London Underground-D Stock Barking & Upminster Bridge 2006

[@NoddyMaccy]

True District line trains!

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

Well sort of.... to me they are 'new' District Line trains as i grew up with the white R Stock and red CO/CP stock which had big, deep comfortable seats....

[@NoddyMaccy]

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus They were withdrawn before my time. The D stock was rather nice, extremely reliable, easy to operate. I am the youngest person to have ever driven one (it was arranged in Upminster depot) I was 7 years old, my Grandad and his mate were working there and they got it all arranged… Great childhood memory.

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

@@NoddyMaccy Yes, i can well believe that of the Upminster crews..... it was a wonder they didn't have you do a Richmond & back so they could cut away....... lol. But you have some great memories there...... I wonder if the car you drove is still in use? Maybe as a class 230 now somewhere?....

[@NoddyMaccy]

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus Yeah, I’d imagine it’s on the mainline now and not our RAT train.

[@EM-yk1dw]

Excellent Soi. A weed free Barking!

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

A lot of places were but the railway has totally given up in clearing the lines these days.

[@Isleway.u]

@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus think he meant the getting stoned kind of weed

[@drewreynolds1649]

Classic time

[@easygo1477]

I assume the non-refurbished D78 stocks didn’t have the announcements aboard on them now did they

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

No, they were a lot more pleasant to ride in!

[@easygo1477]

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus were they?

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

@@easygo1477 Yes! Not so hard on the hearing, no door warbler or Sonia announcements (Sonia--'cos she 'gets on yer' nerves....)

[@easygo1477]

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus I thought it was Emma Clarke

[@jerzyk3520]

6:10 this doors opening is much better than this EEEEEEOOOOOO in the refurbished d stocks. Why they refurbished them? Idk. Just to annoy people

[@jerzyk3520]

+ they are retired and now i cant ride it. Why?? Why?? Why?? I now that i can ride the D stock as class 230 in Wales or in Milton Keynes, or as class 484 on the Isle of Wight, but why? They only had 30 years!!!

[@SFReversesMabelSounds]

Nice 👍

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

Ta! I have more.....

[@SFReversesMabelSounds]

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus great

[@jamesfrench7299]

Wow, had no idea so many original ones would still be floating around by then. The interiors looked tailored to 1970s fashions lol. Things would have been different by the time the 2010s rolled around I'm sure. C stocks looked much better refurbished. They appear to have had wider bodies than the Ds.

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

I think the size diffesnce is an illusion. The A60s howeve were very wide stock, wider even than BR class 37 diesel locomotives! Yes, the D stock interiors were similar to the Titan & Metro buses that were being delivered at the same time. Which was quite colourful compared to other 1970s vehicles!

[@jamesfrench7299]

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus a look on Wikipedia reveals the widths. A Stock 2.94m/ 9ft 8". C Stock 2.92m/9ft 7". D Stock 2.85m/9ft 4". Sydney's Standard Suburban Stock which ran in multiple batches 1926 -1992 were a rotund 10ft 4".

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

@@jamesfrench7299 Wow, your stock was wide! The A60s were wider than BR stock, i used to ferry them to & from refurbishment, taking a BR class 37 along the Met line to Neasden Depot from Aylesbury via Amersham. Lots of special restrictions on moving them. I think the D's were narrower as they were longer than all other Underground stock so needed a bit extra space to go round the curves on the line without hitting platforms ect. And thanks for the info, you are as desperate as me!

[@jamesfrench7299]

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus which is better overall, bus driving or train driving? The width of the Sydney stock is probably to do with the fact our first electric stock, which runs on overhead catenary, were converted wooden steam carriages fitted with Metropolitan Vickers traction equipment and this formed the template for the steel Sydney suburban stock thereafter. Our system is a unique adapted heavy rail that goes to underground stations. Our first proper metro line opened only last year and it goes to the outer stretches of Sydney! It's been very successful, though flooded after torrential rain last weekend. Once the second stage is completed, it'll be 64km in length!!!

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

@@jamesfrench7299 Nice to see that the benefits of underground railways are spreading far & wide. Train driving was much better than bus driving as well as the pay!

[@harryelliott4310]

District Line D78 Tube Stock