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logoman

This was a test designed to demonstrate the feasibility of running a steam locomotive on the London Underground for its 150th anniversary next year. There are passenger trips planned.

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magpie38 · Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 7:21 pm Post subject:

excellent video thanks for sharing

MrDuck · Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 7:33 pm Post subject:

I hope they do

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SouthernDave · Junior Member Joined: 11 Feb 2012 Posts: 172

Brilliant clip! I assume you work there? Hope the runs can go ahead as LT ran steam right into the 70s so would be good to see them do it again.

Not long visited the excellent LT museum in Convent Garden and have tickets for the next open day at Acton, so keep us posted if you know more!

logoman · Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 7:41 pm Post subject:

Les · Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:41 pm Post subject:

flywheel61 · Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 5:45 am Post subject:

Thanks Miles, all we need to do, is to get rid of all the OH&S stuff, and all go into period costume,

Cheers

Chris

James · Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 8:10 am Post subject:

Very interesting to see!
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Kev&Mel · Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 8:33 am Post subject:

Do you think they will use smokeless coal .
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Steve_S · Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:43 pm Post subject:

They must have done that during "engineering hours" at night while the traction current was switched off. The yellow loco at the end is, I think, a battery powered loco... just in case. There must have been a huge amount of red tape and paperwork to allow that to happen!

logoman · Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:53 pm Post subject:

OldMetaller · Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 8:50 am Post subject:

I was a driver on the Met and Circle lines in the late 80's: I met one of the Metropolitan 'Growler' locos -maybe even the one in the video- coming towards me in the tunnel...I could tell straight away that it wasn't a regular A60 or C69, which were about all you ever saw down there...and yes, it actually growled as it passed me! I would love to drive one of those, but I think they only went out when the managers wanted to have a play day, plebs like me weren't let anywhere near them!

Regards,

John.

SouthernDave · Junior Member Joined: 11 Feb 2012 Posts: 172

Found out some more details about this working here:

http://leondaniels.blogspot.com/2...turn-of-steam-on-underground.html

Mambrozevich · Junior Member Joined: 07 Dec 2009 Posts: 116

I would like to have seen that! Awesome

Devobowman · Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 8:00 am Post subject:

Steam looks great but us old Hornby boys would have been immediately drawn to Sarah Siddons the class which provided the model for Hornby's first electric loco, I'm still on the look out for one of those. Anyone know which station that was filmed at?
Cheers
Dave
(PS...OK should have read earlier post!)

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