London Underground S Stock (ex-Metropolitan Railway)

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In the 1930s London Underground designated one train of eight cars as S stock. It was composed of converted trailers and experimental driving motor cars inherited from the Metropolitan Railway in 1933.

[edit] Trailer Cars

In 1919 the Metropolitan Railway converted six 1904 saloon stock cars into the Hustler train. These were the only cars of this type: two were driving motors, two were control trailers, which the Metropolitan called driving trailers, and the remaining two were trailers. In 1936 the two driving motors were converted into trailers and all six cars were used with two 1925-built prototype driving motors.

[edit] Driving Motor Cars

In 1925 two driving motor cars were built as prototypes for what would later be the T stock. In the London Passenger Transport Board numbering scheme they became 2598 and 2599. After the trailer cars were withdrawn from service in the 1940s the two driving motor cars remained in service on the East London Line, being used with a 1923-built control trailer. These three cars were withdrawn in 1950.

London Underground rolling stock

Tube stock:

1900 - 1903 - 1906 - 1914 - 1915 - 1920 - Watford Joint
Standard - 1935 - 1938 - 1949 - 1956 - 1959 - 1960 - 1962
1967 - 1972 - 1973 - 1983 - 1986 - 1992 - 1995 - 1996 - 2009

Sub-surface stock

Ex District Railway:

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - K - L

Ex Metropolitan Railway:

M - MV - MW - N - R - S - T - U - V - VT - W
Circle - GN&C - Main Line - Shuttle

London Transport:

G23 - M - N - O - CO - P - P1 - CP - Q23 - Q27 - Q31 - Q35 - Q38
R38 - R47 - R49 - R59 - A60 - A62 - C69 - C77 - D78 - S

Locomotives:

Battery-electric - Diesel - Electric

Steam locomotives:

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - K - Metropolitan District
Metropolitan departmental - ex GWR - Wotton Tramway

Other stock:

Sleet locomotives - Coaching stock - Departmental - Engineering