London Underground engineering stock

London Underground engineering stock

A train carrying track ballast and sleepers passes through Holborn
Stock type Deep-level tube
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Over the years, London Underground has acquired various types of engineering stock to help with the construction of new lines and maintenance of existing lines. Some of these wagons were inherited from its predecessors, many were built new and some were acquired second-hand from the main-line railways. Several types of specialist wagons have been used, which are described below.

Overview

London Underground uses a numbering system comprising the wagon number prefixed with a letter which designates the wagon's type. These are summarised below.

Prefix Type Description
B Brake van Manned wagon used for guard's accommodation and for braking purposes. No longer used.
BW Ballast wagon Open wagon, for transport of ballast
C Crane Powerful crane for track laying/lifting and/or recovering de-railed rolling stock
DEC Diesel-electric crane
DHC Diesel-hydraulic crane
CM Cement mixer wagon Specialist flat wagon, with a cement mixer. These wagons have been modified and now form part of Tubelines's DISAB ballast sucking machines.
CW Cable drum wagon A short wagon for transporting cable drums through deep level tunnels. For signal wiring
F Flat wagon Flat wagon, for transport of rails or sleepers Now only used in train formation with tampers 771,772 and 773.
FB Flat brake Flat wagon, with brake van compartment. No longer used.
GP General purpose wagon General purpose wagon
HD High deck wagon to carry a stack of track panels no more than 4 panels high.
HW Hopper wagon Hopper, for transport of fresh ballast
J Jib carrier Specialist flat wagon, for carrying the jib of a crane;
JC
JLE Jubilee Line Extension The same as General Purpose wagons (GP), used in the construction of the Jubilee Line Extension. Only difference is that the JLE's wagons have larger handbrake wheels.
MW Match wagon Wagons paired with the cement mixer wagons. Now used as GP wagons semi-permanently coupled together.
RW Rail wagon Specialist flat wagon, for transport of rails
SB "Turbot" ballast wagon Specialist ballast wagon, that will deliver ballast to the trackbed. Can also be used to transfer plant, used ballast or scrap.
TMM Tamping machine Ballast tamper for packing ballast to make lines more durable. Numbered 771, 772, 773 and 774.

771, 772 and 773 can only be transported through deep-level tunnels in train formation. 774 is for sub-surface lines only.

WPW Well wagon Specialist flat wagon, with lowered central section to enable larger loads to be carried. All have prefix JLE. Commonly known as a 'Low Loader'.

Brake vans

London Transport Flat Brake Van No. FB. 578

London Underground has used various designs of brake van. They were used for the guard's accommodation and for braking purposes (when wagons in the train were not fitted with automatic brakes).

Two brake vans of interest were numbers FB578 and FB579. These were 'flat' brake vans, converted from flat wagons. The conversion consisted of building a small guard's compartment on one end of the flat wagon. Therefore, these wagons could be used for carrying small items, such as sleepers, in addition to their role as a brake van.

Six brake vans numbered B580–5 were built for London Transport by British Railways (BR) at the latter's Ashford Works in the early 1960s. They were built to a design which had been produced for BR since 1950 (BR Diagram 1/506 and 1/507), totalling 3588 units, and were the final examples of that design to be constructed.[1]

Stock list

Numbers Built Converted Builder Use Notes
TLC1 1904 1948 ?/LT tunnel line cleaning wagon converted from BW108
TLC2 1893 1948 ?/LT tunnel line cleaning wagon converted from BW248
TCC1 1938 1972-77 M-C/LT DM-A converted from 10226
TCC2 1938 1972-77 LT dust extractor car
TCC3 1938 1972-77 LT heavy refuse car
TCC4 1938 1972-77 LT dust extractor car
TCC5 1938 1972-77 M-C/LT DM-D converted from 10087
BW4 1897 10-ton ballast wagon
BW12 1893 10-ton ballast wagon converted to MW518
BW21 1891 10-ton ballast wagon
BW108 1904 10-ton ballast wagon converted to TLC1
BW123 1900 10-ton ballast wagon converted to MW541
BW182 1896 10-ton ballast wagon converted to MW532
BW193 1897 10-ton ballast wagon converted to MW540
BW203 1897 10-ton ballast wagon converted to MW531
BW214 1897 10-ton ballast wagon
BW245 1897 10-ton ballast wagon
BW248 1893 10-ton ballast wagon converted to TLC2
HW201-HW222 1981 WHD 30-ton bogie hopper wagon
SB231-SB290 1982-88 1995 ?/ABB turbot wagon
F303 1907 15-ton bogie flat wagon
F304-F306 1964 10-ton 4-wheel flat wagon
F308-F309 1925 flat wagon converted to JC688/J689
F310-F315 1931 30-ton bogie flat wagon F310 converted to J691
F316-F326 1935 30-ton bogie flat wagon
F327 1935 flat wagon converted to B578
F328-F329 1935 10-ton 4-wheel flat wagon
F330 1935 flat wagon converted to B579
F331-F340 1937 30-ton bogie flat wagon
F341-F371 1951 GRCW 30-ton bogie flat wagon F355 permanently coupled with F351
F372-F375 1956 30-ton bogie flat wagon
F376-F377 1959 30-ton bogie flat wagon
F378-F383 1959 30-ton bogie flat wagon
F384-F391 1965 30-ton bogie flat wagon
F392-F398 1965-66 BR-A 30-ton bogie flat wagon
HW400-HW406 1935 20-ton hopper wagon
HW407-HW411 1938 20-ton hopper wagon
HW412-HW434 1951 20-ton hopper wagon
HW435-HW437 1965 20-ton hopper wagon
RW454-RW459 1931 20-ton rail wagon
RW460-RW465 1935 20-ton rail wagon
RW466-RW475 1937 20-ton rail wagon
RW476-RW487 1950 20-ton rail wagon
RW48-8RW489 1951 20-ton rail wagon
RW490-RW494 1958 GRCW 20-ton rail wagon
RW495-RW506 1965 BR-A 20-ton rail wagon
MW518 1893 10-ton tube match wagon converted from BW12
MW531 1897 10-ton tube match wagon converted from BW203
MW532 1896 10-ton tube match wagon converted from BW182
MW540 1897 10-ton surface match wagon converted from BW193
MW541 1900 10-ton surface match wagon converted from BW123
B555-B560 1935 GRCW 20-ton brake van
B578-B579 1935 18-ton brake van converted from F327/F330
B580-B585 1962 BR-A 20-ton brake van
C605 1925 GrEC steam crane
C606 1931 R&R steam crane
C616 1939 B&Co steam crane
DEC617 1955 T&H diesel-electric crane
DEC618 1956 T&H diesel-electric crane
C620 1926 TS&S steam crane
C621 1935 TS&S steam crane
DEC622 1964 T&H diesel-electric crane
C623 1982 CS 7.5-ton diesel crane
C624-C626 1984 CS 7.5-ton diesel crane
DHC627 1986 CS 10-ton twin-jib diesel crane
DHC628 1993 CS 10-ton twin-jib diesel crane
G662 1906 1934 MARC/LT surface gauging car
G663 1931 1963 BRCW/LT tube gauging car converted from pre-1938 trailer 7131
TRC666 1973 1987 M-C/LT track recording car converted from 514
J683 1937 1975 ?/LT jib carrier converted from WPW1001
J684 1931 jib carrier
JC688 1925 jib carrier converted from F308
J689 1925 jib carrier converted from F309
J691 1931 jib carrier converted from F312
TW730 1932 tank wagon
PBT761-PBT763 1966 P-T ballast tamping machine
PTL764 1973 P-T lining machine
SC765 1975 P-T ballast tamping machine
TMM771-TMM773 1980 P-T track maintenance machine
TMM774 2007 P-T track maintenance machine
RG802 1923 1956 M-C/LT tube gauging car converted from pre-1938 trailer 75241; originally control trailer 5241
RG803 1923 1956 M-C/LT tube gauging car converted from pre-1938 trailer 75245; originally control trailer 5245
RW801-RW826 1986 PEL 20-ton rail wagon
PC850-PC851 1931 1965 BRCW/LT personnel carrier converted from pre-1938 trailer 7061/7063
PC852 1931 1966 BRCW/LT personnel carrier converted from pre-1938 trailer 7080
PC854 1931 1966 GRCW/LT personnel carrier converted from pre-1938 trailer 7158
PC855 1931 1966 BRCW/LT personnel carrier converted from pre-1938 trailer 7071
PC856 1927 1972 MCW/LT personnel carrier converted from pre-1938 trailer 70518
HD871-HD876 1987 PEL 40-ton high-deck wagon
GP901-GP941 1985 PEL 30-ton general purpose wagon
CM950-CM955 1985 PEL cement mixer
MW956-MW960 1985 PEL match wagon
990 ballast hopper Docklands Light Railway (DLR); originally numbered 100
992 CT30 crane DLR; originally numbered 92
993 battery locomotive DLR; originally numbered 93
994 GEC diesel locomotive DLR; originally numbered 94
995 Ruston diesel locomotive DLR; originally numbered 95
996 flat wagon DLR; originally numbered 96
997 FML flat wagon DLR; originally numbered 97
998 FML 3-plank wagon DLR; originally numbered 98
999 FML flat wagon DLR; originally numbered 99
WPW1000 1937 diesel generator wagon generator removed
CW1050-CW1052 1940 cable drum wagon
CW1053-CW1055 1996 BI cable well wagon
98401 1988 Permaquip track maintenance machine acquired from Network SouthEast (W&C), 1994
JLE1-JLE15 1994 BI general purpose wagon transferred from Jubilee Line Extension (JLE)
JLE16-JLE19 1994 BI bogie well wagon transferred from JLE
JLE20-JLE23 1994 BI 4-wheel cable drum wagon transferred from JLE

All data from London Underground Rolling Stock, 1st[2] through 15th[3] editions.

Preserved units

Number Built Builder Location
BW4 1897 Bluebell Railway
DT81 London Underground Ltd.
DT82 London Underground Ltd.
BW214 1897 MR London Transport Museum - Acton Depot
F362 1951 GRCW London Underground Ltd.
F384 1965 BR-A London Underground Ltd.
HW402 1935 Bluebell Railway
HW418 1951 GRCW South Devon Railway Trust
HW421 1935 GRCW Colne Valley Railway
HW426 1951 GRCW North Norfolk Railway
HW429 1951 GRCW North Norfolk Railway
HW433 1951 Bluebell Railway
HW435 1965 BR-S Isle of Wight Steam Railway
HW437 1965 BR-S Isle of Wight Steam Railway
RW479 1950 GRCW London Underground Ltd.
B557 1935 HN Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
B558 1935 HN London Underground Ltd.
B560 1935 HN Spa Valley Railway
FB578 1950 GRCW Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
B580 1965 BR-A London Underground Ltd.
B583 1965 BR-A London Underground Ltd.
B584 1965 BR-A London Underground Ltd.
B585 1965 BR-A London Underground Ltd.
B586 1965 BR-A London Underground Ltd.
C619 1914 CS Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
C621 1935 TS&S Museum of London
DEC622 1964 T&H Spa Valley Railway
JC689 1925/1952 /LT Spa Valley Railway
J690 Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
TV751 Rutland Railway Museum
PBT762 1966 P&T Southern Steam Trust
PTL764 Severn Valley Railway
PC850 1931/1966 BRCW/LT London Underground Ltd.
PC851 1931/1966 BRCW/LT London Underground Ltd.
PC855 1931/1966 BRCW/LT London Underground Ltd.
WPW1000 1938/1976 /LT London Underground Ltd.

Abbreviations

Builders
ABB ABB Group Zurich
B&Co Butler & Company
BI Bombardier Inc. Horbury
BR-A British Railways Ashford Works Ashford
BR-S British Railways Shildon Works Shildon
BRCW Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Birmingham
CS Cowans Sheldon
FML Freightliner Maintenance Limited London
GEC GEC-Alsthom Coventry
GRCW Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Gloucester
GrEC Grafton Engineering Company
HN Hurst Nelson Motherwell
LT/LTE London Transport (Executive) Acton Works
M-C Metro Cammell Birmingham
MARC Metropolitan Amalgamated Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Ltd. Birmingham
MR Metropolitan Railway Neasden
P&T Plasser & Theurer Linz, Austria
Permaquip Permaquip
PEL Procor Engineering Ltd. Horbury
R&R Ransome and Rapier Ipswich
Ruston Ruston Lincoln
T&H Taylor & Hubbard Ltd Leicester
TS&S Thomas Smith & Sons (Rodley) Ltd Rodley
WHD WH Davis Ltd Langwith Junction

Gallery

An engineering train composed of 'SB' wagons passes through Ruislip station westbound on tracks shared by the Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines in July 2011. The cargo appeared to be old ballast. 
Preserved 10-ton Air Braked four-wheel freight wagon F. 329. 
Brake Van B558 at Ruislip depôt, modified for use as a brake test instrumentation van. 
A pair of 4xx-series 'RW' bolster wagons at Neasden, with some derelict A Stock behind. 
Rail wagon RW814, a bogie flat wagon for carrying rails. 

References

  1. ↑ Rowland, Don (1996) [1985]. British Railways Wagons: the first half million. London: Leopard. pp. 100, 182. ISBN 0-7529-0378-0.
  2. ↑ Hardy, Brian (1978). London Underground Rolling Stock (1st ed.). Harrow Weald, Middlesex: Capital Transport. pp. 102–105. ISBN 1-85414-263-1.
  3. ↑ Hardy, Brian (2002). London Underground Rolling Stock (15th ed.). Harrow Weald, Middlesex: Capital Transport. pp. 64–75. ISBN 0-904711-01-3.

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