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James Looker wrote in message ...
District Dave has info and photos of it on his site: http://www.trainweb.org/districtdave...11_saved_.html As you leave Epping to head towards Ongar there is a LU siding on the left. The line to Ongar is now owned by a Private Company called Epping Ongar Railway. The preserved L11 locomotive is not on the siding at the Ongar end. It is near the old signal box at the Theydon Bois end of Epping station. All trains go right past it. Years ago there was a non-electrified engineers siding outside the signal box, battery locos or track machines were sometimes left there so this loco doesn't look out of place now. |
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redtube wrote to uk.transport.london on Tue, 28 Sep 2004:
"James Looker" wrote in message ... As you leave Epping to head towards Ongar there is a LU siding on the left. The line to Ongar is now owned by a Private Company called Epping Ongar Railway. Whats this got to do with L11? It appears to be where it is stabled. -- "Mrs Redboots" http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/ Website updated 26 September 2004 |
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![]() The loco is (I think) L11: it's 2 ends of driving cars from Tube Stock (of the sort which was, or possibly still, on display in the Science Museum, South Kensington) welded together to form an electric loco for LT. It's yellow-coloured - I am sure you can find a picture of it in old LT stocklist books (Ian Allan) etc. Marc. The train in the science museum has long gone. When I was a nipper you were allowed inside but in later years not. Then last year I went to the Acton Depot where it now isand was allowed back in. Nice bit of nostalgia HTH Phil |
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The loco is (I think) L11: it's 2 ends of driving cars from Tube Stock (of
the sort which was, or possibly still, on display in the Science Museum, South Kensington) welded together to form an electric loco for LT. It's yellow-coloured - I am sure you can find a picture of it in old LT stocklist books (Ian Allan) etc. Marc. The train in the science museum has long gone. When I was a nipper you were allowed inside but in later years not. Then last year I went to the Acton Depot where it now isand was allowed back in. Nice bit of nostalgia HTH Phil That's a great shame: the Science Museum has also lost Deltic, Caerphily Castle, the Signal Box - does Terence Cuneo's superb painting of Waterloo Station survive? Marc. |
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Mait001 wrote:
That's a great shame: the Science Museum has also lost Deltic, Caerphily Castle, the Signal Box ....and, it would seem, its Library too now: http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/lets_talk/smlibrary.asp I believe there was to be an announcement about what they had decided (from the above) today, but I didn't hear what it was. |
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Mait001 wrote:
The loco is (I think) L11: it's 2 ends of driving cars from Tube Stock (of the sort which was, or possibly still, on display in the Science Museum, South Kensington) welded together to form an electric loco for LT. It's yellow-coloured - I am sure you can find a picture of it in old LT stocklist books (Ian Allan) etc. Marc. The train in the science museum has long gone. When I was a nipper you were allowed inside but in later years not. Then last year I went to the Acton Depot where it now isand was allowed back in. Nice bit of nostalgia HTH Phil That's a great shame: the Science Museum has also lost Deltic, Caerphily Castle, the Signal Box - does Terence Cuneo's superb painting of Waterloo Station survive? The prototype Deltic and Caerphilly Castle are both at the National Railway Museum at York. The Cuneo painting is listed on their site at http://www.nrm.org.uk/html/exhib_pb/...e/waterloo.asp Since the NRM and the Science Museum are both part of the NMSI family of museums, "lost" is perhaps too strong a word. Next Acton Depot Open Day weekend is October 9/10, by the way. -- Richard J. (to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address) |
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![]() The prototype Deltic and Caerphilly Castle are both at the National Railway Museum at York. I thought Caerphilly was now at STEAM in Swindon? Has it moved? -- Spyke Address is valid, but messages are treated as junk. The opinions I express do not necessarily reflect those of the educational institution from which I post. |
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Spyke wrote:
The prototype Deltic and Caerphilly Castle are both at the National Railway Museum at York. I thought Caerphilly was now at STEAM in Swindon? Has it moved? Sorry, I missed that on the NRM's list. Yes, Caerphilly Castle is on long-term loan to STEAM at Swindon. The prototype Deltic is at the NRM though. Full list of what's where is at http://www.nrm.org.uk/html/coll_pb/LOC1.asp -- Richard J. (to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address) |
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Since the NRM and the Science Museum are both part of the NMSI family of
museums, "lost" is perhaps too strong a word. By "lost", I meant "to a location that will take a day to reach from London". Frankly, I am appalled that there is not a single decent steam or diesel loco on display anywhere in London any longer. What does that say about the priroity to which the Science Museum attaches to these exhibits? After all, York has countless other steam and diesel locos - keeping aforesaid in London would hardly have been depriving York! Marc. |
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