Showing posts with label Trains. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trains. Show all posts
29/08/2017
04/06/2017
More engineering trains at Moorgate
I regularly pass through Moorgate Tube Station on the way to and from work, and one of the disused platforms is often used for storing engineer trains and equipment.
Recently there was a collection of diggers and a bull dozer, all with tracks and wheels for using the rails-
Recently there was a collection of diggers and a bull dozer, all with tracks and wheels for using the rails-
03/02/2017
Bailey's Comet at Moorgate
A London Underground Engineering train has been parked up at Moorgate station recently. As I'm a self-confessed train nerd I got off to take some photos - alas I'm not much of a photographer.
The Roundels on the side says "Bailey's Comet" And I'm reliably informed it's a rail grinding train for smoothing out irregularities in the tracks.
This engineer train is powered by electricity from the rails like a standard tube train, however some exist that are battery powered for when the current is off for maintenance.
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