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1938 Tube Stock DM 11172 Ruilsip depot
Following withdrawl from Bakerloo line service in 1985, DM 11172 spent a number of years at Ruislip depot (with the rest of the 4-car unit) being used as a staff mess facility for some of that time.
11172 is seen in the sidings outside the depot on 2nd May 1988, just over 2 weeks before the last of the '38 stock was finally withdrawn from LUL service. The car seems to have suffered at the hands of vandals with numerous windows broken but it seems to have avoided the attention of the graffiti artists.
This car (together with 10139) eventually made their way to the Isle of Wight as spare vehicles. (They were provided as spare bodyshells in case one of the 18 other cars became damaged beyond repair). Although they were notionally allocated the unit number 483 010, they never carried passengers again. Their windows were plated over and they were painted blue with half-yellow fronts. They were initally stored in the siding at Sandown station before being moved to Ryde where the car bodies were removed from their bogies - the bodies spent the remainder of their time on the island languishing in the car park behind Ryde St Johns Road signal box. They were eventually scrapped circa 2001 following the reduction in the island's fleet size.
(Photographed from a passing Central line train).
1938 Tube Stock DM 11172 Ruilsip depot
Following withdrawl from Bakerloo line service in 1985, DM 11172 spent a number of years at Ruislip depot (with the rest of the 4-car unit) being used as a staff mess facility for some of that time.
11172 is seen in the sidings outside the depot on 2nd May 1988, just over 2 weeks before the last of the '38 stock was finally withdrawn from LUL service. The car seems to have suffered at the hands of vandals with numerous windows broken but it seems to have avoided the attention of the graffiti artists.
This car (together with 10139) eventually made their way to the Isle of Wight as spare vehicles. (They were provided as spare bodyshells in case one of the 18 other cars became damaged beyond repair). Although they were notionally allocated the unit number 483 010, they never carried passengers again. Their windows were plated over and they were painted blue with half-yellow fronts. They were initally stored in the siding at Sandown station before being moved to Ryde where the car bodies were removed from their bogies - the bodies spent the remainder of their time on the island languishing in the car park behind Ryde St Johns Road signal box. They were eventually scrapped circa 2001 following the reduction in the island's fleet size.
(Photographed from a passing Central line train).