Read on Wikipedia that Saturday was the A stock's last day of revenue
service. Can anybody confirm?

I thought that they were going to keep a few around for nostaglia runs,
similar to the 38s or to the Sarah Siddons.

On Jul 1, 12:59*am, "
wrote:
Read on Wikipedia that Saturday was the A stock's last day of revenue
service. Can anybody confirm?

I thought that they were going to keep a few around for nostaglia runs,
similar to the 38s or to the Sarah Siddons.

They are an important part of UK railway history. In 1962 they were
ahead of their time.

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On Sun, 1 Jul 2012 01:22:41 -0700 (PDT), e27002
wrote:


Read on Wikipedia that Saturday was the A stock's last day of revenue
service. Can anybody confirm?

I thought that they were going to keep a few around for nostaglia runs,
similar to the 38s or to the Sarah Siddons.

They are an important part of UK railway history. In 1962 they were
ahead of their time.

In what way were they ahead of their time?
Aluminium construction had already been done on previous stock so
that cannot be it, fluorescent lighting like wise and the control
equipment was similar to that already used on other stocks. So far
from being ahead of their time they were simply another marque of
stock using existing techniques which isn't a bad thing if you want
something reliable.


The primary suspension used a bonded rubber/metal sandwich in shear.
It was called Metalastik and was manufactured by Dunlop.

Since Dunlop's demise, the rights to Metalastik technology were sold
to Trelleborg of Sweden.

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On Sun, 1 Jul 2012 01:22:41 -0700 (PDT), e27002
wrote:

Read on Wikipedia that Saturday was the A stock's last day of revenue
service. Can anybody confirm?

I thought that they were going to keep a few around for nostaglia
runs, similar to the 38s or to the Sarah Siddons.

They are an important part of UK railway history. In 1962 they were
ahead of their time.

In what way were they ahead of their time?
Aluminium construction had already been done on previous stock so
that cannot be it, fluorescent lighting like wise and the control
equipment was similar to that already used on other stocks. So far
from being ahead of their time they were simply another marque of
stock using existing techniques which isn't a bad thing if you want
something reliable.

The primary suspension used a bonded rubber/metal sandwich in shear.
It was called Metalastik and was manufactured by Dunlop.

Since Dunlop's demise, the rights to Metalastik technology were sold
to Trelleborg of Sweden.

Metalastik rubber suspension was first used on 1956 prototype tube stock,
surely?

The only unique factor now gone is Cravens-built stock in scheduled
passenger service on LUL.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On Sun, 01 Jul 2012 00:59:09 +0100, "
wrote:

Read on Wikipedia that Saturday was the A stock's last day of revenue
service. Can anybody confirm?

I thought that they were going to keep a few around for nostaglia runs,
similar to the 38s or to the Sarah Siddons.

I assume 'revenue service' means scheduled passenger services. The
Concorde is in an aviation museum which no doubt makes an admission
charge, but this does not mean it is in 'revenue service'.

So, are they gone or not?

On Sun, 01 Jul 2012 13:15:00 +0100,
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So, are they gone or not?

4 or 5 running in evening peak on Tuesday (3 July) including fast Aldgate
to Amersham. But not as fast as I think I remember they used to go.

Colin McKenzie

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On Thu, 05 Jul 2012 22:28:39 +0100, "Colin McKenzie"
wrote:

On Sun, 01 Jul 2012 13:15:00 +0100,
wrote:
So, are they gone or not?

4 or 5 running in evening peak on Tuesday (3 July) including fast Aldgate
to Amersham. But not as fast as I think I remember they used to go.

No, the top speed was reduced significantly after the bogies starting
cracking. The new S stock has a higher top speed than the reduced A
stock speed, but still lower than the original A stock speed.

On 05/07/2012 22:30, Recliner wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jul 2012 22:28:39 +0100, "Colin McKenzie"
wrote:

On Sun, 01 Jul 2012 13:15:00 +0100,
wrote:
So, are they gone or not?

4 or 5 running in evening peak on Tuesday (3 July) including fast Aldgate
to Amersham. But not as fast as I think I remember they used to go.

No, the top speed was reduced significantly after the bogies starting
cracking. The new S stock has a higher top speed than the reduced A
stock speed, but still lower than the original A stock speed.


They seemed to be moving at close to 60 miles between Chalfont & Latimer
and Chorleywood.

They were certainly moving faster than A stocks between
Harrow-on-the-Hill and Finchley Road.

What are the speeds on some parts of the Central Line's outer extremes?
It certainly felt faster than 35 or 40 miles.

On Jul 1, 12:59*am, "
wrote:
Read on Wikipedia that Saturday was the A stock's last day of revenue
service. Can anybody confirm?


According to the District Dave forum - the best place for this kind of
info - saturday was the first S8-only day, which isnt the same thing
especially as there was engineering work reducing the number of trains
required. I dont think the date of their full withdrawal is known yet,
there's been talk of some being kept as cover during the Olympics and
the LTM friends site has a (provisional) date in September pencilled
in for the farewell train.

When it comes to their preservation, apparently the plan was to keep
two railhead treatment sets for sandite application and maintained for
occasional heritage train use and the LTM want to preserve a unit too.
Hopefully that remains the case.

Chris