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Post by ruislip on Feb 12, 2012 4:16:20 GMT
Here are some of mine:
Central Line trains running all the way from London past Epping to Ongar.
Hammersmith & City trains stopping at Whitechapel before turning south onto the East London Line.
Northern line trains always running from Edgware through the City to Morden
Piccadilly line services straight through between Aldwych and Cockfosters
1967 stock trains when new having the blue/green moquette on the seats similar to new C stocks, new 1973 stocks, SMS buses, and DMS buses.
Shepherd's Bush having lifts.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2012 6:58:29 GMT
Shepherd's Bush did have lifts (3 from 1900 and another 4 from 1902/03). But only until they were replaced by escalators in 1924.
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Post by gantshill on Feb 12, 2012 10:05:39 GMT
My misconceptions?
Well I was a teenager before I realised that the central line was red rather than orange. (Probably most of the line maps had faded slightly).
I always thought that both the Victoria and the Central lines were the only lines with no branches. (Even though I knew that I had to catch a Hainault via Newbury Park train).
That trains would come along the passenger interchange tunnel at Bank. (that always made be nervous of changing there).
That the tube line taking in the Aldwych branch and the Leytonstone to Hainault branch would be built. (Remember that as I was growing up both the Victoria and Jubliee lines opened).
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2012 11:11:35 GMT
I took my son when he was about 6/7 years old to a Steam the Met Weekend, as we approached Amersham Station he saw an Underground sign and said "Dad that is wrong as these trains are not under the ground" ;D!
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Post by geriatrix on Feb 12, 2012 11:42:30 GMT
I used to think that the trackside cables in the tunnel from Finchley Rd to Baker St were large wriggly snakes. And I was scared of the matt grey painted Metropolitan locos. But I was very young and have now got over it!
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Post by tubeprune on Feb 12, 2012 15:07:23 GMT
I was a grown up and I was scared of the Circle Line - 4 after grub on a late turn Sunday. I was scared I'd lose the will to live. ;D ;D
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Post by Colin D on Feb 12, 2012 16:42:54 GMT
I was a grown up and I was scared of the Circle Line - 4 after grub on a late turn Sunday. I was scared I'd lose the will to live. ;D ;D Or think you're on your last rounder only to realize you still have two more to go  |
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Post by metman on Feb 12, 2012 18:12:01 GMT
I used to think the 72 and 73 stock were the same trains!
I also used to think that the 1959 stock used to fart at Edgware when they finished. I later discovered this was the destruction of the Westinghouse brake! ;D
Finally, I used to think that the old LNWER electric stock was relaced by the class 313s on the North London/DC lines. It never occured to me that the 501 stock existed!!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2012 18:33:25 GMT
I used to think that the distances involved were far bigger - I would use the underground for one or two stops and think I'd traveled for miles (then again, a lot of people still make this mistake).
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2012 20:42:23 GMT
Ah yes when I was 4 or so, I used to think "Bakerloo" was a place and regularly asked my parents where it was and why I couldn't find it on a tube map!
I can just about remember an occasion where I was on a 1959 stock train at Golders Green in its twilight years and a fresh out of the packet 1995 stock train arrived in the centre platform and being slightly saddened at the fact that it was terminating there as I wanted a ride on an odd special looking train as if it was the only opportunity, not realising that they were new and would soon be common place. If I was my age now at the time, I would have been glad to get a last ride on the old stock.
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Post by metman on Feb 12, 2012 21:05:00 GMT
Too right. I miss the 1959 I grew up on them and actually used them more as a kid than I did the A stock. I hate the 1995 stock, they are souless and have nothing about them at all.
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Post by Deep Level on Feb 13, 2012 0:01:01 GMT
I used to think that the Jubilee Line was the Central Line (i.e. also 1992 stock trains) that was from seeing their exterior only on some visits to Stratford.
I used to be scared of entering tunnels, even at a very young age I learnt that the Central Line (my local at the time) would go underground after Leyton EB and Newbury Park WB (unless we got an evening Hainault via Woodford Train) and I would close my eyes and cover my ears.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2012 0:20:35 GMT
I got completely confused when the Central line DVA changed over in 2003 or somthing? Where it stopped saying Network South East etc!
I used to think the D stock were the oldest trains on the Underground, purely because they were still bare aluminium with wood floors!
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Post by tubeprune on Feb 13, 2012 14:40:20 GMT
I was a grown up and I was scared of the Circle Line - 4 after grub on a late turn Sunday. I was scared I'd lose the will to live. ;D ;D Or think you're on your last rounder only to realize you still have two more to go Yup, done that too. At least I had the Westinghouse to play with. Good way to stay awake. |
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Post by metman on Feb 13, 2012 17:10:11 GMT
Was this on the C stock or the CO/CP?
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Post by 1018509 on Feb 13, 2012 21:01:58 GMT
I also used to think that the 1959 stock used to fart at Edgware when they finished. I later discovered this was the destruction of the Westinghouse brake! ;D This would be a bit drastic and expensive. I think you will find it is only the train line air being exhausted during shutdown procedures. ;D |
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Post by superteacher on Feb 13, 2012 21:16:58 GMT
When I was little I used to think that the trains "slid" along the tracks as opposed to having wheels!
I was also scared of Westinghouse compressors when very young, especially when they used to stsrt up between stations!
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Post by kabsonline on Feb 13, 2012 22:35:48 GMT
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Post by Dstock7080 on Feb 13, 2012 22:46:32 GMT
This would be a bit drastic and expensive. I think you will find it is only the train line air being exhausted during shutdown procedures. ;D The Blow-Down magnet valves exhaust which air? |
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Post by trt on Feb 14, 2012 10:12:55 GMT
Not ever having been to London until I was 9, until then I thought they operated like the travel tubes in Space:1999.
I'm showing my age.
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Post by 1018509 on Feb 14, 2012 19:32:57 GMT
This would be a bit drastic and expensive. I think you will find it is only the train line air being exhausted during shutdown procedures. ;D The Blow-Down magnet valves exhaust which air? Blimey! It's been over 30 years since I've seriously had to think about the flows of air in the Westinghouse brake but back to your question. As the Westinghouse is a purely pneumatic/mechanical brake it doesn't have blowdown magnet valves, the EP brake however does have and now my knowledge is beginning to flag and more knowledgeable people on here are sure to answer. |
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Post by tubeprune on Feb 14, 2012 20:45:35 GMT
The Blow-Down magnet valves exhaust which air? Blimey! It's been over 30 years since I've seriously had to think about the flows of air in the Westinghouse brake but back to your question. As the Westinghouse is a purely pneumatic/mechanical brake it doesn't have blowdown magnet valves, the EP brake however does have and now my knowledge is beginning to flag and more knowledgeable people on here are sure to answer. On an e.p. fitted train, opening the blow down valves reduces brake cylinder air to 35lbs. |
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Post by tubeprune on Feb 14, 2012 20:46:49 GMT
Was this on the C stock or the CO/CP? Whichever was offered. We had both for a couple of years. |
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Post by ruislip on Feb 20, 2012 1:55:22 GMT
Another one I forgot to mention last week--when the Piccadilly line comes back to the surface in North London, I used to think the District Line would also continue to run alongside it.
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Post by v52gc on Feb 20, 2012 7:58:26 GMT
I used to think the liNes splitting from the District at East Putney joined back at Parsons Green (now as I know the sidings!) then cross over at the tunnel before Fulham Broadway and become the lines on the left at West Brompton before going on to Olympia.
I also believed these were used by Eurostar trains to get to their depot.
So a smattering of truth in there!
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Post by edwin on Feb 25, 2012 0:41:24 GMT
1) I used to consider the Victoria line as a 'ghost train' because of the eery sound produced by the track corrugation.
2) I used to think the Victoria line was a fast version of the Bakerloo.
3) When I first saw the 1996 stock I thought it was the same as the 1992 stock.
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Post by peterc on Feb 27, 2012 10:03:26 GMT
When I changed schools at the age of 11 I had to travel one stop by BR. The "Fares to London Transport stations" poster in the ticket office still quoted one for Mill Hill (The Hale) and I spend ages trying to find it on the map.
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Post by alex92ts on Feb 28, 2012 11:54:48 GMT
I used to think the 'door open' buttons on the Central Line actually worked. Apparently I burst into tears when they opened once without me pushing the button!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 29, 2012 10:38:27 GMT
When I was a lad, Walthamstow Central was my nearest tube station. On arrival at the station I would walk down the platform towards the middle of the train. If the compressors suddenly started up - I would think the train was about to depart and leap on.
Clearly it was not just me as several other people do it too!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 29, 2012 21:37:13 GMT
Tube related but not really a misconception just thought it'd be interesting:
When travelling on 1992ts I used to think I was the guard by sitting in the rear carriage, by the car end. At stations i'd press the open button, lean out then try and time me pressing close with the door bleepers!
Not tube related: I used to think that if I dug far enough down in my school playground (was in year 1 at the time) I would reach the Eurostar tunnels and be able to jump on it to escape!
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