roythebus
Pleased to say the restoration of BEA coach MLL738 is as complete as it can be, now restoring MLL721
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Post by roythebus on Apr 19, 2021 13:33:53 GMT
Does anyone remember the date and year of the massive failure, maybe 1994-1995 which caused the Central Line to close down for a couple of weeks or more? I'm certain ir was 1995 ofr maybe a year or so because of other memorable events in my life. The initial failure closed part of the line but repairs failed to fix the fault. To cut a long story short, the cause of the failure was found buried in Lots ROad power station.
The reason I ask is because I was one of those providing rail replacement services for the Central Line, probably the first time a big emergency job had not been handled by London Buses but was left to local managers to deal with.
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Post by elsombernie on Apr 19, 2021 14:19:40 GMT
There was an incident in late November 1993, which, if I remember correctly, lasted four or five days.
We had an Epping - Woodford replacement service that weekend, which had to be fully rewritten on the Friday afternoon to become an Epping - Woodford - Chingford service.
We also operated Hainault - Gants Hill - Ilford services during the am peak on the Monday and Tuesday mornings.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2021 17:36:46 GMT
This was when the feed from Greenwich Power Station failed
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roythebus
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Post by roythebus on Apr 26, 2021 22:10:22 GMT
Yes, probably that one. A short while after the whole line closed if I remember correctly. I have some pics of my buses running it somewhere but sadly undated!
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