In article , Nestor Badudoy
writes
Any chance you still have those ASCII diagrams - can't seem to find them on
Google groups.

I've been unable to find them either, so here is an attempted
reconstruction.

Original layout from 1871-07-10 (minor tracks omitted):

To Padd
^ v
| |
#| |#| |#
#| |#| |# HSK
#| |#| |#
| | * *
| |/|/|
| X X |
|/|/| |
* * | |
| | \ \
* * \ \
/ X \ \ \
/ / \ \ \ \
/ / \ \ \ \ Gloucester South
^ v \ \ \ \ Road Kensington
To EC \ \ \ \ ###### ######
Cromwell \ \--------------------------------------\
Curve \ Metropolitan \
\ \ \--------------------------------------\ *----
\ \ ###### ###### X To MH
---------------X-*----------------------------------------/ *----
To EC \ District /
-----------------*----------------------------------------/
###### ######

The earlier history of the District is:

1868-12-24 Opened from Westminster to GR, using Met. tracks west of
the junction at the right end of the diagram.
1869-04-12 Extended to West Brompton, using a temporary double
crossover at the east end of Gloucester Road and the Met.
east of there.
1869-09-07 Earl's Court to HSK finished but not put into use.
1870-08-01 Temporary double crossover moved to west end of South Ken.
1870-07-05 Cromwell Curve built but not put into use.
1871-07-03 Both District routes to HSK opened.
1871-07-10 District tracks through South Ken opened, crossover removed.

On 1957-07-28 a new layout was opened, having been installed overnight:

To Padd
^ v
| |
#| |#| |#
#| |#| |# HSK
#| |#| |#
| | * *
| |/|/|
| X X |
|/|/| |
* * | |
| | \ \
| | \ \
/ / \ \
/ / \ \
/ / | \ Gloucester South
^ v \ \ Road Kensington
To EC \ \ ###### ######
\ \-*------*----------Slow---------------\
\ / / \
/----------X-*------*------------Fast-----------------*----
/ \ ###### ###### To MH
----/ -----------*--------*---------Circle----------------*----
To EC / /
--------------------------*------------Dist---------------/
###### ######

The fast line was last used 1964-10-12, and on 1967-01-08 it was
disconnected and the slow was slewed on to its trackbed at South Ken.

On 1969-03-30 the final layout came into use:

| | \ \
/ / \ \
/ / \ \
/ / | \ Gloucester South
^ v \ \ Road Kensington
To EC \ \ ###### ######
\ \-*---------------------------\
\ / ##XX## \
/----------X-/ ##XX## \---------*----
/ \ ###### ###### To MH
----/ -----------*--------*---------Circle------*--------------
To EC / /
--------------------------*------------Dist-----/
###### ######

(the platform extension XXXX was later).

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