017 20:37:18 GMT
Now that the D-Stock has retired, there will be a very long interval until the next trains are withdrawn.. Probably going to be the '72 or '73 stock when the Deep Tube Upgrade Program is in full swing, though we could see the '92 stock go first |
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Post by tubetraveller on Apr 21, 2017 19:36:13 GMT
Rostered drivers all day AIUI. There were drivers rostered for it, but it had been commandeered by a more enthusiastic I/Op when i was on this morning. |
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Post by tubetraveller on Apr 21, 2017 10:44:13 GMT
I've had a lovely day out on it today, but I'm heading home now. Big thanks to all the staff on board today, you've all made it extra special and certainly put a smile on a few little (and not so little) faces!
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Post by tubetraveller on Apr 21, 2017 10:23:33 GMT
You might pick it up heading eastbound, we're being held at Earl's Court for a few minutes now
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Post by tubetraveller on Apr 21, 2017 7:48:01 GMT
I wouldn't be surprised, we've just been used as protection to retrieve an item from the track at West Kensington too
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Post by tubetraveller on Apr 21, 2017 7:38:27 GMT
Just departed Turnham Green on it's way to Upminster  |
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Post by tubetraveller on Apr 18, 2017 3:28:35 GMT
C looks like the cutting behind Paddington SSR
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Post by tubetraveller on Apr 17, 2017 15:23:45 GMT
Is A Northwick Park
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