New (old!) Photo

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Hi all, just added a few more LT shots to my Fotopic site and as usual might need a little assistance with the captions...

This one is of an A60 set entering Harrow-on-the-Hill, but does anyone know anything about the little platelayer's trolley the train is about to pass?


Also as usual, the image is "clickable" to take you to a larger image with the present caption on my site.

Thanks in anticipation of a knowledgeable reply from anyone who can shed some light on the vehicle in question!

Cheers, Geoff

[metman]

This photo at Harrow-on-the-Hill is interesting-apart from the track areas being fantastically clean, the track adjacent to the train (nearer the camera) is road 2 and is now no longer electrified. At this time there was a regular rusty rail reversing move via a crossover beyond the bridge which has now been removed.

Hopefully this is some help to you Geoff-great photos by the way!

[Ben]

Is the crossover of which you speak a trailing connection to the northbound BR line, as shown on the final page Harsigs map? www.geocities.com/idsmesig/Signals/Joint_Line_Signalling_1962.pdf
When was the trackwork between N Harrow, W Harrow and Northwick Park rationalised out of interest?

[metman]

It was crossover 94. I remember at the start of the 1972 Metroland programme the yard at Harrow had been removed but some of the entrance turnouts were still in place (disused of course!) So I guess around 1970ish was when the area was rationalised. This included no doubt, Moor Park x-over, Pinner points, bits of Northwood yard, Croxley yard and Amersham.

[Ben]

Interesting. I don't suppose you know when and why the embankment between platform 1 at harrow and west harrow was removed?

[tubeprune]

dampflok, your photos are superb. They bring back all sorts of memories. I could tell a tale about almost every picture on your LT section. The one of Lillie Bridge showing the Goliath Crane reminds me of a certain gentleman who managed to derail it by rough shunting some wagons which derailed and then hit it. There was also a foreman there who always had an excellent selection of biscuits and cakes in his locker. Lillie Bridge had the railway stores there too!

[Harsig]

benedict said:

Interesting. I don't suppose you know when and why the embankment between platform 1 at harrow and west harrow was removed?

There was a discussion of that here. I believe the High Level Line was removed in 1967.

[Ben]

Ah fair enough, thanks for that! Presumably it was latterly used by the A stock?

Just to echo the other comments though, the pictures are superb, and really are an interesting view of the system past.

[metman]

dampflok said:

Hi all, just added a few more LT shots to my Fotopic site and as usual might need a little assistance with the captions...

This one is of an A60 set entering Harrow-on-the-Hill, but does anyone know anything about the little platelayer's trolley the train is about to pass?


Also as usual, the image is "clickable" to take you to a larger image with the present caption on my site.

Thanks in anticipation of a knowledgeable reply from anyone who can shed some light on the vehicle in question!

Cheers, Geoff

This train appears to be unit 5138-6138-6139-5139 an A62 unit (you can just see the compressors on the first trailer). This unit is still running on the mainline as an A end unit

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Thanks gents for your comments on the photo and further information. I'll update the caption to read A62 set. Anyone any clues about the trolley?

Cheers, Geoff