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On Thu, 7 May 2009 11:23:32 +0100, wrote:

"Tony Polson" wrote in message
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Yes, they started off with 1929 "Standard" Stock, which had some of the
traction equipment mounted above the floor in motor cars. It was
intended that the Standard Stock would last for 10 years,

Any Standard Stock still lying about, say stabled out of sight at Ryde St.
John's? Do they ever take them out for a bit of a joyride?

None on the Island, some was returned to London and is stored at the
Acton Museum Depot. It is unrestored and none operational.
I doubt if it will ever run again. By the time funds are found to
restore it I would think any lines it could run on would have been
modernised with signaling systems that would be incompatable with an
old train.

How so? Would not the Standards have been equipped with the same safety
devices, such as trip cocks? Would a restored Standard running on the
Piccadilly or the Metropolitan really present much of a problem?

BTW, I recently passed the LT Museum at Covent Garden, and I saw that a
nostalgia run is take place on the Metropolitan with locomotive hauled
trains. IIRC, these haven't run in proper for at least 45 years. Is this
much of a problem?