On 17/12/2012 17:57, harry wrote:
On Dec 17, 3:00 pm, polygonum wrote:
Many times I have stood at Baker Street or one of the other stations
where steam locomotives used to haul and thought, what a smokey horrible
place it would be if they still ran. Well...
Steam train back on tube track for 150-year anniversary celebrations
Test run for London Underground's anniversary sees restored locomotive
pull Victorian carriage from Earl's Court to Moorgate
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/de...ndon-undergrou...
Wish I had been there to see and smell it.
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Rod
Bback then the tunnels were quite shallow and there were ventilation
chimneys. Many were removed on electrifiction but some remain.
Have the stations sunk since they were built so they are no longer shallow?
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Rod