In message . com, at
12:07:00 on Sun, 9 Apr 2006, naked_draughtsman
remarked:
Spotted this on bbc news website - sorry if already posted

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4893068.stm

"The engines are part of an £80m investment in track-renewal
Work on the London Underground by Metronet Rail.

They look a bit big for tube tunnels, are they only going to be seen on
the subsurface lines?
--
Roland Perry

Roland Perry wrote:
In message . com, at
12:07:00 on Sun, 9 Apr 2006, naked_draughtsman
remarked:
Spotted this on bbc news website - sorry if already posted

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4893068.stm

"The engines are part of an £80m investment in track-renewal
Work on the London Underground by Metronet Rail.

They look a bit big for tube tunnels, are they only going to be seen on
the subsurface lines?

Yes. They will be used on the SSL and the western branches of the
Central, Piccadilly and Jubilee Lines.

TheOneKEA wrote:
Roland Perry wrote:
In message . com, at
12:07:00 on Sun, 9 Apr 2006, naked_draughtsman
remarked:
Spotted this on bbc news website - sorry if already posted

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4893068.stm
"The engines are part of an £80m investment in track-renewal
Work on the London Underground by Metronet Rail.

They look a bit big for tube tunnels, are they only going to be seen on
the subsurface lines?

Yes. They will be used on the SSL and the western branches of the
Central, Piccadilly and Jubilee Lines.

I didn't think Metromess looked after the Pic, Central, & Jub, I think
thats TubeCrimes?

In message , www.waspies.net
writes

I didn't think Metromess looked after the Pic, Central, & Jub, I think
thats TubeCrimes?

According to the Metronet site, they are being used initially on the
Met, and later on the extremities of the District - the latter including
the part of the Piccadilly which run parallel with the District beyond
West Kensington.
--
Paul Terry

www.waspies.net wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4893068.stm
"The engines are part of an £80m investment in track-renewal
Work on the London Underground by Metronet Rail.

They look a bit big for tube tunnels, are they only going to be seen on
the subsurface lines?

Yes. They will be used on the SSL and the western branches of the
Central, Piccadilly and Jubilee Lines.

I didn't think Metromess looked after the Pic, Central, & Jub, I think
thats TubeCrimes?

Metronet = BCV
Tube Lines = JNP

Possibly Metronet is responsible for the Jubilee track north of
Finchley Road and the Piccadilly track west of Earl's Court, though.

--
John Band
john at johnband dot org
www.johnband.org

On 10 Apr 2006 04:02:21 -0700, "John B" wrote:

www.waspies.net wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4893068.stm
"The engines are part of an £80m investment in track-renewal
Work on the London Underground by Metronet Rail.

They look a bit big for tube tunnels, are they only going to be seen on
the subsurface lines?

Yes. They will be used on the SSL and the western branches of the
Central, Piccadilly and Jubilee Lines.

I didn't think Metromess looked after the Pic, Central, & Jub, I think
thats TubeCrimes?

Metronet = BCV
Tube Lines = JNP

Possibly Metronet is responsible for the Jubilee track north of
Finchley Road and the Piccadilly track west of Earl's Court, though.

Tube Lines are responsible for all tracks Finchley Road to Wembley Park.
Metronet take over the Met tracks just to the north / west of Wembley
Park.

Metronet are responsible for all tracks Acton Town to Barons Court. They
are also responsible for shared parts of the District / Picc Acton Town
to Hanger Lane Junction. Piccadilly trains obviously also run over SSL
tracks again from Rayners Lane to Uxbridge.

--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!

Paul Corfield wrote:
On 10 Apr 2006 04:02:21 -0700, "John B" wrote:

www.waspies.net wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4893068.stm
"The engines are part of an £80m investment in track-renewal
Work on the London Underground by Metronet Rail.

They look a bit big for tube tunnels, are they only going to be seen on
the subsurface lines?

Yes. They will be used on the SSL and the western branches of the
Central, Piccadilly and Jubilee Lines.

I didn't think Metromess looked after the Pic, Central, & Jub, I think
thats TubeCrimes?

Metronet = BCV
Tube Lines = JNP

Possibly Metronet is responsible for the Jubilee track north of
Finchley Road and the Piccadilly track west of Earl's Court, though.

Tube Lines are responsible for all tracks Finchley Road to Wembley Park.
Metronet take over the Met tracks just to the north / west of Wembley
Park.

Metronet are responsible for all tracks Acton Town to Barons Court. They
are also responsible for shared parts of the District / Picc Acton Town
to Hanger Lane Junction. Piccadilly trains obviously also run over SSL
tracks again from Rayners Lane to Uxbridge.

--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!

Last night at about 5 pm a long string of Metronet 66's were on the
freight line going under the West Coast Mainline at Stonebridge Park.
There was no sign of them this morning.

Kevin

Kev wrote:

Last night at about 5 pm a long string of Metronet 66's were on the
freight line going under the West Coast Mainline at Stonebridge Park.
There was no sign of them this morning.

Two of them were due to be dropped off at West Coast Traincare's Willesden
depot and the other three were due to continue on to the GBRf depot at
Peterborough.

Can't help wondering if the bridges on the sections it'll work on will
be able to happily handle 130 tons of locomotive and the associated
axle loadings.

B2003