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December 18th 12, 12:51 PM
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Not-very dry run for 150-year anniversary Met steam
On 18 Dec, 13:40, wrote:
On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 23:47:20 -0800 (PST), 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 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... -- 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. Existing ones might have been, The Tower subway was cable operated. Accepted. And, the cable may have been run thru a stationary steam engine. The power for the electric lines may have been steam generated. But, NO tube lines ever had a steam motive power unit within its consist whilst running in the deep level tunnels. |
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