EAW044750 ENGLAND (1952). The London Transport Executive Neasden Depot, Neasden, 1952. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.

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Title [EAW044750] The London Transport Executive Neasden Depot, Neasden, 1952. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.
Reference EAW044750
Date 25-July-1952
Link
Place name NEASDEN
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 520638, 185702
Longitude / Latitude -0.25962754003822, 51.55680775944
National Grid Reference TQ206857

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his looks like it might be the Ashbury coaching stock brake conversion/reconversion, which eventually ended up going to the Bluebell Railway. I can't think of anything else with a similar double window.

The Laird
Sunday 18th of November 2018 01:41:20 AM
This was the steam shed for the several steam locos still used on the Met at the time and until 1971 for departmental purposes.

The Laird
Thursday 28th of July 2016 06:16:33 PM
World Famous Wembley Stadium

steve
Thursday 24th of March 2016 03:04:51 PM
Wembley Hill station

Leslie B
Monday 14th of March 2016 06:04:16 PM
The Wrigley factory

The Laird
Tuesday 1st of December 2015 12:46:46 AM
The Windermere public house, South Kenton

The Laird
Tuesday 1st of December 2015 12:46:14 AM
Preston Manor School

The Laird
Tuesday 1st of December 2015 12:43:16 AM
An elevated section of the 'never-stop' railway of the British Empire Exhibition, presumably entirely unused since 1925.

The Laird
Tuesday 1st of December 2015 12:34:04 AM
Permanent way materials storage area.

The Laird
Tuesday 1st of December 2015 12:08:10 AM

The Laird
Tuesday 1st of December 2015 12:04:28 AM
The first CO/CP stock entered service in 1955

Jaycee
Monday 14th of March 2016 03:54:56 PM
Yes, of course. It would have been O and P at that time, before they were converted.

The Laird
Sunday 18th of November 2018 01:18:52 AM
Bakerloo Line 1938 tube stock

The Laird
Tuesday 1st of December 2015 12:02:38 AM

The Laird
Tuesday 1st of December 2015 12:01:50 AM
These look like gas holders. In the earliest days of the Met, the carriages were lit by coal gas, which was stored (somewhat hazardously one supposes) in large rubberised bags located in the roof area of the carriages. However, this method of lighting would have been abandoned in about 1905 when the Met was mostly electrified. Coal gas might well have been a by-product of the coal-fired electrical generation that took place at Neasden, but I am not clear what it would have been used for at this date.

The Laird
Monday 30th of November 2015 11:57:58 PM
Oil, I would suggest. Why bunds otherwise?

Jaycee
Monday 14th of March 2016 12:23:04 AM
Quite possibly oil storage, Jaycee. There are pipes leading to the generating station. It was a coal fired generating station, but perhaps the oil is to lubricate the turbines.

The Laird
Thursday 28th of July 2016 06:12:15 PM
Stadium loop line operated by the LNER for football special services etc. It was abandoned in the latter half of the 1960s.

The Laird
Monday 30th of November 2015 11:43:58 PM
F Stock recently transferred from the District to Metropolitan Line mainly for the Uxbridge branch service.

The Laird
Monday 30th of November 2015 11:39:17 PM
First 'F' stock in service on the Met was Feb. 1951. I am struggling to identify some of the other cars stabled there as 'F' stock because the roof patterns and windows. Some look like 'T' stock.

Jaycee
Monday 14th of March 2016 05:08:47 PM
Steam locomotive used for non powered tracks.

John Wass
Wednesday 21st of January 2015 03:49:10 PM
Steam locomotive used for non powered tracks.

John Wass
Wednesday 21st of January 2015 03:48:43 PM
Battery locomotive used in the tunnels when the power could not be switched on.

John Wass
Wednesday 21st of January 2015 03:47:50 PM
Looks more like sleet loco possibly ESL110. No buffers etc. is too plain at front.

Jaycee
Monday 14th of March 2016 12:05:24 PM
Bo-Bo Electric locomotive.

John Wass
Wednesday 21st of January 2015 03:45:01 PM
Two Bo-Bo Electric locomotives.

John Wass
Wednesday 21st of January 2015 03:44:36 PM
The two roads in which they are stabled are known as Klondyke Sidings. They were commonly used for the stabling of the loco-hauled mainline formations.

The Laird
Monday 30th of November 2015 11:49:33 PM
Bo-Bo Electric locomotive.

John Wass
Wednesday 21st of January 2015 03:44:03 PM
Bo-Bo Electric locomotive.

John Wass
Wednesday 21st of January 2015 03:43:12 PM
Bo-Bo Electric locomotive.

John Wass
Wednesday 21st of January 2015 03:42:45 PM

User Comment Contributions

later became Neasden high school at end of quainton street unil early 90s, now demolished into a housing estate,

steve
Thursday 24th of March 2016 03:07:04 PM