On Feb 5, 7:08 pm, Paul Corfield wrote:
On 4 Feb 2007 15:52:48 -0800, "MIG" wrote:

On Feb 4, 11:09 pm, wrote:
This is a good website just looking at the other pics

http://richardrandall.fotopic.net/p15383925.html

what line did this train used to be on? Its now used on the IOW

I would assume that it was on the Bakerloo immediately before, but the
most serviceable 1938 stock from the Northern and Bakerloo was
probably gathered on the Bakerloo before withdrawal, so it could have
been around a bit.

I'm probably going to get this completely wrong but the 1938 stock was
used primarily on the Bakerloo Line in the 1980s. I recall travelling on
the last unit in service and catching it at Stonebridge Park. Now
although they were supposed to be withdrawn from all LU use ISTR that a
few trains made it across to the Northern Line and ran there for a
further while until other stock could be spared - 62 stock from the
Central??

I think 38 stock left the Northern before the fleet was transferred to
Alstom control as part of the Northern Line PFI deal. 1938 stock was
then transferred to the Isle of Wight to replace pre-38 stock (1923
stock?) that was running on the line.

Now someone can come and correct the above ...... ;-)


Ah, you mean that the stuff that was revived for the Northern was the
stuff that went to the IOW? By then it had all been withdrawn from
the Bakerloo, so was probably ex-Bakerloo rather than ex-Northern
(originally having all left the Northern by about 1977).

But I don't know if the timing is right for that. I thought the IOW
had got its trains straight from the Bakerloo much earlier.