London Underground

You might have noticed a lot of London Underground posts on here considering I don't have any 4 rail stock/additional layout room for a LU based layout. That said, since I was young I've regularly been going up to London and nearly everytime going on the Tube. Only once I've gotten older have I been able to start endulge into this unique system on which so many Commuters/Londoners rely on. Admitally, it all started when I brought the Midnight Metropolitian set later last year and since then, I've been on the hunt for a small selection of stuff from the Tube trains I remember when younger (not the modern S stock which looks ugly) along side the LU Steam trains from the 1960s/Early 1970s. To date, its a motley collection of:-

Steam Engines:-

L97 - 57xx in London Transport livery
L150 - 4575 in London Transport livery

Electric Multiple units - 1959 Stock:-

 

'A' end DM Car 1028 - London Underground Coorperate Livery
Trailer Car 2028 - London Underground Coorperate Livery
'D' end DM Car 1029 - London Underground Coorperate Livery

 

Loco hauled Engineering Stock

 

BW260 - 3 plank Ballast wagon in London Transport livery

BW260 - 3 plank Ballast wagon in London Transport livery

B581 - 20 ton Brake van in London Transport livery

 

 

But, there's no point having London based stock without the 4 rail track to run it on. Mainly because it just looks stupid/unrealistic. Having had a large amount of broken or unneeded set track from Hornby/Bachmann/Lima for a long time without a use, its finally been sorted though and the worst of it being dismantled to provide rail for this:-

 

 

 

A setrack oval featuring both 3rd and 4th rails. For a first attempt, its not gone badly and has been a very interesting practise in adding the conducting rails. Althought I don't think I'll ever build a London based layout, it does provide somewhere to run the London Transport stuff with the correct rails. That said, after seeing how easy it is to get the effect of the conducting rails, never say never..... Just not at the moment.