Been a long time since I've done a train-related post, but oh well!
To celebrate the 150th year of the Hammersmith & City Line, which was part of the Metropolitan Railway/Line until 1990. The route was initially jointly operated by Great Western Railway and Metropolitan Railway, called the Hammersmith & City Railway. It was electrified in 1906, the curve for Kensington Addison Road (Olympia) stopped after it was bombed in 1940 and in 1970, the C Stock replaced the CO/CP stocks, which was in service on the line until this year, where they were replaced by the current S7 stock. Experimentally, at one point, the service was supplemented by a 'panhandle' service, running Hammersmith-Liverpool Street-Tower Hill-High Street Kensington-Edgware Road-Liverpool Street (again)-Whitechapel-Barking. A shorter version, running Hammersmith-Liverpool Street-Tower Hill-High Street Kensington-Edgware Road is today's Circle Line!
Back to the steam and electric loco:
Sarah Siddons heading the heritage train, formed of the 'Chesham Set' and Carriage 353...
...with Met 1 bringing up the rear (or front, when it reverses).
The oddity of heritage stock compared to the new station is clear to see.
Sarah Siddons at the rear at Hammersmith.
Met 1 now being the front of the train.
The consist at Ladbroke Grove, this was followed by many rail enthusiasts, like myself, as it is a rare opportunity to catch a photo/video of this, and I joined a group of them for the rest of the trip.
The rear slipboard had changed to Moorgate for the second trip back.
Paddington NR, 2014. Modernisation has changed Paddington H&C to the modern station it is and will be in the future, especially with Crossrail coming soon.
Getting the best photo spots could be interesting, but travelling along the same parts of the same line could be conceived as tedious yet rewarding!
S7 Stocks sometimes did however stop at stations when the train got past, and this shot is a cropped version, here it is approaching Wood Lane.
Shepherd's Bush Market - Thanks to the S7 Stock driver who held his train outside Shepherd's Bush Market Station so people could get photos of this train!
As seen. The driver got a personal thanks when we got to Hammersmith on that train.
Sarah Siddons heads towards Northfields Depot to end the railtour, seen here at Chiswick Park!
The train also ran on the 9th August as well, and did a few Chesham-Rickmansworth runs on the weekend of the 16/17th.
Sarah Siddons heading the heritage train, formed of the 'Chesham Set' and Carriage 353...
...with Met 1 bringing up the rear (or front, when it reverses).
The oddity of heritage stock compared to the new station is clear to see.
Sarah Siddons at the rear at Hammersmith.
Met 1 now being the front of the train.
The consist at Ladbroke Grove, this was followed by many rail enthusiasts, like myself, as it is a rare opportunity to catch a photo/video of this, and I joined a group of them for the rest of the trip.
The rear slipboard had changed to Moorgate for the second trip back.
Paddington NR, 2014. Modernisation has changed Paddington H&C to the modern station it is and will be in the future, especially with Crossrail coming soon.
Getting the best photo spots could be interesting, but travelling along the same parts of the same line could be conceived as tedious yet rewarding!
S7 Stocks sometimes did however stop at stations when the train got past, and this shot is a cropped version, here it is approaching Wood Lane.
Shepherd's Bush Market - Thanks to the S7 Stock driver who held his train outside Shepherd's Bush Market Station so people could get photos of this train!
As seen. The driver got a personal thanks when we got to Hammersmith on that train.
Sarah Siddons heads towards Northfields Depot to end the railtour, seen here at Chiswick Park!
The train also ran on the 9th August as well, and did a few Chesham-Rickmansworth runs on the weekend of the 16/17th.
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