London Banter - View Single Post - First passenger service journey for LUL 09 stock

[email protected] · July 24th 09, 10:11 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Charles Ellson) wrote:

On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:19:39 +0100, "Recliner"
wrote:

"Peter Masson" wrote in message

"Recliner" wrote

Surely there were large numbers of 1959 and 1962 stock trains in
service by then? Admittedly, their design was pretty similar to the
1938s, so they may not have seen much newer.
They did, and the 1959 stock were the first 'silver' trains - but
they did not run on the lines used by the previous poster at the
time.

Weren't there silver R stock trains before then?

1949 IIRC - apparently they dismantled one after they were withdrawn
and the body was reckoned to still have a few more years left in it.

Unlike the 1959 & 1962 TS which had steel underframes, the R49 (and R59)
stock was all-aluminium. 6 DMs were included in the R49 stock which
otherwise ran with steel R38 converted DMs, allowing the formation of two
all-aluminium 8 car trains. One train was left unpainted from its
introduction in 1953. The first "silver" tube stock was the three 1956
prototype trains introduced on the Piccadilly Line, precursors of the 1959
TS.

I have a picture of the unique West-end unpainted R49 DM at Earls Court on
my web site. See www.rosenstiel.co.uk/trains.

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Colin Rosenstiel