1959/xx/xx. From the Geoff Plumb Collection of original slides. Metropolitan Electric No. 2 "Thomas Lord" stops at Finchley Road with a train from Baker Street to Aylesbury, which it will haul as far as Rickmansworth where it will hand over to a steam engine, most probably an ex-LMS 2-6-4T. Date & photographer unknown, but around 1959! The loco was originally named "Oliver Cromwell".

1962/04/02, 1. London Transport TD class Leyland Tiger PS1 single-decker bus No. TD124 en route from Edgware station to Mill Hill East station, somewhere in the suburbs of Edgware. This TD was one of those allocated to Edgware garage to work route 240A between Mill Hill East and Edgware stations. This was one of 100 buses with the Mann Egerton bodies introduced from 1948, Edgware getting its allocation in 1949. By this time, this was the last route operated by TDs, where they hung on until October 1962. Many of the redundant buses ended up in Ceylon for further service! Monday 2nd April 1962.

1962/04/02, 2. London Transport TD class Leyland Tiger PS1 single-decker bus No. TD99 en route from Edgware station to Mill Hill East station, somewhere in the suburbs of Edgware. This TD was one of those allocated to Edgware garage to work route 240A between Mill Hill East and Edgware stations. This was one of 100 buses with the Mann Egerton bodies introduced from 1948, Edgware getting its allocation in 1949. By this time, this was the last route operated by TDs, where they hung on until October 1962. Many of the redundant buses ended up in Ceylon for further service! Monday 2nd April 1962.

1962/04/02, 3. London Transport TD class Leyland Tiger PS1 single-decker bus No. TD124 en route from Edgware station to Mill Hill Broadway somewhere in the suburbs of Mill Hill. This TD was one of those allocated to Edgware garage to work route 240A between Mill Hill East and Edgware stations. This was one of 100 buses with the Mann Egerton bodies introduced from 1948, Edgware getting its allocation in 1949. By this time, this was the last route operated by TDs, where they hung on until October 1962. Many of the redundant buses ended up in Ceylon for further service! Monday 2nd April 1962.

1962/04/02, 4. London Transport TD class Leyland Tiger PS1 single-decker bus No. TD89 en route from Mill Hill East station to Edgware station not far from Mill Hill East. This TD was one of those allocated to Edgware garage to work route 240A between Mill Hill East and Edgware stations. This was one of 100 buses with the Mann Egerton bodies introduced from 1948, Edgware getting its allocation in 1949. By this time, this was the last route operated by TDs, where they hung on until October 1962. Many of the redundant buses ended up in Ceylon for further service! Monday 2nd April 1962.

1962/04/28, 1. London Transport trolleybus No. 1146, Class K1, is working on route 657 near Busch Corner, London Road in Isleworth, heading for Hounslow from Shepherds Bush on Saturday 28th April 1962. This was almost at the point where this route and route 667 diverged, route 667 running from Hammersmith to Hampton Court.

1962/04/xx. London Transport TD class Leyland Tiger PS1 single-decker bus No. TD104 waits for passengers in the forecourt of Mill Hill East station, where a Northern Line train can be seen in the terminus. This TD was one of those allocated to Edgware garage to work route 240A between Mill Hill East and Edgware stations. This was one of 100 buses with the Mann Egerton bodies introduced from 1948, Edgware getting its allocation in 1949. By this time, this was the last route operated by TDs, where they hung on until October 1962. Many of the redundant buses ended up in Ceylon for further service! April 1962.

1962/05/06, 1. London Transport trolleybus No. 1522, Class L3, stands in King Street, Twickenham which was the terminus of the route on Sundays. The date was 6th May 1962, the last week of trolleybus operations in London, all services finishing on Tuesday 8th May 1962.

1962/05/06, 2. London Transport trolleybus No. 1522, Class L3, stands in King Street, Twickenham which was the terminus of the route on Sundays. The date was 6th May 1962, the last week of trolleybus operations in London, all services finishing on Tuesday 8th May 1962.

1962/05/06, 3. LT Trolleybus No. 1514, Class L3, passes the windows of Bentall's department store in Kingston High Street, soon after crossing the bridge over the River Thames whilst working route 604 from Hampton Court to Wimbledon on Sunday 6th May 1962.

1962/07/xx, 1. London Transport Trolleybuses finished running on 8th May 1962. Here, some of those remaining have reached their final resting place, waiting to be scrapped at the former Trolleybus depot in Colindale, though the last depot to operate them was Fulwell. Prominent is L3 class No. 1499, still carrying its Fulwell depot plate, whilst on the left is N1 class No. 1641. This picture, taken in about July 1962, is on Ektachrome 120 reversal roll film, "re-sized" to 35mm.

1962/07/xx, 2. London Transport Trolleybuses finished running on 8th May 1962. Here, some of those remaining have reached their final resting place, in the process of being scrapped at the former Trolleybus depot in Colindale, though the last depot to operate them was Fulwell. This picture, taken in about July 1962, is on Ektachrome 120 reversal roll film, "re-sized" to 35mm.

1966/09/08. London Transport 0-6-0PT No. L94 (ex-GWR & BR No. 7752) trundles along the up fast line at Pinner Green with a ballast train, presumably working back to Neasden depot, but where it had come from I do not know! Thursday 8th September 1966.

1966/12/30, 1. London Transport de-icing unit Nos. ESL118A & 118B is converted from ex-Metropolitan Railway "T-Stock" driving units. It is in the up bay at Rickmansworth station, presumably on stand-by duties, on Friday 30th December 1966.

1966/12/30, 2. London Transport de-icing unit Nos. ESL118A & 118B (nearest camera) is converted from ex-Metropolitan Railway "T-Stock" driving units. It is in the up bay at Rickmansworth station, presumably on stand-by duties, on Friday 30th December 1966.

1966/12/30, 3. Garston depot in North Watford had several of these Guy single-deckers for some of the local country routes, this is GS60 on route 309A at the bus stand near Rickmansworth station on Friday 30th December 1966. I only had a passing interest in buses and didn't take many pictures, but I couldn't resist this!

1966/12/30. It's not only the railway scene that has changed tremendously over the last 40 or so years, the roads have moved on a bit as well! Here, London Transport Guy single-decker No. GS57 is about to turn into the station forecourt at Rickmansworth whilst working route 309 to Chorley Wood. Remember non-international signs and traffic lights on black and white poles? Behind the bus is a Morris Minor, whilst across the road a Triumph Herald follows (possibly) an Austin Cambridge, a couple of interesting looking lorries complete the scene. Friday 30th December 1966.

1966/xx/xx. Seen from a passing train a nicely clean LT 0-6-0PT, No. L92, sits outside the steam shed at Neasden depot, the power station filling the background. Nearer to camera is a converted "Standard" stock driving car, one of a batch that became "Ballast Motor Cars" service vehicles, L68 (?). Photo taken during 1966, but no actual date recorded!

1967/02/10. Taken on a dull day from a passing train, this is not the best quality of shots, but about all I have that shows one of the LT ex-GWR 0-6-0PTs, No. L95, standing at the coaling stage at Neasden depot, in front of the old power station before it was demolished. Friday 10th February 1967.

1967/06/xx, 1. LT 0-6-0PT No. L89 works bunkerfirst through Croxley station en route for Watford. There it ran round its train and took water before returning through Croxley to the tip just by Watford South Junction. This was a regular working during the demolition of the old power station at Neasden. June 1967.

1967/06/xx, 2. Ex-GWR 0-6-0PT, LT No. L89, has arrived at Watford with the spoil train from Neasden, it has run round and taken water and is now on its way back to the tip at Croxley. It is crossing the Grand Union canal just outside Watford station - a classic photographic location. The old canal wharf has fallen into disuse and disrepair, this was later swept away and a new leisure marina built in its place. June 1967.

1967/06/xx, 3. London Transport ex-GWR 0-6-0PT No. L89 (GWR & BR No. 5775) sits in the sunshine at Croxley Tip, having just arrived with the spoil train from Neasden via reversal at Watford. After shunting the loaded wagons it then departed with empty wagons to return to Neasden depot. June 1967.

1967/08/17, 1. Two versions of the same shot - this is the original, which is a slight panning shot, in the second version I have added some "motion blur" in Photoshop to emphasise the panning effect. LT 0-6-0PT No. L97 bowls merrily along the down slow line between Pinner and Pinner Green with the Monday to Friday spoil train from Neasden Depot to the tip at Croxley. The vertical objects along the track in the foreground are the tops of the wire netting fence alongside the line, over which I was perching! Thursday 17th August 1967.

1967/08/17, 2. This is version two with added motion blur in Photoshop to emphasise the panning effect of the original shot - any comments from anybody? LT 0-6-0PT No. L97 bowls merrily along the down slow line between Pinner and Pinner Green with the Monday to Friday spoil train from Neasden Depot to the tip at Croxley. The vertical objects along the track in the foreground are the tops of the wire netting fence alongside the line, over which I was perching! Thursday 17th August 1967.

1968/05/xx, 1. LT 0-6-0PT No. L94 has arrived at the tip at Croxley with the spoil train from Neasden and the driver walks round to examine the engine before shunting operations commenced. Usually the full wagons were left at the tip to be unloaded by one of the steam cranes, and the engine took an empty set back to Neasden. May 1968.

1968/05/xx, 2. Driver's eye view from the cab of LT 0-6-0PT No. L94 as it shunts on the tip at Croxley after arrival with the spoil train from Neasden, May 1968.

1968/05/xx, 3. The driver of London Transport 0-6-0PT No. L94 has one hand on the regulator and keeps a good look-out as the empty spoil train is propelled out of the sidings at Croxley Tip and onto the main running line from Watford at Watford South Junction, before reversing and heading back to Neasden depot. May 1968.

1968/05/xx, 4. The crew of LT 0-6-0PT No. L94 offered to take me all the way to Neasden on the footplate, but sadly I had to turn the offer down as my motorbike was at the tip at Croxley, Accordingly, I got down from the engine after it had propelled its train out of the tip and was deposited on the trackside adjacent to the third rail! L94 now sets off towards Neasden at Watford South Junction, the points for the tip (just visible on the other side of the bridge) having been reset. May 1968.

1968/06/xx. A familiar location but before the old Grand Union canal wharf was regenerated into today's leisure marina, the old infrastructure gradually falling apart. An unidentified LT 0-6-0PT has run round its train and watered at Watford station and is now making its way to the tip at Croxley with the spoil train from Neasden. Date unknown, but around June 1968, a misty, murky sort of day!

1969/01/xx, 1. Now situated rather a long way from where it was originally used, this relay box bears the legend "LCC Tramways 1907". Here it is in use as part of the lighting system for the footpath whch crossed the bridge over the Metropolitan Lines just north of Northwood station. January 1969.

1969/01/xx, 2. LT Pannier Tank 0-6-0PT No. L95 returns from running round at Watford through Croxley station en route to the tip by Watford South Junction with its trainload of spoil from Neasden depot. January 1969.

1969/01/xx, 3. On a sunny but freezing cold day in January 1969, LT 0-6-0PT No. L94 approaches Croxley station from Watford, where it has run-round its works train from Neasden and is now heading for the tip at Croxley. Note the steam crane in the consist of the train.

1969/06/xx, 1. The skyline above Lillie Bridge depot is dominated by the Empress State building as 0-6-0PT No. L90 shunts in the permanent way rail yard at the depot. The bridge in the left foreground with the Land Rover parked on it is over the District Line tracks near West Kensington station. June 1969.

1969/06/xx, 2. LT pannier tank No. L90 is shunting at Lillie Bridge depot with some ballast wagons beyond the overhead gantry crane in the permanent way yard. In the foreground an eastbound District Line train of clerestory roofed Q stock has just left West Kensington station for Earls Court. June 1969.

1969/06/xx, 3. Ex-GWR 0-6-0PT No. 5764 is now London Transport No. L95, and is here arriving at Lillie Bridge Depot, seen from the West Cromwell Road bridge, with a train of empty wagons from Addison Road (now Kensington Olympia) on a lovely June day in 1969.

1969/06/xx, 4. General view of Lillie Bridge depot as seen from the West Cromwell Road bridge in June 1969. On the left are the tracks of the West London Extension Joint line (GWR, LNWR, LSWR & LBSCR Joint) with the sidings full of wagons overshadowed by the bulk of the Earls Court exhibition centre. Lillie Bridge signalbox can just be seen at the far end of the LT depot. A District Line train of R Stock which has just left West Kensington station for Earls Court is diving under these tracks at West Kensington East Junction, the low level lines in the foreground heading to Olympia. In the centre, London Transport ex-GWR 0-6-0PT No. L95 is propelling a works train into the yard of the depot, having just arrived from the Addison Road direction (now Kensington Olympia), while various Battery Electric locos and pilot units stand around between duties. The four chimneys of the Fulham Borough Council Power Station which was close by Wandsworth Bridge can be seen in the distance. This whole area is transformed today, much of it covered by the extension to the Earls Court exhibition complex, though some of the depot tracks are still in use!

1969/06/xx, 5. LT Battery Loco No. L36 at Lillie Bridge depot in West Kensington, June 1969.

1969/06/xx, 6. LT 0-6-0PT No. L89 (ex-BR & GWR No. 5775) works up the gradient from the underpass out of Neasden depot and is approaching Wembley Park station with the works train to Croxley tip, as a southbound Bakerloo Line train of 1938 stock heads for Baker Street (no Jubilee Line then!). The tracks in the foreground are the BR lines from Marylebone. June 1969.

1969/06/xx, 7. London Transport No. L89 (ex-GWR 57xx Class 0-6-0PT No. 5775, now preserved on the K&WVR) shunts the tip at Croxley having arrived via reversal at Watford Metropolitan station with the Monday to Friday spoil train from Neasden depot. Note the steam cranes! June 1969.

1969/09/xx, 1. LT 0-6-0PT No. L89 has arrived at Watford station and left its train in the loop, it is now waiting to crossover to take water from the tank on the platform end. Once its tanks are full it will return to its train to retrace its steps back to the tip at Croxley, accessible only from the up line. September 1969.

1969/09/xx, 2. LT Pannier Tank No. L89 has arrived at Watford station to run-round its works train from Neasden and is now being watered by its crew from the tower on the end of the platform before returning to the tip at Croxley. September 1969. The water tower was later dismantled and re-erected at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, Quainton Road.

1969/09/xx, 3. A Metropolitan Line train of A62 stock (Nos. 5138, 6138, 6139 & 5139 are the first four cars) comes under the bridge on the approach to Harrow-on-the-Hill station en route from Baker Street to Watford. It is about to pass a wondrous platelayer's trolley on its own short section of track! September 1969.

1969/09/xx, 3. LT 0-6-0PT No. L89 has propelled its works train out of Croxley Tip and onto the main line from Watford and is now setting off back to Neasden at Watford South Junction. The lines in the background are from Aylesbury and Amersham. September 1969. The return train from Croxley was usually empty, but this one has a load of logs in the first wagon!

1970/03/xx, 1. A Metropolitan Line set of A60 stock works north west across the girder bridge just south of Northwood station with a stopping train for Watford on a chilly day in March 1970.

1970/03/xx, 2. Two LT Battery Electric locos "Top & Tail" the spoil train which ran from Neasden depot to the tip at Croxley, via reversal at Watford, the train previously regularly hauled by ex-GWR "Pannier Tanks". They have just crossed the girder bridge over the road just south of Northwood and are about to be overtaken by a fast Amersham train of A60 stock. March 1970, and presumably the right kind of snow!

1970/03/xx, 3. An unidentified LT Electric Sleet Locomotive (ESL) is presumably keeping the conductor rails clear as it heads north along the down fast of the Metropolitan line just south of Northwood station, after a snowfall in March 1970.

1970/04/xx, 1. Interior view of the turbine hall at London Transport's Lots Road power station alongside the River Thames in Chelsea, looking towards the western end of the building. The boilers were in the adjacent part of the building, beyond the gantries along the back of this view. April 1970.

1970/04/xx, 2. Looking through the pipework for one of the Parsons steam turbine generators, an interior view of the turbine hall at London Transport's Lots Road power station alongside the River Thames in Chelsea, looking towards the western end of the building. April 1970.

1970/04/xx, 3. Seen from the gantries in front of the boilers, looking down into the turbine hall from the western end of Lots Road power station. This was one of several generating stations owned by London Transport to power the underground system. In common with many installations of this sort, the whole place was kept clean and smart. This power station, along with the others has now gone and power is taken from the National Grid for the London Underground. April 1970.

1970/04/xx, 4. View from high up on the boiler-cum-turbine hall of London Transport's power station at Lots Road, Chelsea. An unidentified Class 33 diesel is heading north along the West London Extension line having just crossed the River Thames and passing the busy yard at what is now Chelsea Harbour since the yard was closed and sold off for development. The four chimneys of the Fulham Council power station (since demolished) can be seen in the distance, close by Wandsworth Bridge. April 1970.

1970/06/xx, 1. An eastbound District Line train sets off from Ravenscourt Park station, the first two cars being of clerestory-roofed Q Stock, the leading car is of Q27 stock, unidentified, the second car is numbered 08070 and is a Q35 car. The third car is of a more modern design Q38, numbered 4419, one of those built to work with the older cars when they were converted from hand-operated doors to air operated doors. June 1970.

1970/06/xx, 2. Two westbound trains approach Ravenscourt Park station, running neck and neck. On the left is a Piccadilly Line train for Hounslow West (I understand this train is one of the three 1956 built Gloucester RCW prototype units, which resulted in the 1959/62 squadron sets) while on the right is a District Line train (R38 stock) for Ealing Broadway. This was during the transition period when District Line trains' livery was being changed from the traditional red to silver. June 1970.

1970/06/xx, 3. London Transport ex-GWR 0-6-0PT No. L94 is heading east along the District Line tracks having just passed Ravenscourt Park station as it makes its way with just a brakevan in tow from Acton Works to Lillie Bridge depot, June 1970.

1970/06/xx, 4. At South Ealing station on the Piccadilly Line, on the right a train of 1959 built stock, while on the left is a four-car train carrying "Special" on its destination blind. I understand this is a Cravens 1960 prototype (though the trailer cars were reconditioned from ealier stock) for the Central Line which was not followed up. The units ended up working the shuttles between Hainault and Woodford, and for experiments in Automatic Train Operation for later Victoria Line trains. June 1970.

1971/02/xx, 1. A District Line train of wonderfully mixed stock (Q38 Trailers and Q27 {ex-K Stock} Driving Motors) arrives at Wimbledon station during February 1971. A "Warship" class diesel hydraulic can just be seen above the bufferstop on the right of the picture, heading into Waterloo with a train from Exeter.

1971/02/xx, 2. Closer view of one of the clerestory roofed cars (Q27 Driving Motor) seen in Slide 6403 as a District Line train arrives at Wimbledon. This is car No. 4263 and it is flanked by newer cars (Q38 Trailers), No. 013158 on the left and perhaps No. 013127 on the right. February 1971.

1971/06/06, 1. Circle Line trains surplus to requirements on a Sunday are stabled in the sidings at Farringdon on 6th June 1971. The nearer train consists of CO stock and the further one of CP stock. Note the total lack of graffiti!

1971/06/06, 2. Metropolitan Railway Electric loco No. 12 "Sarah Siddons" (named after the actress) on display at Neasden depot during the ceremonials to mark the end of steam running on the Underground, Sunday 6th June 1971.

1971/06/06, 3. Watched by the crowd of onlookers, LT 0-6-0PT No. L90 (ex-GWR & BR No. 7760) trundles through the yard at Neasden depot with a demonstration engineering train during the celebrations to mark the end of steam on the underground on Sunday 6th June 1971. The engine was later preserved at the Great Central Railway, Loughborough.

1971/06/06, 4. De-icing unit (Electric Sleet Locomtive) Nos. ESL118A & 118B is made up of two former "T Stock" driving motor coaches and here looks newly repainted on display at Neasden depot during the ceremonials to mark the end of steam traction on the Underground system, Sunday 6th June 1971.