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Post by dave1 on Feb 9, 2017 19:39:39 GMT
Came across this which is interesting as I did not know about this could you imagine this happening today.
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Post by railtechnician on Feb 9, 2017 21:03:23 GMT
Came across this which is interesting as I did not know about this could you imagine this happening today. I didn't know about the 'whitewashing' but certainly worked in many sections of tunnel that appeared to have been painted with cream paint, mostly approaches to station platforms, i.e. the multiple home signal area, the sections I recall were on the Northern and Bakerloo lines.
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Post by dave1 on Feb 10, 2017 18:53:55 GMT
Came across this which is interesting as I did not know about this could you imagine this happening today. I didn't know about the 'whitewashing' but certainly worked in many sections of tunnel that appeared to have been painted with cream paint, mostly approaches to station platforms, i.e. the multiple home signal area, the sections I recall were on the Northern and Bakerloo lines. I seem to remember but it seemed to me to be in the platform area.
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Post by railtechnician on Feb 11, 2017 11:04:22 GMT
I didn't know about the 'whitewashing' but certainly worked in many sections of tunnel that appeared to have been painted with cream paint, mostly approaches to station platforms, i.e. the multiple home signal area, the sections I recall were on the Northern and Bakerloo lines. I seem to remember but it seemed to me to be in the platform area. Cream paint in platform areas was pretty much the norm when I started with LT but it was definitely in the tunnels too as I said. Perhaps I noticed it more because I was dropping cables from the Northern line runs in the late 1970s resignalling. There were also some spots on the Picc with white paint in the last few metres of tunnel approaching some platforms, again noticed during the same period and Elephant & Castle Bakerloo sidings were painted in cream too. Of course it was all very dirty cream but still noticeable from unpainted CI rings.
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Post by dave1 on Feb 12, 2017 9:39:20 GMT
You would have noticed due to your work, I wonder if the LT museum has photos of the areas by the tunnel mouth which would show it.
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Post by railtechnician on Feb 12, 2017 14:56:14 GMT
You would have noticed due to your work, I wonder if the LT museum has photos of the areas by the tunnel mouth which would show it. I would expect that it has, it apparently has thousand upon thousand of photos yet to be sorted and categorised.
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Post by dave1 on Feb 13, 2017 15:38:46 GMT
You would have noticed due to your work, I wonder if the LT museum has photos of the areas by the tunnel mouth which would show it. I would expect that it has, it apparently has thousand upon thousand of photos yet to be sorted and categorised. I will be planted well before they are all available, I did hear that some of the people doing them are more interested in buses so they get first priority.
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Post by Nortube on Feb 14, 2017 0:22:22 GMT
When I came on the job in 1973, there were sections of painted tunnel (a car length?) on the Northern line that were, as RT says, in the tunnel before / after the platform. They weren't at every station and weren't that noticeable as they were already being covered with brake dust and all the other things that train crews were breathing in daily. I can't remember where they were. I don't think they were ever repainted since then. Highly unlikely to find any sign of them anywhere now, unless doing a tunnel walk and even then probably very difficult to find.
I can't really think what purpose it served, unless it was a relic from something way back before the 70s, perhaps even from the war.
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Post by dave1 on Feb 14, 2017 16:58:57 GMT
When I came on the job in 1973, there were sections of painted tunnel (a car length?) on the Northern line that were, as RT says, in the tunnel before / after the platform. They weren't at every station and weren't that noticeable as they were already being covered with brake dust and all the other things that train crews were breathing in daily. I can't remember where they were. I don't think they were ever repainted since then. Highly unlikely to find any sign of them anywhere now, unless doing a tunnel walk and even then probably very difficult to find. I can't really think what purpose it served, unless it was a relic from something way back before the 70s, perhaps even from the war. The purpose may be on the backs of the photos and I suspect somewhere there is a report about all of it. The Northern I think was the one with the most dirt and dust.
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