On 17 Dec, 13:46, "Richard J." wrote:
Recliner wrote on 17 December 2012 11:08:58 ...

Steam train back on tube track for 150-year anniversary celebrations

Test run for London Underground's anniversary sees restored locomotive
pull Victorian carriage from Earl's Court to Moorgate

Gwyn Topham, transport correspondent
The Guardian, Sunday 16 December 2012 19.00 GMT
[snip]
From:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/de...ndon-undergrou...

There's another great photo in the Standard's report athttp://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/full-circle-120yearold-steam...

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Which section was tube track? AFIK Earls Court to Moorgate is all sub-
surface. Moreover, one cannot bring back something which never
existed. The tube lines were electric from their beginning.

In article ,
e27002 wrote:
On 17 Dec, 13:46, "Richard J." wrote:
Recliner wrote on 17 December 2012 11:08:58 ...

Steam train back on tube track for 150-year anniversary celebrations

[snip]
From:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/de...ndon-undergrou...

There's another great photo in the Standard's report
athttp://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/full-circle-120yearold-steam...

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Which section was tube track? AFIK Earls Court to Moorgate is all sub-
surface. Moreover, one cannot bring back something which never
existed. The tube lines were electric from their beginning.

It's a colloquialism. We use them in this country.

Nick
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On 18 Dec, 08:50, Nick Leverton wrote:
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e27002 wrote:
On 17 Dec, 13:46, "Richard J." wrote:
Recliner wrote on 17 December 2012 11:08:58 ...

Steam train back on tube track for 150-year anniversary celebrations

[snip]
From:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/de...ndon-undergrou....

There's another great photo in the Standard's report
athttp://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/full-circle-120yearold-steam....

--
Which section was tube track? *AFIK Earls Court to Moorgate is all sub-
surface. *Moreover, one cannot bring back something which never
existed. *The tube lines were electric from their beginning.

It's a colloquialism.

Indeed so. It dates back to the opening of London’s deep level lines
bored thru London Clay. In 1900 the Central London Railway was opened
and became known as the 'Tuppenny Tube'. This of course was because
of its price and the shape of the bored tunnels. At 2d (a little
under 0.5p) the price was actually a little on the high side.

The tube routes should never be confused with the earlier sub surface
lines. Although I guess we should not be surprised that this is lost
on the bourgeois communists at the Guardian.

We use them in this country.

Of course, but given that misc.transport.urban-transit is an
international group, you might want to name the country in question.

On Tue, 18 Dec 2012 04:17:44 -0800, 77002 wrote:

At 2d (a little under 0.5p)

pedant

a little OVER 0.5p - 240 d to the £

/pedant

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,
77002 wrote:

... At 2d (a little
under 0.5p) ...

Ahem. 1p = 2.4d, 2d = 0.83p.

Sam (who remembers 1971 surprisingly well, or thinks he does)

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On 18 Dec, 12:22, Sam Wilson wrote:
In article
,

*77002 wrote:
... *At 2d (a little
under 0.5p) ...

Ahem. *1p = 2.4d, *2d = 0.83p.

Sam (who remembers 1971 surprisingly well, or thinks he does)

Thank you Sam. Therefore 1d = 0.415p or a little under 0.5.

On 18 Dec, 12:24, 77002 wrote:
On 18 Dec, 12:22, Sam Wilson wrote: In article
,

*77002 wrote:
... *At 2d (a little
under 0.5p) ...

Ahem. *1p = 2.4d, *2d = 0.83p.

Sam (who remembers 1971 surprisingly well, or thinks he does)

Thank you Sam. *Therefore 1d = 0.415p or a little under 0.5.

And of course you are all correct tuppence is OVER 0.5. Doh.

Thank you for the corrections.

"77002" wrote in message

...In 1900 the Central London Railway was opened
and became known as the 'Tuppenny Tube'. This of course was
because
of its price and the shape of the bored tunnels. At 2d (a
little
under 0.5p)...

fx: showing my age

Actually, 1p = 2.4d, so 2d is "a little under 1p" :-)

/fx

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MatSav

On Tue, 18 Dec 2012 04:17:44 -0800 (PST), 77002
wrote:

On 18 Dec, 08:50, Nick Leverton wrote:
In article ,





e27002 wrote:
On 17 Dec, 13:46, "Richard J." wrote:
Recliner wrote on 17 December 2012 11:08:58 ...

Steam train back on tube track for 150-year anniversary celebrations

[snip]
From:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/de...ndon-undergrou...

There's another great photo in the Standard's report
athttp://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/full-circle-120yearold-steam...

--
Which section was tube track? *AFIK Earls Court to Moorgate is all sub-
surface. *Moreover, one cannot bring back something which never
existed. *The tube lines were electric from their beginning.

It's a colloquialism.

Indeed so. It dates back to the opening of London’s deep level lines
bored thru London Clay. In 1900 the Central London Railway was opened
and became known as the 'Tuppenny Tube'. This of course was because
of its price and the shape of the bored tunnels. At 2d (a little
under 0.5p) the price was actually a little on the high side.

The tube routes should never be confused with the earlier sub surface
lines.

Not being a Londoner, perhaps you aren't aware that most people refer
to the whole system as 'The Tube'?

In message
, at
04:17:44 on Tue, 18 Dec 2012, 77002 remarked:
At 2d (a little under 0.5p) the price was actually a little on the high
side.

The thisismoney inflation calculator puts 2d in 1990 as 84p in 2012.

Measuringworth.com says 70p using RPI and £2.88 using average earnings.
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Roland Perry