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Post by motorman on Oct 24, 2013 20:28:14 GMT
I was on that tour and have to admit cannot remember that bit. I do recall it being a hot day though!
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Post by motorman on Oct 24, 2013 18:07:33 GMT
I well remember many northbound trips on the Met Line on Sundays using the crossover at West Hampstead. Some Met used a crossover just south of Finchley Rd station to use the northbound Bakerloo platform. A power failure at Lots Road standed a 4-car A60 in that platform for a while one Sunday am. If only I had taken a photo of that! Can anyone recall when that crossover at Finchley Road was removed, did it come out before the one at West Hampstead. It was an impressive sound goind over these crossovers with the welded rail surface. If I recall there was access from the sidings at Willesden Green to the northbound B'Loo and Met Lines. Can anyone confirm this just in case my memory is poor on this one.
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Post by motorman on Oct 19, 2013 21:17:37 GMT
Absolutely brilliant. Love studying the Northern Heights extentions, Central Line to Denham and Met Line to Aylesbury plus the Northern Line extention to Sutton. I never realised there was a proposal to extend the District Line southwards from Wimbledon.
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Post by motorman on Oct 17, 2013 20:24:31 GMT
Are the A Stock RAT times similar to those posted on the forum last year?
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Post by motorman on Oct 17, 2013 18:10:24 GMT
Is it now the plan to despatch C Stock from Ealing Common rather than Northwood or was this a one off?
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Post by motorman on Sept 27, 2013 21:07:32 GMT
Think you might mean DERBY!!!
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Post by motorman on Sept 11, 2013 19:57:53 GMT
Brilliant photos both dampflok nd wattman. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by motorman on Aug 29, 2013 21:05:06 GMT
And then we get into the situation of needing more trains!
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Post by motorman on Aug 28, 2013 17:10:30 GMT
It is due to be shown on BBC South Today News after 18h30 this evening
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Post by motorman on Jul 28, 2013 7:44:42 GMT
A Stock has fitted recently though when 5112 was transferred to Acton last year via Rayners Lane and Sudbury Town.
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Post by motorman on Jul 27, 2013 16:55:15 GMT
I'm sure I have read this proposal before whereby the District serves Rayners Lane / Uxbridge and the Piccadilly Ealing Bdwy plus of course Heathrow. If it is to happen it needs planning now as there would not be sufficient S Stock to cover the longer distances and higher interval service to Rrayners Lane. If services are to continue onwards to Uxbridge this would result in a mix of S7 and S8 operations on the branch no doubt providing some confusion to passengers.
A possible knock on effect would be a slight reduction in services to Richmond and Wimbledon. I'm not sure what the present tph is on the Rayners Lane Branch at present but it must be higher than that provided by the District to Ealing.
Benefits would be the ability to send more trains to Heathrow and relieve pressure on the Piccadilly and 73 Stock but require additional S7 stock. Stations beyond North Ealing would have a slower all stations service through to Hammersmith and beyond. Have there been any passenger surveys on the Rayners Lane branch to find out where most passengers head?
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Post by motorman on Jul 5, 2013 21:55:21 GMT
How many S7's now delivered to LUL and how many running in service currently?
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Post by motorman on Jun 29, 2013 14:16:01 GMT
Whatever eventually replaces the 38 Stock needs to be a two car set otherwise major investment will have to take place in Ryde depot. The 73 stock would be a good choice as the larger door recesses allow some room for luggage and they have cab doors which can be opened. Salt water will affect any train, but in any event in the most extreme conditions the catamaran service is likely to be suspended so terminating short at the Esplanande would then happen. Taxis have on occasions been used to ferry passengers (no pun intended) along the pier.
By the time the 73 stock becomes available is will be of advancing years but of course no match on the 38 Stock. Can they hold out that long? If it were possible to use 3 car sets with the present two train per hour service the total requirement would probably only be for four trains.
There has been talk over the years of converting the line to tram operation with possible extensions into the towns but this would come at a cost. A recent proposal has been made to convert the former Sandown - Newport line into a tramway wich possible Cowes and Carisbrooke extensions. The idea seems to have gone quiet very quickly though.
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Post by motorman on Jun 28, 2013 21:57:39 GMT
Former London Underground Stock has provided the Service between Ryde Pier Head and Shanklin for some 46 years. Twenty three years (1967-1990)saw the use of Standard Stock whilst the last twenty three years 1990 - 2013 has employed 38 Tube Stock. The 38's have now been in service longer and long may that continue. This fact was mentioned in todays Isle of Wight County Press, something I had not particularly thought about.
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Post by motorman on Jun 28, 2013 21:34:08 GMT
If I recall several years ago Neasden and Baker St Met Line crews also covered Circle Line duties and also maybe H & C. Would that not be helpful and cost effective to reintrocuce now that there is a unifrom fleet of trains. Do the early morning Wembley Park starters run emptly to Baker St or do they run in service to Moorgate/Barking from Wembley Pk and Finchley Rd?
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Post by motorman on Jun 21, 2013 22:00:10 GMT
Both sound cumbersome. Why not just a straightforward Cassiobury?
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Post by motorman on Jun 21, 2013 21:59:27 GMT
Both sound cumbersome. Why not just a straightforward Cassiobury?
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Post by motorman on May 24, 2013 21:16:08 GMT
Just to clarify was the A Stock delivered using the former Great Central Line, Ashendon Jn to gain GW metals and thus to West Ruislip?
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Post by motorman on May 24, 2013 19:20:45 GMT
Don't forget 7/7 Kings X
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Post by motorman on May 22, 2013 21:34:18 GMT
I can add to the above observation having noticed a mature lade charging mer mobile on a 378 at Kenton last Sunday afternoon.
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Post by motorman on May 14, 2013 19:42:41 GMT
There was also an overrun through the buffer stops in Rayners Lane siding in the early 1970's again 59 stock. I believe 1012 was the unit involved.
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Post by motorman on Mar 14, 2013 21:34:00 GMT
That would make sense. No chance of a 72 mk2 reaching Euston then!!!
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Post by motorman on Mar 14, 2013 21:05:52 GMT
Is there any record of A Stock reversing in the siding at Rayners Lane. I used to travel on the Uxbridge branch on a daily basis up to the mid 1980's and never recall seeing such an event. The only time I witnessed a Rayners Lane reverser was on Christmas Day when the service reversed from the WB platform using the crosssover to the east of the station. I recall photographing the event but would have to think very hard as to which year that would have been.
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Post by motorman on Mar 14, 2013 20:50:03 GMT
A what if scenario - could it be possible for a LUL train to proceed beyond KHR? If that happened would there be an electrical failure to the train when the 4th rail runs out to the south of the station or would it simply stall? Is there any device to prevent this from happening?
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Post by motorman on Feb 1, 2013 20:33:09 GMT
If I recall in earlier years fast Uxbridge trains ran non stop Finchley Road - Eastcote. Can anyone recall when this was. I suspect it before the introduction of the A Stock
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Post by motorman on Dec 31, 2012 16:56:20 GMT
Going back to the original topic of this thread keep the Northern Line title for both lines but make one Northern West End and the other Northern City. Keeps life simple!
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Post by motorman on Dec 21, 2012 22:21:02 GMT
Looking at the photo supplied by whistlekiller the tracks to the north of Epping station would appear to be unused. A long term solution could be to provide buffer stops at the end of platcforms 1 & 2 and have a passenger walkway behind the stops thus making the footbridge redundant.
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Post by motorman on Nov 9, 2012 20:29:48 GMT
Is my memory correct that some years ago (up to the early 70's) the electrified track at HOTH extended southwards from platform 2 and continued south of the points beyond Peterborough Road bridge permitting an LUL train to reverse on the current Chiltern southbound line?
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5034
Oct 12, 2012 21:33:38 GMT
Post by motorman on Oct 12, 2012 21:33:38 GMT
Common sense seems to be lacking here! Virtually all A Stock has been despatched through Northwood in what has become a slick operation. To move 5034 to Acton by rail would create a lot of logistical planning and expense. The movement by road was the most cost effective and logical thing to do. Come on get real chaps.
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5034
Oct 4, 2012 21:37:15 GMT
Post by motorman on Oct 4, 2012 21:37:15 GMT
So to clarify it ultimately looks that in addition to 5034 an operational preserved unit will also survive when replaced on RAT dutues presumable by D Stock
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