I remember spotting the trains on the lorries as a child on the way home from school with my mum. Also as my dentist is by Northwood station we saw a lot of them there as well. I’m glad you posted it to youtube
Meanwhile on the Isle of Wight, they were running the modified 1938 stock until they simply couldn't run any more! By the time the 484s were announced to replace the 483s, only two of them were usable, with the rest in various states of disrepair and repair. Credit to the engineers at Ryde, they kept the '38s going until the very end. I'll be quite interested to see how the Epping Ongar Railway goes about getting the two 483s they purchased up and running again.
Sad, but informative film. When they start withdrawing a class of stock it's usually damaged/defective ones that go first, quite often stripped of components. Sad to see this unit actually arriving under its own power though. The older views of the pre-refurbed C stock brought back memories too. As time proved, not even the example very expensively rebuilt after 7/7 was spared the scrapyard. They should've kept that one at least.
ah yes, the D78 stock, when first introduced. I think I will have some film of these. Also the 1983 tube stock on the Jubilee Line - these have now been withdrawn but happily I do have some film of them on youtube (internal and external views) and there is at least one more film to come which will show them.
Always strikes me as saddening to see perfectly good vehicles being taken off for scrap, when they could just as easliy be put in a museum. But then, I guess it's the way of the world...
Unfortunately, you can't save everything but thankfully, a C77 driving car has already been dispatched to London Underground's Acton Depot for preservation, while two others are known to exist elsewhere in the U.K. Also Zorrays J, the Isle of Wight's 'Island Line' only uses deep tube stock being as these trains have to negotiate the rather low Ryde Tunnel.
The bridge you filmed from is near my house and I used to stand there on a stool daily after school when I was little. I remember watching a stocks get carted away, and now when I stand there it's sad to remember. :(
It would've been minor damage, but it was beyond economical repair due to the replacement of the C Stock with the S Stock, a process that began in 2012 and was completed in 2014.
LongStripeyScarf three cars have been preserved... I think they are all C77 versions, as the C69's had issues with asbestos. If someone had the space and the funds then they could have preserved a 4 car train, this being the minimum sized train that could we used - although they nearly always operated as 6 car trains they were actually built to be capable of 4,6 and 8 car formations.
The British seem to be very passionate about their trains. I don't think anyone in my neck of the woods would give a toss if one of the public transport trains was hauled off for scrap. They probably wouldn't even notice.
Thanks for posting but I can't help but feel sad for the train even though it's only an inanimate object. I guess to us who love trains & machinery they are not totally inanimate; I'm sure I'm not the only one who's been known to sit in the power car of a class 319 just so I can hear the sound of the electric motors, the electronic control gear and (when on overhead) the transformer.
Martindyna Quite so, I still miss my days as a motorman on the old Southern Region, going along on an old MK1 EMU, windows open, motors singing away. The new stock is just so souless. Even the 1980's 455s,442s and 319s sound nice, as do the 70's 313/507/508 types !
I lived in Northwood when this happened. Very scary standing on the corner of the hill on the highstreet when the trucks went around with the trains on them looking like its about to tip!
Thank you city transport for replying. That near miss wasn't the only one with London Underground! After a while on the Jolly Old 207 bus, almost each week, someone would crash into my bus, whilst in a bus stop. I got so fed up, I went on The Underground, I thought, YOU CAN'T FIND ME THERE!!!! One morning at Northfields Depot, I was crossing the tracks in the shed to get to my train, WHEN! A TRAIN CAME THROUGH THE SHUTTERS!!! I THOUGHT...."THAT'S IT, I'M OUTTA HERE!!!!!"
Ladies and gentlemen we regret to announce that your service is going backwards, forwards then backwards again, to the delight of a throng of assembled enthusiasts.
Although I have no chance or meet you C Stock Because I am living in Singapore.I wish you a happy retirement and have a safe trip to reap in the depot for the heavens!
I'm not sure about the C stock but the A stock were scrapped without any being saved for a museum because they had asbestos inside their bodies and whilst it was safe 'at present' there was a concern that in the future someone would damage their bodywork - which would allow the asbestos to escape in to the air -- a real shame!
Very interesting. I thank you for sharing this. Here in New York, there would have been some slight differences in the procedure. Primarily, the cars would probably first have been taken to a maintenance facility where they would have been de-powered and stripped of anything useful or hazardous, like batteries, florescent tubes, and window glass. Then they would be towed to the scrap track by diesel locomotive...there are a few vids of this...
The rolling stock was from the late 1960's. The disposal of the old trains was carried out by a specialist company. I suppose that it means that all costs were known in advance so should an issue arise then its for the company scraping the trains to worry about - not the transport operator.
+citytransportinfo Thanks. yeah, New York is also trying to dispose of 1960s equipment. But we had some stuff from the 70s that was in even worse shape. As a result, they had to keep about 280 cars from 1964-65- the R32s if you've heard of them. Anyway thanks for recording and sharing this video!
District Line between Wimbledon and Edgware Road and Circle Line. They were also on the Hammersmith & City Line but I think they have all now been replaced by S Stock. The Circle Line is expected to be converted from C stock to S stock in September 2013.
love the underground and the C Stock. Also going the same way are the D stock. only saw a handful of those on my last visit. So sad really. At least LUL still have vintage sets on the Piccadilly and Bakerloo lines. Where did all the C stock go for scrap?
I liked the little Leyland tractor with its wasp striped bufferbeams, rare you even see stock that old so its sad to see it hauled off to the cutters torch
If you want the nearest 'tube train' station then its probably Stanmore. However if you just mean 'London Underground' station then you can see Northwood in the video - both right at the start and when the low loader lorry drives past it. This station is on the Metropolitan line and in Zone 6, but since this uses subsurface trains and not tube trains so its NOT a 'tube' station.. I filmed from the footbridge just beyond the southern end of the station & a road bridge a little further south.
Bizarre how not long before these trains had gone through extensive refurbishment to bring them up to modern standards, then not long after get taken out of commission.
Nooooooooòoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! The C stock!
There is a place in Shoreditch, East London, which has a couple of ex-London Underground trains passenger carriages used as a bar of some sort. Forgot the name of the pace but its on Great Eastern Street where there use to be a railway bridge that crossed over linking Liverpool Street Station.
I remember seeing trucks coming through Neasden from the depot transporting this stock away. Quite a lot of people came out on the streets to watch them leave. It was kinda sad lol
new S stock trains are still being built... the Circle Line is expected to be converted from C stock to S stock in September 2013. Then the District Line will start being converetd, but I am not sure if in 2013 or 2014.
Can’t believe it’s cheaper or better to transport the old C stick by road 6 lorry journeys for that train when you could couple another six and haul them by rail and it would be more eco friendly
In a month or so wholesale scrapping of the entire C stock fleet will begin, with S stock trains replacing them. This train was scrapped a little earlier after it was damaged in a way which needed expensive repairs before it could be used in passenger service again. Its probably best to read rik94523's comments to learn more.
Its Highfield Road which is to the south of Northwood station. You need to look at the map for best orientation. From the station walk along Green Lane, down Hallowell Road and then into Highfield Road.
As far as I can recall, I do not have even one still image of either of the special livery C stock trains. That time consuming slavish activity called 'work' got in the way. However, I possibly do have the old moquette, I still have still image films to digitise of these trains, although as they are 110 negatives they are very grainy (dating from when I was a teenager... many many mooons ago).
the north unit had side panel damage, so the doors on that unit would have some problems opening...if they open at all (watch the bit of video where the unit is coming southbound into the siding and you'll see it)
Might not be the end of the line for this train as Viva rail have started to convert the old C stock trains into hybrid diesel electric or fully battery electric trains to be re used on smaller branch lines or routes where a large Diesel unit is needed across the UK.
To avoid drawing attention to myself I turn off all sounds on my cameras and if the camcorders have lights that illuminate when I am filming I also cover them. It was not so easy in the old days as SLR and super 8 film cameras made noises because they were mechanical.
that dent on the doors was so severe that they were deformed and hence would not open, and as the trains were about to be withdrawn it was cheaper to withdraw this train than repair it
@ Citytransportinfo. Thank for the info. I dont think stray currents are a Problem with the three rail System otherwise other countries would have thjs Problem at least Hamburgs three rail :Ubahn has no probs with leakage. I think London is the only place which uses four rails.
7:59 to 8:18 I thought that the C - stock trains would be recycled rather than refurbished. They wouldn't get used on the tube because they are being replaced by S - stock trains.
Regarding "DOOMED TRAINS" At one time in my life, I was a driver on "London Transport" buses, driving the 207 route, Uxbridge to Shepherds Bush. I was sat at traffic lights, just before the Ealing Broadway junction, coming back from Shepherds bush, when a load loader came round from my right, WITH A TRAIN ON IT!!! JUST MISSED ME BY ABOUT FOUR INCHES!!!! JUST IMAGINE "THE ACCIDENT REPORT" WHAT HAPPENED????? WELL, THIS TRAIN CAME AROUND THE CORNER!!!!!!!
They should have sent them to the Isle of Wight, island line would have got another 40 years of use out of them. Come to think of it, island line are in need of some newer stock, their 1938 stock is getting just a bit on the old side - even by their standards!
+100SteveB alas, they are too big... the Island Line has a tunnel which used to flood and whilst steam trains did not mind too much this was not at all ideal for third rail electrification, The adopted solution was to raise the floor level and whilst this works it prevents full size trains from passing through the tunnel!
citytransportinfo Ryde tunnel, i knew about the size problem, but did not realise these were above the height limit. Maybe some 1970's Victoria line stock should have been earmarked for the island, that would fit in with their tradition of getting 'new' stock that had already been in service for 40, 50 years elsewhere. Sad to say, but without further ex underground stock of some kind, i cannot see much of a future for island line. I did hear talk of converting to trams, but at the same time heard that cost would be too high for that. I just hope something is sorted, and the Ryde to Shanklin line survives as a fully operational railway.
Victoria line stock (67 Tube Stock) was specifically designed to be ATO trains, controlled by Coded signals from track level equipment, lacking such luxuries as deadman controls. Manual driving was at caution speed in "Shunt" or "Series" operation only. The similar bodied 72 stock which operated on the Northern and Bakerloo lines were externally identical in appearance but were designed for conventional operation, but were horrible machines, the Rheo brake could be very notchy and noisy, I prefer the EP brake from the 59s and 38s I have driven, many units didnt even accelerate smoothly
Got any pictutures or videos of the Yellow Pages or Back the Bid C stock trains also any images of the oringinal square moquette that they had until 2001-03 when the spatter moquette took over.On the whole I will miss these trains they have been in service for 43 years and they've always been good to travel on even thought they get very crowded. RIP C stock :(
yep ! simon is right !, that is what i did with LUL whe they got rid of the 1962 tube stock, i asked them for as much as i could cut off and cart away, and now i own several bits of LT history in my living room !
They aren't really getting scrapped some D stock units were taken to be refurbished into class 230 trains, but in Hainault depot there's some scrapped D stock and 1972 and 1973 trains but those are unpainted versions which are hard to find (Idk why they are at a central line depot edit: they also got some other old trains from 1960 but they got graffited.
I am baffled about the trains at Hainault depot, especially the subsurface trains as they cannot get to here - they are far too big to fit through tube train tunnels and all connections with the mainline railway have now been removed.
@@CitytransportInfoplus but tbh i dont like the S stock but i am gonna hate the new tube for london it will be replacing 1992 stocks and 1972 and 73 stocks
One of my job's, in my working life, I am retired at 66 years, was a bus driver, for London Transport. I was sat in my cab, on the 207 route, a Routemaster bus, at traffic lights, when a low loader truck came around in front of me. No probs so far! On the back was a FRIGGIN' TRAIN!!!! IT PASSED ME AT, LESS THAN TWO INCHES!!!!! If it had hit me, imagine the accident report......WHAT HAPPENED? WELL, THIS TRAIN CAME 'ROUND THE CORNER!!!!!!! ALMOST EVERY WEEK, a car crashed into my bus, at a bus stop. I got so fed up, I transferred to The Underground, I THOUGHT YOU CAN'T FIND ME DOWN THERE!!!!!! WRONG! SOME DUM DUM DROVE THE TRAIN THROUGH THE SHUTTERS TO THE TRACK I WAS WALKING THROUGH!!!!! AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
thanks. The worst unsteady footage was edited out. This includes a moment when the camcorder in my right hand almost completely lost sight of the train! I would have used a small tripod on the bridge parapet, but I was concerned in case I knocked my camcorder and it accidentally fell over the edge! One day I'll get myself a chain which I can attach to so that if this did happen I would not either lose it or pose a safety risk to anyone (or a train) below the bridge
ND78S There's nothing like a good scrapping. The way they would probably scrap this, is to smash the shit out of the superstructure with a grab crane, and the bogies and frames would be sliced into small pieces with cutting torches.
I remember spotting the trains on the lorries as a child on the way home from school with my mum. Also as my dentist is by Northwood station we saw a lot of them there as well. I’m glad you posted it to youtube
Lucy Wood yer I saw the exact one and lorry Severn years ago when I was younger
In London, they'll scrap a train for simply being too short.
Meanwhile in Scotland and Wales, state-of-the-art horse drawn wagons are being deployed.
Exactly, I’m Scottish and our trains where I live are from the 70/80’s
What else do they need? Who lives there now? They all live in England!
it was damaged and two brand new S stocks were anyways coming so they won't spend money on repairing
Meanwhile on the Isle of Wight, they were running the modified 1938 stock until they simply couldn't run any more! By the time the 484s were announced to replace the 483s, only two of them were usable, with the rest in various states of disrepair and repair. Credit to the engineers at Ryde, they kept the '38s going until the very end. I'll be quite interested to see how the Epping Ongar Railway goes about getting the two 483s they purchased up and running again.
In Singapore, the train will be scrapped after over two / three decades of service or when refurbishment of the train failed. Some will be preserved.
Sad, but informative film. When they start withdrawing a class of stock it's usually damaged/defective ones that go first, quite often stripped of components. Sad to see this unit actually arriving under its own power though. The older views of the pre-refurbed C stock brought back memories too. As time proved, not even the example very expensively rebuilt after 7/7 was spared the scrapyard. They should've kept that one at least.
1:42
C stock: Is being scrapped
A stock: EEE EEE EEEEEEEEEEEEE EEE EEEEEE
I bet the train was recycled into millions of model trains, mats, frames and so much more.
Wildlife / supernanny fan 1355848 yeah
I was the lead engineer on the C stock project at Ealing Common when they were refurbished, sad to see the old girls being scrapped. :...(
7:10 Doomed underground train passing a doomed Blockbuster video, signs of the times...
With the train shouting "YOUR NEXT"
And the Blockbuster shouting back "MY NEXT WHAT?" :P
ah yes, the D78 stock, when first introduced. I think I will have some film of these.
Also the 1983 tube stock on the Jubilee Line - these have now been withdrawn but happily I do have some film of them on youtube (internal and external views) and there is at least one more film to come which will show them.
Always strikes me as saddening to see perfectly good vehicles being taken off for scrap, when they could just as easliy be put in a museum. But then, I guess it's the way of the world...
there are other trains (same model) which they could still display in the LTM
TARDIS9 i imagined they would've went to the Isle of Wight, usually some of London's old stock is used in their train system.
But they are not perfectly good. They are old and passed their life expectancy.
Unfortunately, you can't save everything but thankfully, a C77 driving car has already been dispatched to London Underground's Acton Depot for preservation, while two others are known to exist elsewhere in the U.K. Also Zorrays J, the Isle of Wight's 'Island Line' only uses deep tube stock being as these trains have to negotiate the rather low Ryde Tunnel.
Only small tube trains can be used on Isle of Wight. Not Metropolitan line, District line, Hammersmith and City line or Circle line trains.
The bridge you filmed from is near my house and I used to stand there on a stool daily after school when I was little. I remember watching a stocks get carted away, and now when I stand there it's sad to remember. :(
I didn't see any damage. They looked perfectly fine to me.
low down on the side - at least one set of sliding passenger doors could not open
It would've been minor damage, but it was beyond economical repair due to the replacement of the C Stock with the S Stock, a process that began in 2012 and was completed in 2014.
hahah me2
Off to the Ilse of Wight I guess
@@1nsanejochem no thats the d stock, the train getting removed is a c stock going for scrap
A ready-made restaurant somewhere in London that will be perfect
I struggle to believe that there isn't a home anywhere for this old stock.
LongStripeyScarf three cars have been preserved... I think they are all C77 versions, as the C69's had issues with asbestos. If someone had the space and the funds then they could have preserved a 4 car train, this being the minimum sized train that could we used - although they nearly always operated as 6 car trains they were actually built to be capable of 4,6 and 8 car formations.
So we have lost something then. Is there not a London Transport preserved railway at all?!
Wheels onthebus
Isle of wight?
Unsteady footage? Hell my tripod is shakier than this guy.
Travis Dunningham
Thought the same!
RayEttler
Great to see all the trains, but also sad for the train that is going to get scrapped.
my first reaction was why would you make a film about a tube train being scrapped. But then I looked at its sad face :(
i prefer steam loco,s and medium size deisels class 20,24,25,26,27,/17/16/08,09,and small shunters not a fan of 3rd rail but do not mind them.
The British seem to be very passionate about their trains. I don't think anyone in my neck of the woods would give a toss if one of the public transport trains was hauled off for scrap. They probably wouldn't even notice.
I suspect that there are some Brits who feel likewise.
Perfect museum piece here, it's not like it's seeing service any time soon.
Thanks for posting but I can't help but feel sad for the train even though it's only an inanimate object. I guess to us who love trains & machinery they are not totally inanimate; I'm sure I'm not the only one who's been known to sit in the power car of a class 319 just so I can hear the sound of the electric motors, the electronic control gear and (when on overhead) the transformer.
Martindyna Quite so, I still miss my days as a motorman on the old Southern Region, going along on an old MK1 EMU, windows open, motors singing away. The new stock is just so souless. Even the 1980's 455s,442s and 319s sound nice, as do the 70's 313/507/508 types !
For me it's more the "waste" of a perfectly good, albeit old, train.
It should only be scrapped when it's not viable to keep it.
You're right. Think of all the thousands who journeyed in it.
Zulisian it is not viable to keep it. trains were around 40 years old, accept change
Bro your not alone. I got to sit in the drivers seat of a wright liberator bus. They are gone now...
I lived in Northwood when this happened. Very scary standing on the corner of the hill on the highstreet when the trucks went around with the trains on them looking like its about to tip!
domposty From where I was standing I also wondered if that was going to happen. But it turned the corners very slowly!
Thank you city transport for replying. That near miss wasn't the only one with London Underground! After a while on the Jolly Old 207 bus, almost each week, someone would crash into my bus, whilst in a bus stop. I got so fed up, I went on The Underground, I thought, YOU CAN'T FIND ME THERE!!!! One morning at Northfields Depot, I was crossing the tracks in the shed to get to my train, WHEN! A TRAIN CAME THROUGH THE SHUTTERS!!! I THOUGHT...."THAT'S IT, I'M OUTTA HERE!!!!!"
Through the shutters? yikes and cripes... sounds like someone has you in their sights!
Who am I talking with, nice to know. I have a HORROR story about Cockfosters Depot!
I would love one of these in my garden, it would make an excellent manroom, Thanks for uploading !!
Saddest thing I ever saw i my life-- Poor train--- sigh-
Ladies and gentlemen we regret to announce that your service is going backwards, forwards then backwards again, to the delight of a throng of assembled enthusiasts.
The S stock going past was like a boy looking up to his grandfather and the whistle was that boy screaming for his grandfather to come back
6:20 car: I am Speed
for me,the S Stock trains passing by are like shocked and are using the whistles lol.
ksiong Bus Fan London Underground trains don't have Horns,they have air whistles
Skip Haddad sounds like a protest !
Wow that's sad. They are crying because they are seeing their parents being taken away and they know someday that will happen to them 😢
Although I have no chance or meet you C Stock Because I am living in Singapore.I wish you a happy retirement and have a safe trip to reap in the depot for the heavens!
I'm going to miss the C-Stock
Only time I went on one was 2012.
still_guns Keep the C-Stock away from T-Stock!!!
Wild to see this recommend to me again, I remembered the thumbnail from 11 odd years ago
blimey, blockbuster on the corner! northwood was my local station growing up.
It's a shame these units were sent for scrap. They look otherwise fine. It's also sad that all the old stock as a whole are fated to scrapping.
I'm not sure about the C stock but the A stock were scrapped without any being saved for a museum because they had asbestos inside their bodies and whilst it was safe 'at present' there was a concern that in the future someone would damage their bodywork - which would allow the asbestos to escape in to the air -- a real shame!
the guy at the bottom left at 6:55 be like:
I’VE MISSED ME TRAIN!
If I had a big piece of property and had the money I would buy all the trains up and make a museum out of them
I remember riding the A and C stocks like yesterday. So suddenly they have disappeared. Only a matter of time until the D stock goes :(
Planestrainscomputer I know right the classic district line is like part of my life
Planestrainscomputer D stock stikl exists but not in London
you now the 8 car trains you can run from back to front I used to call them the funny train when I first saw their apperance
couldn't they just recycle
the C Stock train to a better one like they did with root master buses. its like the old buses you get in from the back
Planestrainscomputer
Thanks God the proposed refurbishment livery never saw fruition!
I Live next to a bombardier depot and I saw the old d stock district lines left on the side. Used to ride those beauty's everyday to school.
Very interesting. I thank you for sharing this. Here in New York, there would have been some slight differences in the procedure. Primarily, the cars would probably first have been taken to a maintenance facility where they would have been de-powered and stripped of anything useful or hazardous, like batteries, florescent tubes, and window glass. Then they would be towed to the scrap track by diesel locomotive...there are a few vids of this...
Also, those cars don't look very old....
The rolling stock was from the late 1960's.
The disposal of the old trains was carried out by a specialist company. I suppose that it means that all costs were known in advance so should an issue arise then its for the company scraping the trains to worry about - not the transport operator.
+citytransportinfo Thanks. yeah, New York is also trying to dispose of 1960s equipment. But we had some stuff from the 70s that was in even worse shape. As a result, they had to keep about 280 cars from 1964-65- the R32s if you've heard of them. Anyway thanks for recording and sharing this video!
A great great fantastic video. Really enjoyed it 👍. Many thanks from chris 👍
Thank you!
rip thanks for all the journeys. i spent this entire video saluting the train.
No way... a *Blockbuster*
District Line between Wimbledon and Edgware Road and Circle Line. They were also on the Hammersmith & City Line but I think they have all now been replaced by S Stock.
The Circle Line is expected to be converted from C stock to S stock in September 2013.
Thanks for that. I did see the damage but did not think it was that bad.
What I found funny is when these were going down the road the pedestrians didn't even care that a tube train is going to be torn up
they probably were peeved that the train was travelling by road - instead of going the whole way via a railway route
That was a lot sadder than I expected 😭😭
Love watching the class 165 passing by
I still can't believe it happened a Northwood, of all places. There's a depot at Neasden, but I suppose it makes sense - that road's less busy.
love the underground and the C Stock. Also going the same way are the D stock. only
saw a handful of those on my last visit.
So sad really.
At least LUL still have vintage sets on the Piccadilly and Bakerloo lines.
Where did all the C stock go for scrap?
The C stock train really looks like an underground train. like the original
I liked the little Leyland tractor with its wasp striped bufferbeams, rare you even see stock that old so its sad to see it hauled off to the cutters torch
that's right, WS Graff Baker was the designer for the 56/59/62 tube stock, the best air chime whistles btw were on the mentioned tube stock .
If you want the nearest 'tube train' station then its probably Stanmore.
However if you just mean 'London Underground' station then you can see Northwood in the video - both right at the start and when the low loader lorry drives past it.
This station is on the Metropolitan line and in Zone 6, but since this uses subsurface trains and not tube trains so its NOT a 'tube' station..
I filmed from the footbridge just beyond the southern end of the station & a road bridge a little further south.
I'll bet everyone.thought WOW a train car on the motor way. enjoyed the video.
Thanks, pleased to enjoyed it :-)
re it being on the road, LOL yes, thats quite likely - and express a wish that it was on the railway !
Bizarre how not long before these trains had gone through extensive refurbishment to bring them up to modern standards, then not long after get taken out of commission.
Nooooooooòoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
The C stock!
There is a place in Shoreditch, East London, which has a couple of ex-London Underground trains passenger carriages used as a bar of some sort. Forgot the name of the pace but its on Great Eastern Street where there use to be a railway bridge that crossed over linking Liverpool Street Station.
I remember seeing trucks coming through Neasden from the depot transporting this stock away. Quite a lot of people came out on the streets to watch them leave. It was kinda sad lol
new S stock trains are still being built... the Circle Line is expected to be converted from C stock to S stock in September 2013.
Then the District Line will start being converetd, but I am not sure if in 2013 or 2014.
Can’t believe it’s cheaper or better to transport the old C stick by road 6 lorry journeys for that train when you could couple another six and haul them by rail and it would be more eco friendly
In a month or so wholesale scrapping of the entire C stock fleet will begin, with S stock trains replacing them.
This train was scrapped a little earlier after it was damaged in a way which needed expensive repairs before it could be used in passenger service again.
Its probably best to read rik94523's comments to learn more.
when they put in the new locomotives you never really think of all the perfectly good loco's going to scrap :(
What a pity it couldn't be towed to the scrapyard by rail!
its generally cheaper to move things by road - even trains!
Crazy thought but imagine if you could buy one and make it a static caravan
Over the years this is what has been done with many old trains.
Wow were can i buy one?
Very well documented.
A very good video of the changes of times
Instead of speeded up it’s sped up
Its Highfield Road which is to the south of Northwood station. You need to look at the map for best orientation.
From the station walk along Green Lane, down Hallowell Road and then into Highfield Road.
As far as I can recall, I do not have even one still image of either of the special livery C stock trains. That time consuming slavish activity called 'work' got in the way.
However, I possibly do have the old moquette, I still have still image films to digitise of these trains, although as they are 110 negatives they are very grainy (dating from when I was a teenager... many many mooons ago).
the north unit had side panel damage, so the doors on that unit would have some problems opening...if they open at all (watch the bit of video where the unit is coming southbound into the siding and you'll see it)
Might not be the end of the line for this train as Viva rail have started to convert the old C stock trains into hybrid diesel electric or fully battery electric trains to be re used on smaller branch lines or routes where a large Diesel unit is needed across the UK.
Thats the D78 stock that they are doing
The clicking of a DSLR camera, proving the stereotype of the British trainspotter is truish.
To avoid drawing attention to myself I turn off all sounds on my cameras and if the camcorders have lights that illuminate when I am filming I also cover them.
It was not so easy in the old days as SLR and super 8 film cameras made noises because they were mechanical.
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Since it still works, i would send it to the isle of wight so they could modify it to replace the 1938 stock they have there
Think isle of wight trains are terrible
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@@alliemaria532 shut up
Looks perfectly fine to me. Only thing I could see damaged was a dent on one of the doors
that dent on the doors was so severe that they were deformed and hence would not open, and as the trains were about to be withdrawn it was cheaper to withdraw this train than repair it
@ Citytransportinfo. Thank for the info. I dont think stray currents are a Problem with the three rail System otherwise other countries would have thjs Problem at least Hamburgs three rail :Ubahn has no probs with leakage. I think London is the only place which uses four rails.
Nicely put together video.
The-Lord-Laing Thanks :-)
7:59 to 8:18 I thought that the C - stock trains would be recycled rather than refurbished. They wouldn't get used on the tube because they are being replaced by S - stock trains.
they were refurbished several decades ago and only scrapped the S stock came out
Seen a few of these in CF Booth's yard in Rotherham over the years.
Regarding "DOOMED TRAINS" At one time in my life, I was a driver on "London Transport" buses, driving the 207 route, Uxbridge to Shepherds Bush. I was sat at traffic lights, just before the Ealing Broadway junction, coming back from Shepherds bush, when a load loader came round from my right, WITH A TRAIN ON IT!!! JUST MISSED ME BY ABOUT FOUR INCHES!!!! JUST IMAGINE "THE ACCIDENT REPORT" WHAT HAPPENED????? WELL, THIS TRAIN CAME AROUND THE CORNER!!!!!!!
Trains often travel by road, I know its crazy but it is often cheaper and easier to arrange this way! Especially for irregular / one-off journeys.
They should have sent them to the Isle of Wight, island line would have got another 40 years of use out of them. Come to think of it, island line are in need of some newer stock, their 1938 stock is getting just a bit on the old side - even by their standards!
+100SteveB alas, they are too big... the Island Line has a tunnel which used to flood and whilst steam trains did not mind too much this was not at all ideal for third rail electrification, The adopted solution was to raise the floor level and whilst this works it prevents full size trains from passing through the tunnel!
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Ryde tunnel, i knew about the size problem, but did not realise these were above the height limit. Maybe some 1970's Victoria line stock should have been earmarked for the island, that would fit in with their tradition of getting 'new' stock that had already been in service for 40, 50 years elsewhere. Sad to say, but without further ex underground stock of some kind, i cannot see much of a future for island line. I did hear talk of converting to trams, but at the same time heard that cost would be too high for that.
I just hope something is sorted, and the Ryde to Shanklin line survives as a fully operational railway.
Victoria line stock (67 Tube Stock) was specifically designed to be ATO trains, controlled by Coded signals from track level equipment, lacking such luxuries as deadman controls. Manual driving was at caution speed in "Shunt" or "Series" operation only.
The similar bodied 72 stock which operated on the Northern and Bakerloo lines were externally identical in appearance but were designed for conventional operation, but were horrible machines, the Rheo brake could be very notchy and noisy, I prefer the EP brake from the 59s and 38s I have driven, many units didnt even accelerate smoothly
Got any pictutures or videos of the Yellow Pages or Back the Bid C stock trains also any images of the oringinal square moquette that they had until 2001-03 when the spatter moquette took over.On the whole I will miss these trains they have been in service for 43 years and they've always been good to travel on even thought they get very crowded. RIP C stock :(
Great video thanks for sharing. 😁
Thanks for watching and commentating!
I must say you sure are Multi-talented when it comes to cameras citytransportinfo but when i come back to london i'll sure miss the C Stock
Excellent camera work. You did a great job.
44 plonkers are "doomed"..and nice bit of bonus footage @6:12..
yep ! simon is right !, that is what i did with LUL whe they got rid of the 1962 tube stock, i asked them for as much as i could cut off and cart away, and now i own several bits of LT history in my living room !
They aren't really getting scrapped some D stock units were taken to be refurbished into class 230 trains, but in Hainault depot there's some scrapped D stock and 1972 and 1973 trains but those are unpainted versions which are hard to find (Idk why they are at a central line depot
edit: they also got some other old trains from 1960 but they got graffited.
I am baffled about the trains at Hainault depot, especially the subsurface trains as they cannot get to here - they are far too big to fit through tube train tunnels and all connections with the mainline railway have now been removed.
@@CitytransportInfoplus but tbh i dont like the S stock but i am gonna hate the new tube for london it will be replacing 1992 stocks and 1972 and 73 stocks
I rode on one the other day I believe. Nastiest thing I'd ever seen
These trains were withdrawn a few years ago, so it is unlikely that you travelled in one of them. Perhaps it was an S stock train?
Now that's something you don't see every day!
I know it was going to happen, but no, its not a daily occurrence.
Superb footage!
Rip the C-Stocks, my fav train
There was at one point when a picture of a C60 stock was painted in a yellow livery
Yes, this was an advertising livery; Yellow Pages, I think. Alas, I did not get to see it.
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Sad to see this train go, but such is progress, I suppose.
One of my job's, in my working life, I am retired at 66 years, was a bus driver, for London Transport. I was sat in my cab, on the 207 route, a Routemaster bus, at traffic lights, when a low loader truck came around in front of me. No probs so far! On the back was a FRIGGIN' TRAIN!!!! IT PASSED ME AT, LESS THAN TWO INCHES!!!!! If it had hit me, imagine the accident report......WHAT HAPPENED? WELL, THIS TRAIN CAME 'ROUND THE CORNER!!!!!!! ALMOST EVERY WEEK, a car crashed into my bus, at a bus stop. I got so fed up, I transferred to The Underground, I THOUGHT YOU CAN'T FIND ME DOWN THERE!!!!!! WRONG! SOME DUM DUM DROVE THE TRAIN THROUGH THE SHUTTERS TO THE TRACK I WAS WALKING THROUGH!!!!! AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
oh dear, it sounds like trouble was attracted to you.
2:14 the time they were rare was a simpler time
Watch this video you see the guy on that video. called:Damaged C69 stock 5532+5575 T717 goes for scrap at Northwood
thanks.
The worst unsteady footage was edited out. This includes a moment when the camcorder in my right hand almost completely lost sight of the train!
I would have used a small tripod on the bridge parapet, but I was concerned in case I knocked my camcorder and it accidentally fell over the edge! One day I'll get myself a chain which I can attach to so that if this did happen I would not either lose it or pose a safety risk to anyone (or a train) below the bridge
Do you have some footage of it being smashed apart for scrap and sliced with cutting torches? That is always the best bit!
alas, no, I've never filmed a train being cut up at a breakers' yard.
ND78S There's nothing like a good scrapping. The way they would probably scrap this, is to smash the shit out of the superstructure with a grab crane, and the bogies and frames would be sliced into small pieces with cutting torches.
C Stock For Life
When the 1973 Piccadilly stock is finally replaced around 2020 there will be lots going to be stripped & crushed.
2020? 2025? 2030? who knows???
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