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.
--
Rod
Bback then the tunnels were quite shallow and there were ventilation
chimneys. Many were removed on electrifiction but some remain.
A lot of the early underground was surface railway in cuttings, covered
only where unavoidable.
Colin Bignell