Steam on the Underground

[anonymous-user]

Yep, your eyes do not deceive you. Steam is returning to London Undergound.
As part of the 150th anniversary celebrations of the first underground railway service between Paddington and Farringdon in 1863, Met Loco No1 will be hauling a number of heritage specials on the Met Line, starting (IIRC) on January 13th...
Just don't wear your cricket whites...

[anonymous-user]

DJFish said:

Presumably they'll have to disable the smoke alarms?

And lots more besides. Other challenges have included the crews not being able to see signals and the CCTV cameras fogging up. All good fun.
The image is from the test runs in early December (without passengers)

ETA: Before anyone jumps up and down, although the traditional smoke/heat detectors are being worked round, other measures will be in place to ensure fire safety isn't compromised.

Edited by anonymous-user on Wednesday 2nd January 13:39

[anonymous-user]

Would be cleaner to use electric water heaters in the boilers, powered off the 3rd rail.......... ;-)

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Max_Torque said:

Would be cleaner to use electric water heaters in the boilers, powered off the 3rd rail.......... ;-)

...or 4th?

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mcdjl said:

No-one liked it when i said it!
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Does anyone know if spectators will be allowed on the platforms- the tickets having sold out already at over £80!

Not heard anything to say you can't.

[anonymous-user]

Another test run tonight. Just leaving Chiswick now.
And yep, spectators can watch from the platforms (assuming you can squeeze between all the hard core spotters)

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Sway said:

I'm in town next week, would love to go and have a gander, any timetable available?

Sunday's the day I'm afraid.