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Two six-car trains of London Underground C Stock pass at Parsons Green on the District Line Wimbledon branch. On the left, DM car 5550 brings up the rear of a Wimbledon - Edgware Road service, while on the right 5587 leads an Edgware Road - Wimbledon service.
Although the District Line was worked mostly by D Stock, D Stock trains were not permitted to operate between High Street Kensington and Edgware Road (and around the north side of the Circle Line) - hence the "Wimbleware Line" was operated by C Stock, in a common fleet with those used on Circle Line and Hammersmith and City Line services. As a result, the route maps inside C Stock trains showed the Circle Line, Hammersmith and City Line, and the Wimbledon - Edgware Road route of the District Line, while those inside D Stock trains showed all of the District Line except the line to Edgware Road.
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An 'official' Underground Group photo and a print that has found its way into my 'work' collection; it is backstamped "London Passenger Transport Board" so must have been printed off the plate between 1933 and 1948. It shows a typical District Railway train description board that first appeared in the years after c.1905 and that were 'driven' by a series of codes from the signalling system. The range of destinations here include the various 'non-stop' trains and these plates were fitted after about 1912 when a more rigorous system of attempting to run trains that 'skip-stopped' various quieter stations was more generally instituted.
To be fair they were not that much of a success; even on longer headways they had a tendancy to 'catch up' up with the train in front and with limited places to pass a 'stopper' they must have run fairly languidly. For passengers there was always the issue of telling them which stations a train did and did not call at and as can be seen here, not much of a clue given on the destination plates! The stopping pattern was shown on a series of enamel plates on the train sides that you had to consult and that staff had to set up for each trip. Over time, especially as headways improved with greater train frequency 'non-stopping' became too difficult to reliably operate and it was stopped.
The plates show the range of destinations avaiable from St. James' Park westbound; the services include many destinations still served and some that are no longer part of the District line. These include Uxbridge and Hounslow, both of which were effectively transferred to Piccadilly line services following the extension of that line's services west over District Railway tracks after 1932/33. This happened rapidly for the Uxbridge branch but Hounslow services survived until 1964. The 'Inner Circle' now the Circle line is shown and as shown here this would have been the third train at the time the photograph was taken. There is also the 'when no through train is indicated' plate below. Most of the enamel plates are in an early 'typefaces'; one, that for Northfields is a later addition and is in the later Company typeface, Johnston. The (West Ealing) is a bit of a puzzle to me. On the side of the destination describer is a 'coffee pot' repeater signal - amazingly such features have not long been removed as part of the latest signalling upgrade and can still be found around the system, very few now in 'working' order.
The station is shown with its original overall iron and glass roof, common to most stations on the original sections of the Metropolitan District Railway and most of which have been lost over time. This, at St. James' Park was dismantled in 1927 to allow the construction of the block of offices above the station known as "Wing over Station" when I worked at 55 Broadway. This must date the image to around 1925? This latter building, at the east end of the station 'box' was constructed in 1929 and completed the now subterreanean nature of the platforms here. The kiosk is busy - perhaps people are buying copies of "Punch" magazine that is advertised. As well as the roundel nameplate there is an enamel Underground map with a header plate showing the UndergrounD wording; a Nestle's chocolate vending machine makes up the scene.
I suspect that the photographer, to take this shot, was simply up a ladder - not so many HSE implications back in the day!
A District Line D stock train heads towards the city at Parsons Green in West London. All my images are my copyright and cannot be used, altered or distributed in any way, shape or form without expressed written permission by myself. All Rights Reserved.
Hello flickr land... Here is something from my archives... I haven't been around... These are very busy times... I will catch up as soon as time allows it...
London Traveller D138 FYM
Leyland Olympian / ECW
Former London Buses L138
District Line rail replacement
Parsons Green
6th September 1998
Parsons Green 9/10/99
Underground Rail Replacement
New to X 6/83
Withdrawn 12/97 and sold to White Rose via Ensign
Sold to Southlands 4/02 and then to Nu Venture 5/03
Sold for scrap 8/04
A sight that isn't going to be with us for much longer, two C stock trains passing at Parsons Green sidings.
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Inspired by pictures on page 9 of Kim Rennie's LT Service Vehicles book showing lorries leaving the London Transport building works depot. Looking out across Parsons Green Lane, the dry cleaners shop on the left is still there today, but I've moved the fish and chip shop from along the road to fill a vacant space. In the centre background I've taken more liberties by bringing Swan Mews out from behind the fish bar so as to shorten the road with a garage. I would like to have grown up in those houses along there and enjoyed all the activity!
In the 1950s, LT staff cars were more usually restricted to work related use, and in 1959 WYL634 was allocated to the Broadway pool (HQ at 55 Broadway). The model is a modified R. Parker kit.
Also in view is the back end of WYL682, a Ford Escort allocated to the Works and Building department.
The location is Swan Mews, where there were indeed some industrial premises, just over the road from LT’s Parsons Green W&B department depot. But my model has been adapted from some buildings nearer to Putney Bridge that are still in use by the motor trade. From a modeller's viewpoint its a useful place to store any cars needing attention.
On a day when the S7 Stock fleet became of complete dominance on the Sub-surface network of the London Underground, S7 Stock unit 21507 is seen standing at Parsons Green whilst working on diagram T063 to Wimbledon 07/05/17
Showing how the shelter was tied to wooden beams to ease unloading by the crew who would travel on a bench under the canopy. I suspect that the prevailing regulations in 1954 prevented the vehicle from being made longer but allowed for an overhang, so LT took advantage of it. This Little Bus Company kit has the tail board as a separate part so I drilled holes in the bottom edge to locate it onto two short wires fixed into the lorry. When empty the tail board is relocated against a couple of corner pillars added to the body sides.
Machinery Carrier 1010L stands in the Parsons Green depot yard with a large Stothert and Pitt cement mixer. Surprisingly the four photos I’ve seen of the Leyland Beaver were all taken by LT themselves, so I suspect it didn’t get out as regularly as some other vehicles. As a young lad more use to spotting Pickfords low loaders I was always amazed that LT had a vehicle as impressive as this purely for their own use, but plant like this would explain the need. LT seemed unique in describing lorries by the items they were designed to carry. The barrel lorry and battery lorries were others, and the distilled water carriers would more commonly be called tankers!
Another day done for 1018J as it turns into the works from Parsons Green Lane. This was built on the chassis of a withdrawn STL bus in 1954 and was a 'celebrity' for many enthusiasts of the day. In the background the Express Dairy Mammoth Major tanker will have just left the dairy a short distance up the road and the Pickfords van may be heading back to the depository that side of the District Line.
Once again built from a Little Bus Company kit and highly recommended.
Number 1010L, with its 25 ton drop axle Dyson trailer is parked in its regular spot at Parsons Green Building Department Depot. It was LT's most impressive load carrier during the 1950s and the prime mover featured a power operated winch, and a ground anchor that extended from under the back axle.
The model is adapted from Langley kits, with a scratch built winch and an RTI cab.
Parked alongside the main workshops in Parsons Green depot in 1964. The trailer is YT15, one of four York trailers of this type, all based here at the building department works. Behind it can be seen Austin LD01 30cwt half tilt no. 990AS.
Pictured here inside Parsons Green building works next to one from the first batch. 1208F served from September 1961 till July 1968, some four years less than the Leyland Beavers that preceded it. Another photo by Stephen Madden
London Traveller no 103 (ORJ 76W)
Former Greater Manchester PTE MCW Metrobus
District Line rail replacement
Parsons Green
6th September 1998
These splendid vehicles exemplified LT's policy of quality and seemed far removed from the scruffy and battered appearance of many tippers around at the time. I was sad to see them go when the Thames Traders replaced them in the early sixties.
Covering: Battersea, Nine Elms, Clapham, Wandsworth, Balham, Putney, West Hill, Walham Green, Parsons Green and Fulham.
LSE reference no. BOOTH/E/1/10
The shelter carrier was designed especially to carry the standard tubular aluminium bus shelters that were manufactured at London Transport's building works. Even so it was a tight fit and required the tail board to be lowered so the shelter could overhang at the rear. This would be the view from the office block and also shows the main loading bay with Bedford half tilt 885B in attendance.
the White Horse pub on Parsons Green, the perfect place for a lazy lunch
(and a pint or two of Brew Dog's magnificent Punk IPA...)
In response to a request I've taken this view of the LT building works model. Unfinished trackwork and background is revealed and the un-prototypical curve that cuts through so as not to run into my back wall! In the lorry yard an empty space reminds me that low loader 953B is at present in works awaiting a paint touch up!
This 7 ton dropside lorry shows the livery transition period where the body was painted in LT's Chiswick Green but the cab is in a light grey Ford factory finish.
Photographed in 1964 deep inside the building department depot where it ran alongside the District Line towards Fulham Broadway Station. In the left background can be glimpsed a Q27 stock car at the end of a train stabled in a siding, and to the right are racking and trolleys loaded with various materials.
100 Years Exactly For This One...Until The 17th Century Peterborough Road Had Been Known As Parsons Green Lane....The Name Change Was The Result Of The Construction Of Peterborough House By The Earl Of Peterborough...
London Transport's main building works, a view from where the offices were located. The main loading bay on the right contains Bedford OLBD lorry 831B and Austin K4 905AS. The cycle shed and workshops are on the left where 953B heads two columns of parked lorries. Ford E83W Utilecon 939F is parked next to workshops this side of the yard. The bus stop site was used over the years to trial equipment, and I couldnt resist this combination of flags from the 1940s!
Inside the loading shed can be seen items ready for dispatch. The model Underground seats here came from John Howe's layout when it was dismantled. In the right background is the District Line Bridge, this being part of the Putney Bridge layout I am still working on.
Ford 10 cwt van 679F and Bedford 5 ton tipper 960B stand either side of a doorway to the workshops. The tipper is from the last batch of this type bought by London Transport, which differed from the others by having all metal bodies.
The model is a Roadscale cab and chassis fitted with a scratchbuilt body.
The main entrance from Parsons Green Lane with the cobblestones that lorries would rattle over whilst us spotters stood outside! The vacancy board to the right contains jobs not normally associated with London Transport. The main office block would be just out of sight to the left. I loved this place as a youngster and was fortunate to slip inside on a number of occasions to note numbers.