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UNDERGROUND NEWS

Second series Issue number - ^ THE TIMETABLE for period beginning I 9 t h August 1 9 7 8 .

S3^tyr^'^Y_AS'_ August The S o c i e t y w i l l NOT be able to operate i t s S a l e s Stand at the B,R^ Open Day at Wolverton Works, as t h i s event has been CANCELLED by B.R, Sat;arday 19 August V i s i t to Hornsey E.M.U. Depot B.R.- FULLY BOOKED F r i d a y 8 September S l i d e Show by Mr,B.R.Hardy, 'Underground R o l l i n g Stock i n Great B r i t a i n - London, L i v e r p o o l and Glasgow' I9OO f o r 1 9 1 5 at Hammersmith Town H a l l , Si*turday I6 September Morning V i s i t to Hammersmith Depot. FULLY BOOKED, Sunday 17 September The S o c i e t y w i l l be operating i t s S a l e s Stand at the t h i r d Gala Day and C o l l e c t o r s ' S a l e , Syon Park. 1100 to I 8 O O .

V7ednesday k October L i b r a r y evening 1 8 3 0 , The S o c i e t y ' s L i b r a r y open f o r i n s p e c t i o n at 9A Dunrobin Court, 3 8 9 F i n c h l e y Road, London NT';3 6HE,

Saturday 7 October Morning v i s i t to L i l l i e Bridge Permanent V7ay Depot. R e s t r i c t e d numbers. A p p l i c a t i o n s with SAE to Mr,G.A„Finch, I 6 I V a l e t t a Road, London 173 7TA, F r i d a y 13 October T a l k by Mr.P.R.Davis, 'The Search f o r the C r y s t a l Palace Pneumatic Railway',, I9OO f o r 1915 at Hammersmith Town H a l l , Saturday 21 October The S o c i e t y w i l l be operating i t s Sales Stand at the L.O,T.S, Transport S p e c t a c u l a r , C e n t r a l H a l l , 'Westminster, SWl. F r i d a v 3 November Afternoon v i s i t to the Waterloo & C i t y Railway. A p p l i c a t i o n s w i t h SAE to MToG.AoFinch, I 6 I V a l e t t a Road, London, W3 7TA.

Fur t h e r Timetable events are l i s t e d on the f o l l o w i n g page to the end of the year, f o r you to pla n ahead.

Published 12 timesa yearby the London Underground Railway Society Correspondence should be addressed to The Editor. Underground News

Opinions expressed are thoseof contributors and not necessarilyendorsedbytheSociety. © The contents are copyright.

THE TIMETABLE (Continued)

Tuesday J November L i b r a r y Evening 1830, Other D e t a i l s as f o r k October.

F r i d a y 10 November T a l k on 'Railway Timetable Compilation' by Mr.D.Fox, London Transport. 1900 f o r 1915 at Hammersmith Town H a l l .

Saturday 25 November The S o c i e t y w i l l be operating i t s S a l e s Stand at the Transport E n t h u s i a s t s ' Bazaar, I s l i n g t o n Town H a l l , Upper S t r e e t , N.l, from 1100 to 1500.

Monday k December L i b r a r y Evening 1830, Other D e t a i l s as f o r k October.

F r i d a y 8 December 'The Underground Scene s i n c e 1975' - F i l m Show and Commentry by Les C o l l i n g s . 190O f o r 1915 at Hammersmith Town H a l l .

Note: For meetings a t Hammersmith Town H a l l , please use the southern entrance to Hammersmith Town H a l l a t the end of Nigel P l a y f a i r Avenue, o f f King S t r e e t . The nearest L.T. s t a t i o n i s RAVENSCOURT PARK and NOT Hammersmith.

UNDERGROUND N"E¥S i s p r i n t e d and published by The London Underground Railway S o c i e t y . Correspondence f o r Underground News should be addressed to: The E d i t o r , I3 C a s t l e t o n Road, E a s t c o t e , R u i s l i p , Middlesex, HA^ 9QQ« Members are asked to enclose an SAE i f a r e p l y i s r e q u i r e d .

1938 TUBE STOCK OBITUARY

The l a s t of the I938 tube stock f o r the present, was despatched to B i r d s from West R u i s l i p on 28th June I978 f o r scrapping. On two occasions r e c e n t l y , v i s i t s were made to B i r d s scrapyard, and below i s recorded what c a r s were awaiting scrapping, and what progress had been made between v i s i t s . By the time t h i s a r t i c l e i s read, there w i l l be no I938 tube stock l e f t a t B i r d s to see, as rece n t scrapping progress has been very r a p i d .

On 21st June 1978, there were k l c a r s of I938 tube stock ( p l u s Pre-1938 B a l l a s t Motor Car L65, which was i n two p i e c e s , having been conveyed there by road from litest R u i s l i p i n May) i n the formations as f o l l o w s : -

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10217 i o i 3 ' i Oiiivj/iy 11306 10233 0 1 2 3 3 0 0 1 2 4 7 5 10112 11112 12^36 11252 10300 0 1 2 3 2 5 12152 O i 2 ' i 0 0 12141

11153 11217 0 1 2 3 0 6 11224 1030'i 11226 10224 0 1 2 3 1 2 12411

11285 10159 0 1 2 2 4 4 11107 10302

10307 11137 10163 10185 0 1 2 2 6 7 11185 11163 0 1 2 2 5 5

11278 10285 0 1 2 3 8 1

To look at the above c a r s remaining, i t i s worth looking a t a l l of the c a r s that have been sent s i n c e 3 1 s t January 1 9 7 8 , s i n c e some of the above c a r s are s t i l l i n that batch. (The c a r s underlined below have a r r i v e d at B i r d s and were scrapped before 2 l s t June I 9 7 8 ) , E x . R u i s l i p

3 1 . 1 , 7 8 1 0 1 0 7 10159 10302 11107 11285 11302 0 1 2 1 5 9 0 1 2 2 4 4 012359 9 . 2 . 7 8 10075' 10285 11076 11278 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 2 3 3 5 0 1 2 3 8 1 12085 12137

1 6 , 2 . 7 8 10137 10264 10290' 11264 11290 11307 0 1 2 3 5 4 0 1 2 3 9 9 I2l|¥ 2 . 3 . 7 8 10163 10185 10307 11137 11163 l i i 8 ' 5 0 1 2 2 5 5 0 1 2 2 6 7

1 6 . 3 . 7 8 10112 11112 0 1 2 2 2 8 012417 012475 1 2 0 0 1 12436 3 0 . 3 ^ 7 8 10224 10304 11158 11217 11224 11226 0 1 2 3 0 6 0 1 2 3 1 2 12411 1 3 . 4 . 7 8 10134 10217 10233 10247 11233 11306 0 1 2 2 4 9 0 1 2 3 2 8 0 1 2 3 3 0 25.5<.73 10300 11252 0 1 2 3 2 5 012400 12132 I 2 l 4 i

I t can be seen that there appears to be no p a r t i c u l a r order of scrapping 7

A f u r t h e r v i s i t on l 8 t h J u l y I 9 7 8 r e v e a l e d that the number of c a r s outstanding scrapping had been reduced from 4 l to 2 0 . T h i s means th a t s i n c e the f i r s t v i s i t on 2 1 s t June, 2 1 c a r s had been scrapped. A f u r t h e r f i v e c a r s must be added to the t o t a l however, because the ve r y l a s t t r a n s f e r from R u i s l i p on 2 8 t h June ( I O I 7 I I I I 7 I 0 1 2 2 6 1 0 1 2 2 6 4 0 1 2 3 3 4 ) had a l r e a d y been scrapped, making the t o t a l of 26 c a r s i n four weeks. The 20 c a r s remaining on l 8 t h J u l y were:-11158 11217 0 1 2 3 0 6 11224 10304 8 0 3 0 7 11137 10163 10185 0 1 2 2 4 7 11185 11163 0 1 2 2 5 3 11278 10285 0 1 2 3 8 1 11226 10224 0 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 4 1 1 - These four c a r s had been burnt the previous day, and had been cut up by the afternoon, thus making a t o t a l of only 16 c a r s remaining i n the afternoon of l 8 t h J u l y , 1 9 7 8 . R.I.P. I I

GLASGOW SUBWAY - THE LATEST : P a r t 2 D.J.Carson

T h i s i s a follow-up of my previous a r t i c l e on the Glasgow Underground r e c o n s t r u c t i o n works. I n Mid-April, I v i s i t e d Glasgow f o r the two-day S t r a t h c l y d e P u b l i c Transport Parade and Open Day, a f t e r which I took the opportunity of looking around the Subway s i t e s and the fo l l o w i n g d e t a i l s give t h e i r progress a t that time.

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St.Enoch, P a r t i c k (formerly Merkland S t r e e t ) , H i l l h e a d and Buchatian S t r e e t s t a t i o n s are a l l having excavation works c a r r i e d out i n order to (except P a r t i c k ) enlarge the e x i s t i n g s t a t i o n chambers, and i n the case of P a r t i c k , to provide a new s t a t i o n approximately 100m north of Merkland S t r e e t s t a t i o n .

S h i e l d s Road, Kinning Park, Cessnock, Copland Road, Govan (formerly Govan C r o s s ) and Kelvinbridge s t a t i o n s are making good progress as t h e i r s t a t i o n b u i l d i n g s are nearing completion, w h i l s t the remainder of the s t a t i o n s on the system, namely Bridge S t r e e t , West S t r e e t , K e l v i n -h a l l (formerly P a r t i c k C r o s s ) , St,.Georges Cross and Cowcaddens are more or l e s s i n the same c o n d i t i o n as from my previous v i s i t i n December 1977.

The Permanent Way works have made r a p i d progress with a l l of the Inner C i r c l e completely r e - l a i d , and the Outer C i r c l e between St,Enoch and P a r t i c k v i a Govan has a l s o been r e - l a i d . However, no conductor r a i l s or cables have been l a i d as y e t .

On the R o l l i n g Stock s i d e , new c a r s Nos. 101 to 107 have a r r i v e d at Broomloan Depot, Govan, and a l l but 107 have been f i t t e d out and are u.ndergoing t e s t runs over the 500 metres long t e s t t r a c k a t the depot. Car 107 was d e l i v e r e d to Broomloan on Monday 17th A p r i l , having spent the weekend as an e x h i b i t at the p r e v i o u s l y mentioned parade and Open Day. A l l 33 'Clockwork Oranges' as the new c a r s have alr e a d y been nicknamed w i l l be d e l i v e r e d by August. I n order to give the new stock house room w h i l s t the old car sheds are being r e b u i l t , some of the I896 c a r s are being s t a b l e d i n open s i d i n g s adjacent to Govan Road f o r a l l to see.

Meanwhile, at the Transport Museum, 1896 Motor Car No.l i s i n store together with much of the equipment from Merklaiid S t r e e t i n order to r e - c r e a t e t h i s s t a t i o n i n the Museum. T r a i l e r car No.7 i s i n s t o r e at the National Railway Museum at York.

F i n a l l y , the opening date f o r the Underground and the B.R. ' C l y d e r a i l ' Argyle L i n e has been aimed f o r May 1979 and to quote a souvenir Subway poster : 'Glasgow's quaint Subway deserves to be remembered before i t r a t t l e s o f f down the tunnel of h i s t o r y - Glasgow's new Underground promises to r i v a l any system elsexirhere' . P o s t s c r i p t : - Two old l a d i e s commenting on the premature c l o s u r e of the Subway:-

• I t wis daft b u i l d i n ' a Subway under the grun' i n the f i r s t place'.' (Courtesy Glasgovr Evening Times)

GLASGOW SUBWAY -The VERY L a t e s t B r i a n Hardy

As at 26th J u l y I978, the f o l l o w i n g was noted as f u r t h e r progress i n the modernisation of the Subway. 1) Copland Road s t a t i o n w i l l reopen as IBROX. 2) New R o l l i n g Stock d e l i v e r e d to date are c a r s 101 to Ilk i n c l u s i v e .

I t i s expected that the others w i l l f o l l o w at the r a t e of about one a week or f o r t n i g h t , thus making completion of d e l i v e r y near

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the end of the year, and not i n August as o r i g i n a l l y a n t i c i p a t e d . D e l i v e r y i s by road from Metro-Camraell by P i c k f o r d ' s l o r r y .

3 ) No f u r t h e r s e c t i o n s of t r a c k i n the depot area have been energised, but the e n e r g i s i n g of the new depot approach t r a c k s i s imminent.

k) Progress i n the r e b u i l d i n g of the 'old' depot i s progressing w e l l . The former p i t used f o r l i f t i n g c a r s to the s u r f a c e i s almost t o t a l l y decked over. The r e b u i l t 'old' shed w i l l have s i x roads f o r s t a b l i n g t r a i n s and the western most two are expected to be completed soon, and thus w i l l enable some of the a l r e a d y d e l i v e r e d new stock to be s t o r e d t h e r e , which a t present i s taking up v a l u a b l e space i n the 'new' depot.

3 ) F u r t h e r information has come to hand w i t h regard to the two B a t t e r y Locomotives being used by T a y l o r V7oodrow, There was o r i g i n a l l y foxir b u i l t f o r the Channel Tunnel P r o j e c t b u i l t by C l a y t o n to a t r a c k gauge s m a l l e r than t h a t of the Glasgow Underground. Two were s o l d elsewhere, v/^hile the other two were converted f o r running on 4 f t gauge f o r use by T a y l o r Woodrow. T h i s has meant that one side of the locomotives had the wheels outside the locomotive frame, w h i l s t the wheels on the opposite s i d e of the locomotives were i n s i d e the frame I T h i s unusual arrangement i s not that e a s i l y v i s i b l e hov^ever, as the wheels outside the frame have s i n c e been encased. These two locomotives must not be confused w i t h the P.T.Es own C l a y t o n locomotives (Nos 2 and 3 ) j and n e i t h e r do they have wedgelock cou p l e r s .

6 ) The new P.T.Es 'Track Mobile', used f o r shunting s i n g l e c a r s i n the depot, i s a b a t t e r y operated road or r a i l machine b u i l t by Noord Nederlandse Machinefabriek. The gauge of the wheels f o r use on the t r a c k i s the normal 4 f t . For shunting stock, i t has a h y d r a u l i c a l l y D c t i v a t e d wedgelock coupler without the 'tongue' but has the 'throat' and 'wedge'.

MORE MODELLING

Following my comments about the poor response to the modelling q u e s t i o n a i r e , I r e c e i v e d a few more r e p l i e s . Thank you those who wrote. S e v e r a l people a l s o informed me of items f o r s a l e , which might be of i n t e r e s t to modellers w i t h i n the s o c i e t y .

F i r s t l y , R&R Models of l 4 o New Road, Netterton, Dudley, DY2 9AY, produce a gauge ' 0 ' body k i t f o r a Manning Wardle 0 - 6 - 0 saddle tank, as used by the Metropolitan Railway, The company a l s o produce a c h a s s i s f o r t h i s k i t , but production i s h e l d up at the moment due to non-delivery of wheels. (L.T, have had s i m i l a r problems with windowsl)

Model Railway (Manufacturing) Co.Ltd. of l 4 York Way, London, Nl 9AA, produce name p l a t e s f o r the f o l l o w i n g Met. l o c o s : -Sherlock Holmes, Benjamin D i s r a e l i , F lorence Nightingale and C h a r l e s Jones, These are produced on t h i n metal to a s c a l e of 4mm to f t , and c o s t 42p a p a i r .

And f i n a l l y , L.T, P u b l i c i t y O f f i c e s t i l l s e l l general arrangement

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drawiiiaa ol i o i l i n g stock. They cannot provide a l i s t of a v a i l a b l e dravrings, but can answer i n d i v i d u a l q u e r i e s .

They are charging £ 1 . 0 0 each plus 15p postage and packing. I f anyone knows of any more modelling items of L.T, i n t e r e s t

a c t u a l l y being produced, I would be pleased to hear from them. L.U.R.Sc Modelling S e c r e t a r y , Garden F l a t , k7 Buckland Crescent, London, m-I 3 .

EDITOR'S NOTE: Members are welcome to b r i n g t h e i r models to meetings, DISTRICT LINE REPLACEMENT STOCK PROGRESS

Now that the 'C stock has entered s e r v i c e on the D i s t r i c t L ine Wimbledon to Edgware Road s e r v i c e , the p r a c t i c e of d i v e r t i n g the t r a i n s o c c a s i o n a l l y to f i l l an extended i n t e r v a l , continues. The same s i t i i a t i o n occurs however when these t r a i n s are d i v e r t e d , as occurs when they are d i v e r t e d when running on the Metropolitan L i n e . The d e s t i n a t i o n b l i n d s and car maps on 'C stock are f o r the Haimnersmith to Barking, C i r c l e Line and Wimbledon to Edgware Road s e c t i o n s only. The Metropolitan L i n e up to Harrow-on-yhe-Hill i s a l s o shown, but on the b l i n d s only. Thus when a t r a i n i s d i v e r t e d to Uxbridge or Watford (Met. L i n e ) or E a l i n g Broadway or Richmond ( D i s t r i c t L i n e ) , there are no b l i n d s or car maps to c a t e r f o r the d i v e r t e d route. On Saturday 2 4 t h June 1978) one such t r a i n was d i v e r t e d to E a l i n g Broadway from E a r l s Coxirt, and on s e v e r a l occasions s i n c e , s i m i l a r d i v e r s i o n s have been made.

For the Wimbledon Tennis f o r t n i g h t ( 2 6 t h June to 8 t h J u l y ) , the Monday to F r i d a y midday off-peak s e r v i c e between Putney Bridge and Wimbledon was i n c r e a s e d to a 7"2 minute frequency, by extending the Edgware Road/Putney Bridge s e r v i c e to and from VJimbledon, r e q u i r i n g one e x t r a t r a i n i n s e r v i c e . S i x 'C stock t r a i n s were worked each weekday during t h i s f o r t n i g h t . S i m i l a r l y , i n the evening off-peak, u n t i l 2 2 0 0 , a 10 minute ( i i i s t e a d of 20 minute) s e r v i c e was provided to Wimbledon by extending the Edgiv^are Road/Putney Bridge s e r v i c e .

Seven 'C stock t r a i n s were scheduled on Mondays to F r i d a y s from 1 0 t h J u l y and l i k e w i s e from 2 4 t h J u l y . On Saturdays and Sundays from 2 9 t h / 3 0 t h J u l y , 5 and 6 r e s p e c t i v e l y are scheduled; (the Sunday f i g u r e of 6 i n c l u d e s the 4 C i r c l e L i n e workings).

For the ' C stock working on the D i s t r i c t L i n e , a s p e c i a l programmed i n t r o d u c t i o n of the stock was planned w i t h appropriate timetable n o t i c e s being i s s u e d at i n t e r v a l s . I t w as o r i g i n a l l y thought that the l a s t CO/CP working on the C i r c l e L i n e on Sundays was to be on 2 5 . 6 , 7 8 v/ith t r a i n 123 comprising u n i t s 5 3 2 4 0 and 5 3 0 1 7 , as the f o l l o w i n g two Sundays ( 2 , 7 . 7 8 and 9 . 7 . 7 8 ) a l l were worked by 'C stock. However, on l 6 t h and 2 3 r d J u l y , CO/CP stock was again scheduled f o r t r a i n 1 2 3 , being u n i t s 53195 and 5 3 0 4 8 on the 2 3 r d . From 3 0 t h J u l y f o r 4 Sundays, 'C stock i s again scheduled on a l l C i r c l e t r a i n s worked by D i s t r i c t L i n e crews. I t w i l l be i n t e r e s t i n g to see i f CO/CP C i r c l e t r a i n s run again on 2 7 t h August. 522

BOOK REVIEWS

The Post O f f i c e Railway London by Derek A, B a y l i s s P u blished by Turntable P u b l i c a t i o n s , S h e f f i e l d . 96 pp + 16 pp of p l a t e s 8 ^ " X6"; hardbound w i t h dust cover. P r i c e £ 5 . 5 0

T h i s i s the f i r s t f u l l - l e n g t h book on the s u b j e c t , and i s the r e s u l t of many ye a r s ' r e s e a r c h , i n c l u d i n g access to i n t e r n a l Post O f f i c e r e c o r d s . The f i r s t chapter deals w ith the Pneumatic Despatch Company's Railways, and the next four chapters cover the h i s t o r y of the Post O f f i c e Railway from i t s o r i g i n s to the present day. The remaining s i x chapters cover the tunnels, t r a c k and s t a t i o n s , power supply and t r a i n c o n t r o l , r o l l i n g stock, car depot, t r a f f i c and operations.

F u l l d e t a i l s are given of the developments of which only b r i e f d e t a i l s have been knovm h i t h e r t o - the reasons f o r the demise of the o r i g i n a l four-wheel stock (and the i n c o r p o r a t i o n of pa r t s from t h i s stock i n the replacement bogie s t o c k ) ; the d e v i a t i o n l i n e and s t a t i o n f o r the newWestern D i s t r i c t O f f i c e a t Rathbone P l a c e , and the abandonment of the Western P a r c e l s O f f i c e and the ol d Western D i s t r i c t O f f i c e s t a t i o n s ; the proposed extensions (shown on a separate map); and the prototype c a r s of 1 9 ^ 2 . Other i n t e r e s t i n g mentions inc l u d e a Post O f f i c e deputation to the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway i n 1928 to study trackwork and r i d i n g , and the s t a r t l i n g length of time that two D i s t r i c t O f f i c e s were c l o s e d f o r r e b u i l d i n g - West C e n t r a l from 1961 to 1 9 6 9 , and E a s t e r n from I 9 6 5 to 1972 (Indeed, the h i s t o r y of the l i n e i s c h a r a c t e r i s e d by a l e i s u r e l y a t t i t u d e to developments -c o n s t r u c t i o n began i n 1914 and the f i n a l s e c t i o n opened f o r t r a f f i c on 2nd January I 9 2 8 ; the d e v i a t i o n f o r the new WDO was used from about 1 9 5 8 , but the new s t a t i o n was not opened u n t i l 1 9 6 5 ; the prototype c a r s of I 9 6 2 have not so f a r been followed by any o t h e r s ) .

There are three maps, a complete t r a c k plan, and drawings of the 1930 stock. T h i s i s described as ' a r t i c u l a t e d ' but there i s doubt whether t h i s i s a c o r r e c t d e s c r i p t i o n , as the new stock c o n s i s t s of a body on two power bogies, w i t h the body ending j u s t before the bogie king- p i n s . The only adverse comment i s the bad proof-reading ('the r a i l w a y runs f o r 22 hours a day, from 1 0 , 0 a,m, to 8 . 0 p,m,') but t h i s i s a minor blemish on an e x c e l l e n t book, with a comprehensive s e t of p l a t e s . Highly recommended. Obtainable by post from the A s s i s t a n t S a l e s Manager, 2 1 Chestnut Grove South E a l i n g , London W5 4JT (post f r e e to members i n the U.K,) or from the S a l e s Stand.

London vJadorground R o l l i n g Stock - 1978 E d i t i o n by B r i a n Hardy Published by C a p i t a l Transport, Stanmore, 96 pp 8^" x 5 i " Paperback, P r i c e £ 1 , 5 0

The imminent p u b l i c a t i o n of the 1978 ( 3 r d ) e d i t i o n of B r i a n Hardy's book was noted i n UN I 9 I ( p . 4 l 8 ) , but i t has not h i t h e r t o been revie%ved i n these pages. The book uses the same format as i n previous e d i t i o n s . An in t r o d u c t o r y chapter on L.T. r o l l i n g stock

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i s followed by chapters o u t l i n i n g the h i s t o r y of each c u r r e n t type of r o l l i n g stock (as w e l l as the D 7 8 ) , followed by f l e e t l i s t s of a l l the stock that was o p e r a t i o n a l at 1 s t January 1 9 7 8 . There are separate l i s t s of stock i n u n i t formations, as a l l o c a t e d to l i n e s f o r s e r v i c e . D e s c r i p t i o n s and f l e e t l i s t s of s e r v i c e stock follow, and a new chapter on s o l d and preserved stock, i n c l u d i n g f u l l d e t a i l s of the standard stock operated by BeR, on the I s l e of Wight. F i n a l l y , there i s a short chapter on depots and s i d i n g s . There are eight more pages than i n the 1977 e d i t i o n , and a l l 9 I b l a c k and white photographs are new compared w i t h that e d i t i o n . They give good coverage of stock t r a n s f e r r e d to a new l i n e i n 1 9 7 7 , and d e t a i l e d stock m o d i f i c a t i o n s and s p e c i a l t r a i n workings. The S o c i e t y ' s preserved CSLR car bodies Nos 135 and 163 are shown i n one p i c t u r e , a l s o ex. Met. coach 4 0 0 being r e s t o r e d f o r the L . T . C o l l e c t i o n , at R u i s l i p . Another photograph shows a mock up of p a r t of a D 78 stock d r i v i n g motor.

T h i s i s again an e x c e l l e n t p u b l i c a t i o n , andm bearing i n mind the l a r g e r s i z e and continuing i n f l a t i o n , b e t t e r value than the 1977 e d i t i o n . Highly recommended. Obtainable f o r £ 1 . 5 0 (post f r e e to members i n the U.K.) from the A s s i s t a n t S a l e s Manager, 2 1 Chestnut Grove, South E a l i n g , London, ¥5 4 J T , or from the S a l e s Stand ( a t Hammersmith meetings, and e x h i b i t i o n s as l i s t e d i n the T i m e t a b l e ) .

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Glasgow Subway Scenes by A l a s t a i r S t i r l i n g and Stanley Leech. Published by A. S t i r l i n g , 23 Westbourne Gardens, Glasgow, G12 9PE. 3 2 p p , 69 black & xirhite photographs, 1 cartoon. P r i n t e d by Nexus Pr e s s L t d . , 3 0 K e l v i n Avenue, H i l l i n g t o n , Glasgow. P r i c e 80p

Once again, the Glasgow Subway bandwagon has been jumped upon. T h i s l a t e s t o f f e r i n g i s f a c t u a l l y c o r r e c t f o r a change, but the photographs a l l taken between March and May 1977 are of very poor q u a l i t y and f o r 80p i t i s not good value f o r money. I n my opinion, David B a r z i l a y ' s book 'Glasgow Underground - the end of an e r a ' does a b e t t e r job of p o r t r a y i n g the old subway at only 6 0 p .

F i n a l l y , 'Glasgow Subway Scenes' i s not on s a l e outside the Glasgow area, and should s t a y that way I

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Glasgow Subway Accident Report D.J.Carson

I n Underground News No , l 8 8 , I reviewed an a c c i d e n t r e p o r t on the Glasgow Subway. Since then, another accident has come to my n o t i c e ; i t appeared on page 28 of the Department of Transport's annual report on Railway Accidents f o r 1 9 7 6 1 -

" 3 1 s t May. I n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r a s h u t t l e s e r v i c e , three 2-car t r a i n s were being shunted a g a i n s t the normal d i r e c t i o n of t r a f f i c between Merkland S t r e e t and P a r t i c k Cross (G.G.P.T.E.) when a double c o l l i s i o n occured. The leading t r a i n entered a s e c t i o n of l i n e from which the c u r r e n t had been discharged and came to a stand. The

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f o l l o w i n g t r a i n c o l l i d e d w i t h i t and a t h i r d t r a i n i n t u r n r a n i n t o the two t r a i n s ahead. The acc i d e n t would have been avoided had the conductors of the second and t h i r d t r a i n s kept a proper watch ahead w h i l s t t h e i r t r a i n s were being p r o p e l l e d , knowing as they did that the l i n e ahead was occupied. Nevertheless, the arrangements made f o r the temporary s e r v i c e were inadequate and t h i s was the primary f a c t o r i n the causes of the a c c i d e n t , "

MAGAZINE REVIEW New S c i e n t i s t ; 1 3 t h J u l y 1 9 7 8 ; Four-page a r t i c l e by Pe t e r Laxirie -'Can a S e c r e t be SECRET i f i t i s n ' t r e a l l y S e c r e t ?' (Back numbers 55p i n c l . postage from Post S a l e s Dept., IPC Magazines Lt d , , Lavington House, Lavington S t r e e t , London, S E l OPF),

Older members w i l l r e c a l l t h a t the f i r s t e d i t i o n of 'Beneath the C i t y S t r e e t s -A P r i v a t e Enquiry i n t o the Nuclear Preoccupations of Government' by Peter L a u r i e was revievred i n the December 1970 e d i t i o n of UndergrounD (p. 1 9 2 ) and the second (Penguin paperback) i n the i s s u e of August 1972 ( p . 1 2 0 ) . T h i s a r t i c l e f i r s t d e s c r i b e s how Peter L a u r i e came to i v r i t e the book, and how the second e d i t i o n went out of p r i n t because of a f i n a n c i a l c r i s i s a t Penguin Books. He then r e l a t e s how he prepared a t h i r d e d i t i o n with e x t r a m a t e r i a l , but how he has been warned a g a i n s t p u b l i c a t i o n without being t o l d e x a c t l y what he must take out, Peter L a u r i e i s puzzled that the c o l l e c t i o n of p u b l i c l y -a c c e s s i b l e f a c t s should be frowned upon, but i n f e r s that the change i n o f f i c i a l a t t i t u d e s i s due to the r i s e of Third-World t e r r o r i s m . He c a l l s f o r a c e n t r a l organ of Government to decide on such i s s u e s and give authors c l e a r e r guidance.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

S i r , I was p a r t i c u l a r l y i n t e r e s t e d w h i l s t reading the 1938 tube stock

tour review i n UN I96, to note that an age old Northern Li n e 'error' was marked down f i r m l y as a c o n c l u s i o n to the h i s t o r y of 1938 stock on that l i n e . For a number of years ( i n f a c t probably s i n c e s h o r t l y a f t e r the l a s t war), the m a j o r i t y of the t r a i n crews on the Northern Line seem to have been obsessed with s e t t i n g up what i s t e c h n i c a l l y an i n c o r r e c t d e s t i n a t i o n d i s p l a y on 1938 stock, although, s i n c e the curta i l m e n t of the 1935-40 New Works p l a n obviated the need f o r s e v e r a l v a r i a n t s of route d i s p l a y on the Northern L i n e , i t i s not s u r p r i s i n g t h a t , i n the absence of s p e c i a l i n s t r u c t i o n s , a 'default v a l u e ' was taken by the crews. The f a v o u r i t e d i s p l a y seems to have been:-

NORTHERN LINE ( b l a c k on white) DESTINATION (white on b l a c k ) VIA (ROUTE) (bl a c k on yellow)

I t can be seen that t h i s (erroneous) arrangement i s what was aped by the maker of the s p e c i a l headboards f o r the tour.

A c l o s e r look at the requirements of 1938 stock d i s p l a y s and the d e s t i n a t i o n p l a t e s and boxes as was o r i g i n a l l y intended, however,

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r e v e a l s that the arrangeaent was always intended to be:-DESTINATION (white on b l a c k ) VIA (ROUTE) ( b l a c k on y e l l o w ) NORTHERN LINE ( b l a c k on white)

Looking a t the d e s t i n a t i o n box i t s e l f , the top ra c k allows f o r e x a c t l y 10 d e s t i n a t i o n p l a t e s , which t i e s up wi t h the number of p l a t e s a c t u a l l y w i t h d e s t i n a t i o n s on them which were d e l i v e r e d f o r 1938 stock* The next space down allows f o r four d e s t i n a t i o n p l a t e s only, the r a c k space being too sma l l f o r even a f i f t h to be f o r c e d i n . T h i s a l s o t i e s up w i t h the o r i g i n a l needs of 1938 stock on the Northern Line,, where four 'route* p l a t e s ( y e l l o w w i t h b l a c k l e t t e r i n g ) would have been r e q u i r e d thus:-

1) V f A C I T Y / V I A F I N S B U R Y PK

2 ) VIA HIOHdATE AND CITV / VIA HJGHSATE / At D WEST ENO

3 ) V I A W EST END 1 ( - b l a n k - )

4 ) VfA GCIDERS GRW AMD CITY

/ VIA GOLDERS dftM / ANO west END

Examples of 1 ) and 2 ) were c e r t a i n l y made and d e l i v e r e d (although not n e c e s s a r i l y a complete s e t f o r a l l the stock, as was the case w i t h the d e s t i n a t i o n and l i n e p l a t e s ) but I have seen no evidence that e i t h e r 3 ) or 4 ) were ever produced, although f u l l s i z e drawings were c e r t a i n l y made of these p l a t e s ready f o r ordering. At some stage, a l a r g e number of blank yellow - enamelled p l a t e s were d e l i v e r e d , presumably to compensate f o r the non-requirement of the a l t e r n a t i v e route p l a t e s , and these were used, by adding t r a n s f e r s or v i n y l s t i c k e r s , to show:-

VIA BANK / VIACHARIM6X

and l a t e r VIA BANK j VIACHAKINGX

and f i n a l l y BANK / CHARING X

F i n a l l y , the bottom space i n the d e s t i n a t i o n box allows f o r (and always has) only ONE p l a t e ; l o g i c a l l y , t h i s i s the NORTHERN LINE p l a t e , which has a blank r e v e r s e . Hence crews went out of t h e i r way to a d j u s t the d i s p l a y to what they f e l t i t should be, s i n c e the ra c k they used f o r the d e s t i n a t i o n only h e l d four p l a t e s a t a time, and a move of some of the p l a t e s from the top to the middle r a c k (and v i c e v e r s a ) was almost i n e v i t a b l e a t each t u r n round. The whole business seems a splendid example to me of how such a simple case of the i n d i v i d u a l doing things ' h i s way' can completely defeat the o r i g i n a l i n t e n t i o n s of those who designed the system; I hope that I have s e t the rec o r d s t r a i g h t to some extent I Yours s i n c e r e l y , D.J,Burton. London, NW6, 5 t h J u l y 1 9 7 8 .

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S i r , I n your a r t i c l e on the 1958 tour, there i s mention of the moves

that can be made at E a s t F i n c h l e y . I would l i k e to point out that shunt s i g n a l NP 5 ^ has a th e a t r e type route i n d i c a t o r with two ro u t e s , route one permits a t r a i n to proceed back i n t o the s i d i n g , route two allows a t r a i n to proceed northward over the southbound main, through No.25 crossover and on to F i n c h l e y C e n t r a l . Yours s i n c e r e l y , T.C.Lewis London, N 2 , 3rd J u l y , 1 9 7 8 .

ROLLING STOCK ALTERATIONS JUNE 1978

1938 Tube Stock From Neasden to R u i s l i p (condemned) 10171 11171 0 1 2 2 6 1 0 1 2 2 6 4 0 1 2 3 3 4 5 t h

From R u i s l i p to B i r d s (Long Marston) f o r scrap 10171 11171 0 1 2 2 6 1 0 1 2 2 6 4 0 1 2 3 3 4 2 8 t h

From Upminster to Neasden (ex. Sand Drag t e s t s ) 1 0 2 2 8 - 0 1 2 3 3 2 - 1 2 1 2 5 - 1 1 2 2 8 + 1 0 2 5 3 - 0 1 2 3 4 8 - 1 2 4 3 8 - 1 1 3 0 0 1 s t

From Neasden to Upminster ( f o r Sand Drag t e s t s ) 1 0 2 2 8 - 0 1 2 3 3 2 - 1 2 1 2 5 - 1 1 2 2 8 + 1 0 1 6 6 - 0 1 2 2 5 2 - 1 2 0 2 0 - 1 1 1 6 6 7 t h

From Neasden to Golders Green ( f o r Tour) 1 0 2 0 5 - 0 1 2 2 9 2 - 1 1 2 0 5 + 1 0 1 8 6 - 0 1 2 2 7 0 - 1 2 0 2 8 - 1 1 1 8 6 2nd From Northern L i n e to Neasden ( a f t e r Tour) 1 0 2 0 5 - 0 1 2 2 9 2 - 1 1 2 0 5 + 1 0 1 8 6 - 0 1 2 2 7 0 - 1 2 0 2 8 - 1 1 1 8 6 4 t h

1972 Mk.II Tube Stock From Golders Green to Neasden 3 2 4 l - 4 2 4 l - 4 3 4 l - 3 3 4 l + 3 4 5 4 - 4 5 5 4 - 3 5 5 4 i s t

1973 Tube Stock Entered S e r v i c e P i c c a d i l l y L i n e 2 4 o-64o - 4 4 o + 8 8 6 - 6 8 6 - 8 8 7 5 t h

CO/CP STOCK From E a l i n g Common to R u i s l i p (condemned) 5 3 0 4 5 5 3 0 4 9 5 4 0 3 2 5 4 0 4 6 1 5 t h

From Upminster to N o r t h f i e l d s (condemned - ex. Sand Drag t e s t s ) 5 3 0 0 7 - 0 1 3 0 6 6 - 5 4 0 0 7 + 5 3 2 0 5 - 5 4 2 6 8 3 0 t h

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From R u i s l x p to Hammersmith 5 7 1 9 - 6 7 1 9 + 6 7 2 0 - 5 7 2 0 + 6 7 2 1 - 5 7 2 1 i 4 t h 5 7 2 2 - 6 7 2 2 + 6 7 2 3 - 5 7 2 3 + 6 7 2 7 - 5 7 2 7 2 8 t h

Entered S e r v i c e Hammersmith & C i t y / D i s t r i c t L i n e 5 7 1 9 - 6 7 1 9 + 6 7 2 0 - 5 7 2 0 + 6 7 2 1 - 5 7 2 1 2 0 t h

Miscellaneous Movements LI26-617I-LI27 Neasden to Acton f o r r e p a i r 2nd 1 0 1 8 8 - 0 1 2 2 6 8 - 1 2 0 1 5 - 1 1 2 3 5 Neasden to Acton f o r E.H.O. N o . 1 2 - B 5 5 6 - F 3 1 i - B 5 5 8 Upminster to Acton 2 0 t h (ex. Sand Drag t e s t s ) L I 2 6 - 6 5 8 5 - L I 2 7 Acton to R u i s l i p 2 3 r d (ex. r e p a i r - awaiting d e l i v e r y

of C77 replacement DM car 5 5 8 5 ) .

L4o E a l i n g Common to Acton 2 3 r d fo .T r e p a i r L I 5 2 - I I 2 - L I 5 3 N o r t h f i e l d s to Acton 2 3 r d f o r r e p a i r L 2 2 - 3 9 I O - 3 9 I I - L 2 7 White C i t y to Acton 24th LI52-LI3O-LI53 N o r t h f i e l d s to Acton f o r r e p a i r 2 7 t h L I 5 2 - L I 3 I - L I 5 3 N c r t h f i e l d s to Acton (s p a r e ) 2 9 t h U n i t s to Acton f o r Overhaul Bakerloo Metropolitan C e n t r a l Northern Bakerloo Bakerloo D i s t r i c t Metropolitan V i c t o r i a

1 0 l 6 8 » O l 2 2 5 8 - l l l 6 8 5 t h ( f o r E.H.O.) 5 2 1 0 - 6 2 1 0 - 6 2 1 1 - 5 2 1 1 6 t h I 4 l 8 - 2 4 l 8 - 9 4 l 9 - l 4 l 9 1 3 t h 1 1 0 4 - 2 1 0 4 - 9 1 0 5 - 1 1 0 5 + 1 1 1 4 - 2 1 1 4 - 1 1 1 5 1 6 t h 1 0 2 1 1 - 0 1 2 3 1 1 - 1 1 2 1 1 1 9 t h 1 0 2 5 0 - 0 1 2 2 5 7 - 1 2 0 1 6 - 1 1 2 5 0 1 9 t h ( f o r E.H.O.) 2 1 1 0 3 - 2 3 3 0 3 - 2 3 4 0 3 + 2 3 5 0 7 - 2 2 6 5 0 2 2 n d 5 2 1 2 - 6 2 1 2 - 6 2 1 3 - 5 2 1 3 2 7 t h 3 0 4 4 - 4 o 4 4 - 4 i 4 4 ~ 3 l 4 4 2 8 t h

U n i t s fron? Acton a f t e r Overhaul Metropolitan D i s t i - i c t Northern Bakerloo C e n t r a l D i s t r i c t P i c c a d i l l y Northern Bakerloo Metropolitan V i c t o r i a

5 2 0 8 - 6 2 0 8 - 6 2 0 9 - 5 2 0 9 6 t h 2 1 1 0 6 - 2 3 3 0 6 - 2 3 4 0 6 7 t h 1 0 5 0 - 2 0 5 0 - 1 0 5 1 7 t h 1 0 2 0 7 - 0 1 2 2 9 6 - 1 1 2 0 7 1 3 t h 1 4 2 4 - 2 4 2 4 - 9 4 2 5 - 1 4 2 5 1 3 t h 5 3 2 5 6 - 0 1 4 0 9 4 - 5 4 2 0 2 1 9 t h 1 0 2 0 - 2 0 2 0 - 9 0 2 1 - 1 0 2 1 1 9 t h 1 1 2 0 - 2 1 2 0 - 9 1 2 1 - 1 1 2 1 2 2 n d 1 0 1 9 7 - 0 1 2 2 8 7 - 1 1 1 9 7 2 3 r d 5II2--61I2-61I3-5II3 2 7 t h 5 0 6 2 - 4 0 6 2 - 4 1 6 2 - 3 1 6 2 2 8 t h

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Proposals have been submitted by London Transport to the London Borough of Barnet f o r a £25ni interchange a t Edgware. The 20 a c r e s of land r e q u i r e d f o r the development work i s p a r t l y owned alr e a d y by L.T,, but the r e s t i s owned by B.R, and G.L.C, approval would be needed f o r L.T. to purchase t h i s . The scheme would mean a new booking h a l l being b u i l t over the t r a c k s , a new bus s t a t i o n b u i l t on the area of the e x i s t i n g s t a t i o n booking h a l l , and a new bus garage, three times i t s present s i z e thus e l i m i n a t i n g the need f o r the parking of some buses i n the open approach road. Large shopping areas are planned f o r above the s t a t i o n , and o f f i c e space above thatc Separate car parks would be provided f o r commuters, shoppers and o f f i c e vrorkers and p r o v i s i o n would a l s o be made f o r p r i v a t e c a r s to pic k up and sot down passengers. I f approved, the scheme i s expected to take foui- years to complete. £250,000 i s to be spent to improve Stepney Green s t a t i o n . The work, scheduled to take about a year, w i l l i nclude a new booking o f f i c e i n a re~designed t i c k e t h a l l . F l u o r e s c e n t l i g h t i n g w i l l be i n s t a l l e d on the platforms. Work was scheduled to s t a r t on 1st Apr5.1 of the enlarging of the north side c a r park a t eockfo»jiern irhich w i l l i n c r e a s e the c a p a c i t y from 81 to 436, The 64-space south side car park, w i l l remain open during the work, which w i l l take about 5 months. I n order to Angel s t a t i them. Angel to Clapham t r a v e l l e r s , along the c to be i n s t a edges are t landings of With r e f e r e f o r the Bus on buses.

help b l i n d and p a r t i a l l y b l i n d passengers a t on, s p e c i a l f a c i l i t i e s are being i n s t a l l e d f o r s t a t i o n has a narrow i s l a n d platform, s i m i l a r

North and Clapham Common, To a s s i s t the b l i n d a textured s t r i p i s to be i n s t a l l e d running

entre part of the platform. Guard r a i l s are a l s o l i e d around platform s e a t s , the white platform o be widened and acro s s the top and bottom s t a i r s w i l l be painted white.

nee to page 499 of UN 197? regarding the advert Pass Extension, t h i s has now s t a r t e d to appear

With r e f e r e n c e to NF 2004, A stock DM ca r 5002 (grey J door) has been f i t t e d w i th the s e c u r i t y l o c k painted red. On Wednesday 2 1 . 6 , 7 3 A stock u n i t s 5098 and 5IOO were t r a n s f e r r e d from Neasden to E a l i n g Common to be loaded with weights. I t returned on F r i d a y 2 3 . 6 , 7 8 running v i a Rayners Lane, Harrow and Amersham, The fo l l o w i n g week at night, i t was used on t e s t over the re c o n s t r u c t e d K i l b u r n c r i d g e s MR I 6 and MR I 7 .

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Some L o T o s t a t i o n c o n f e c t i o n a r y machines, of the new type introduced i n 197^, are being a l t e r e d from lOp to take 20p ( 2 x l 0 p ) f o r a bigger bar of chocolate il The r e s i g n a l l i n g of the F i n c h l e y Road to Stanmore s e c t i o n of the (now) Bakerloo L i n e , soon to be the J u b i l e e L i n e , has been given approval, and work w i l l s t a r t during 1 9 7 9 . The work w i l l take about four years and w i l l a l low f o r Automatic T r a i n Operation on the l i n e when new r o l l i n g stock (the 1983 tube stock) i s r e c e i v e d . Conventional, but r e a i t e d s i g n a l s w i l l be r e t a i n e d between F i n c h l e y Road and Stamnore to a l l o w Metropolitan Line t r a i n s to use the t r a c k s , i f r e q u i r e d i n an emergency. I t was o r i g i n a l l y planned that the J u b i l e e L i n e (when i t was known as the F l e e t L i n e ) should be worked by A.T»0, from i t s opening (the 1972 Mk,II stock was to have been adapted f o r t h i s ) but was postponed because of s t a f f and equipment problems. The 1972 K k . I I stock w i l l thus be worked c o n v e n t i o n a l l y with a motorman and guard from i t s opening ( c i i r r e n t l y s e t f o r January 1 9 7 9 ) , and when d i s p l a c e d by the A.T , 0 , I 9 8 3 tube stock, i t w i l l be t r a n s f e r r e d to the Bakerloo L i n e r e p l a c i n g i n t u r n the 1938 E.H , 0 , tube stock. A member r e p o r t s that on Saturday 8 . 7 . 7 8 , the 1 2 . 0 5 from Baker S t r e e t to Watford a r r i v e d at Harrow-on-the-Hill with a small f l a g attached to a wooden s t i c k ( s i m i l a r to the more f a m i l i a r Union Jacks vrhich people can wave with the s t i c k provided) conveniently placed i n the f r o n t a c c e s s door, i . S s jammed i n the gap between the door and car body. The c a r was DM 518O, and the f l a g was deep red with a gold motif, and the e f f e c t was s i m i l a r to that of diplomats' c a r s E !

NF 2050 Concern i s growing about the inci^easing amount of vandal­ism on London Transport. At present i t c o s t s more than £lm annuallyo The problem as a whole has been e s c a l a t e d by the use of a e r o s o l p a i n t sprays and f e l t t i p pens. I t i s s t a t e d that although there are c l e a n i n g s o l v e n t s to remove g r a f f i t i , the d i f f e r e n t kinds of ink and paint poses problems i n that the p a i n t s u r f a c e under the g r a f f i t i may become dam&S-d through the r e s u l t of c l e a n i n g . As f a r as f o o t b a l l hooligans are concerned, they appear to a t t a c k anything i n s i g h t that i s breakable; s t a t i o n e s c a l a t o r advert frames, t r a i n windows, l i g h t i n g and i n t e i ~ i o r roof panels are popular t a r g e t s . The most dangerous type of vandalism however, i s that of stone or m i s i l e throwing at t r a i n s . o f t e n done by c h i l d r e n under the age of c r i m i n a l r e s p o n s i b i l i t y o I n s t a n c e s have occurred whereby passengers and s t a f f are inju.red or even k i l l e d , (A tr'ain d r i v e r i n the Glasgow area was k i l l e d when h i s window was smashed by vandals. T h i s prompted B,R, to r e p l a c e i t s e l e c t r i c stock's wrap-round vrindows '.vith f l a t windows with stronger g l a s s , i n the Glasgow area,)

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NF 2 0 5 1 By i l o 7 o 7 3 , al3_ the remains of I,eyton s i g n a l c a b i n had been removed, the space now vacant. The adjacent r e l a y room however remains,

NF 2 0 5 2 The 'Daily Express' on 2 1 . 7 . 7 8 r e p o r t s t h a t the Tj'-ne & Wear P.T.E. are banning smoking on t h e i r buses. W i l l t h e i r Metro be the same ? Come on L , T c , what about i t ?

NF 2 0 5 3 The 'D a i l y Mirror' on 2 1 . 6 , , 7 8 reported that Underground s t a t i o n names began to appear i n Arabic s c r i p t on t o u r i s t brochures, but have had to be withdrawn from d i s t r i b u t i o n because of at l e a s t 1 0 e r r o r s i n the t r a n s l a t i o n I

NF 2 0 5 4 S i x a d d i t i o n a l L,T. s t a t i o n s are to r e c e i v e a c l o s e d - c i r c u i t t e l e v i s i o n system with p u b l i c address f a c i l i t i e s , aimed at ir.'?proving s t a t i o n c o n t r o l and passenger information. The s i x s t a t i o n s are to be Bond S t r e e t , Baker S t r e e t , P i c c a d i l l y , Tottenham Court Road, V7aterloo and ^'ruerxng Cre< /; I t i s encpected to cost £ ^ 3 0 , 0 0 0 , T h i s w i l l then br i n g the t o t a l number of s t a t i o n s with t h i s f a c i l i t y to 2 8 . A f u r t h e r 5 0 mostly C e n t r a l Area s t a t i o n s are proposed f o r the futu r e to have t h i s equipment f i t t e d ,

NF 2 0 5 5 On Sunday 1 6 , 7 , 7 8 a 6 - c a r 1 9 7 3 tube stock t r a i n r a n on the C e n t r a l Line to White C i t y depot f o r gauging i n t o the depot. The t r a i n s t a r t e d from Uxbridge s i d i n g s a t 0 9 , 5 8 , and r a n to Harrow-on-the-Hili ( r e v e r s e ) , R u i s l i p s i d i n g ( r e v e r s e ) , and thence v i a the depot to White C i t y depot, v i a the middle platform a t IJhite C i t y s t a t i o n . Having completed the gauging i n White C i t y depot, the t r a i n then returned to Uxbridge s i d i n g s v i a R u i s l i p depot and s i d i n g . The t r a i n ( u n i t s 2 2 8 and 1 9 1 ) was not formed s p e c i a l l y ; i t vms one of the t r a i n s normally to be s t a b l e d a t Uxbridge over the weekend,

NF 2 0 5 6 The two 1 9 3 8 stock NDHs 1 2 0 ^ 3 and 1 2 4 2 7 earmarked f o r con­v e r s i o n to PCs are not now l i k e l y to be converted. Personnel C a r r i e r s r e q u i r e the f i t t i n g of i n t e r i o r storage he a t e r s (which the NDM c a r s would have the shoe gear f o r ) and an i n s i d e handbrake (which as NDMs they have not g o t ) . Because of the a d d i t i o n a l cost involved, i t has now been decided to convert withd-rawn 1 9 3 8 stock d r i v i n g motor c a r s as PCs, as these c a r s f u l f i l both requirements. I n any case, 1 9 3 8 stock B a l l a s t Motor c a r s are o c c a s i o n a l l y used as PCs now, and have been f o r some time. I t i s a l s o expected that four 1 9 3 8 stock motor c a r s w i l l be converted to P i l o t Motor c a r s ( d i s t i n c t from B a l l a s t Motors), presumably to supplement and e v e n t u a l l y r e p l a c e L 1 3 0 / 1 / 4 / 5 .

NF 2 0 5 7 Convarv.ed 1 9 6 0 Tube Stock t r a i l e r 4 9 2 1 (ex, OI2366) c u r r e n t l y i n Acton V/orks stored, has no l e t t e r 'D' under the car number, although d e - i c i n g equipment appears to be f i t t e d ,

NF 2 0 5 8 Repainted Acton Works Shunting locos LI3A/B have not had a paint date s t e n c i l l e d on the c a r ends.

PRESERVATION GROUP The response to the appeal i n UN 1 9 5 f o r people to j o i n the

P r e s e r v a t i o n Group, -was, as i s u s u a l f o r any appeal i n t h i s p u b l i c a t i o n , d i s a p p o i n t i n g . As i s w e l l known, we have two C 8e SLR coach bodies ( 1 3 5 and 1 6 3 ) and Q 3 5 t r a i l e r c ar O 8 0 6 3 . R e s t o r a t i o n of a l l three i s a daunting t a s k , but with s u f f i c i e n t v o l u n t e e r s , o r g a n i s a t i o n and enthusiasm, an impressive r e s u l t could be achieved i n due course, large3.y without a need f o r s p e c i a l i s t s k i l l s , ¥e are not asking anyone to commit a l l t h e i r spare time to i t , but the more people who o f f e r to vrork. o c c a s i o n a l l y , the b e t t e r .

Without s u f f i c i e n t p r a c t i c a l help, a l l three v e h i c l e s w i l l s lowly d e t e r i o r a t e u n t i l r e s t o r a t i o n i s out of reach. I t i s hoped that t h i s appeal w i l l have a g r e a t e r response than the previous one, and that those i n t e r e s t e d i n p r e s e r v i n g these v e h i c l e s w i l l at l e a s t l e t us knov/ by w r i t i n g t o : - Mr,R.J.Greenaway, 2 6 F i s h e r y Road, Hemel Hempstead, Herts, HPi IND.

Once we have enough i n t e r e s t e d people, we s h a l l meet to organise the p r e s e r v a t i o n e f f o r t , but i t i s understood that there w i l l be no o b l i g a t i o n on anyone who puts t h e i r name forward,

INFORMATION REQUIRED 1) Can any member help w i t h providing a l i s t or notes of how the

R stock was formed when i t entered s e r v i c e i n the e a r l y 1 9 5 0 * s , and any reformations up to I 9 6 5 »'

2 ) I t i s now known that one of the two wagons s p e c i a l l y painted f o r the Neasden Centenary i n I 9 6 3 was B a l l a s t Wagon BW 2 5 5 ,

which appeared at; S & K wagon No. 2 3 » Can anyone t e l l us which B a l l a s t Wagon was decorated as S &K N o , 2 9 ?

O f f e r s of help p l e a s e , to the EDITOR

RAIL TOUR London Transport p l a n to run another tour on Sunday September

2 4 t h l i k e that on June 4 t h , but of 1 9 7 2 Tube Stock, (which w i l l i n c l u d e Moi-den depot, Park J u n c t i o n and Highgate depot, as w e l l as a l l other p a r t s of the Northern L i n e , and out to Cockfosters, The tour w i l l s t a r t a t Golders Green at about 1 0 0 0 , and f i n i s h a t Finsbury Park at about 1 7 3 0 . The cost of the tour i s £ 4 . T i c k e t s can be obtained from the Commercial O f f i c e r , London Transport E x e c u t i v e , 5 5 Broadway, SWIH OBD.

NEWSFLASHES (C o nt inue d) NF 2 0 5 9 S i x - c a r t r a i n s s t i l J . o c c a s i o n a l l y operate on the Bakerloo

L i n e , when there i s a shortage of s e r v i c e a b l e 4 - c a r u n i t s . One such t r a i n was seen on 2 7 , 7 . 7 8 working t r a i n 1 6 7

composed of u n i t s IOI67 and 1 0 2 4 9 , and another on Sunday 3 0 . 7 , 7 8 as t r a i n i 6 2 ( u n i t s 1 0 2 5 3 and 1 0 1 7 9 ) .

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