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MEMBES.E • ARTICLES 3© INDEX TO UNDERGROUND NETJS - 1979 ISSUES 205 - 216

ACCIDENTS COLLISIONS Acton Uorks, 2.3.79 124 Barking sidings, 22.1.79 63 Leyton, 17.1.79 41 DERAILMENTS Chalfont-, 15 A,79 120 Hanger Lane Junction, 10,8,79 271 Leyton, 17.1,79, and collision 41 depot, 10.8,79 271 Queens Park, 7.9.79 273 South Junction, 15.6,79 212 Wimbledon Park, 19.9.79 309 FIRES & SMOULDERINGS , 2^.1,79 64 Kings Cross, 25.1.79 64 Lillie , Ballast motor, l6.1,79 67 Liverpool Street, 25.12.78 22 Maida Vale, 27.9.79 308 Ongar, station embankment 66 Oxford, scrap 1938 stock 225,248 Queens Park booking hall, 3,12,78 15 Queensbury, footbridge 296 , new wheel lathe 120 Adverse weather 10,17,36,46,72,125,128 225,249 ADVERTISEMENTS Basildon Bond notepaper 270 Brompton Road, Ideal Home Exhibition 91 Day Returns 108 Christmas travel, free 107 Commercial, talk at Hammersmith 206 Euston, 194? type 148 Fly the Tube 108 In Underground News 88,145,180,268,298 Kilburn, hoardings renewed 339 Missing, 1959 stock unit 65 Model Railway layouts, scale size 144 Sealink, Bakerloo trains 150 Stand on the Right, 19'*7» Euston 148 , for staff 65 Upside down, 1973 stock 68 Aircraft symbol, Heathrow extension l4o BRANCH General arrangements 213 Platform, candle-lit lunch, 3.7.79 217,237 Service to be operated with stock 36 Shuttle train in service to Wood Green, 66 25.1.79 Armrests 62,67,91,123,202,204,311 ARMY Disposal of ex-LT stock, Shoeburyness 149 Transfer of ex-LT stock to Bicester 227,250 Automatic Fare Collection 204

2 Adverse weather, 1979 38,72,125 ADVERTISEMENTS Sealink, on 1938 stock 150 Staff, for Stonebridge Park depot 65 9 Modernisation of station 123 Signalling, control transferred to . "^^^ Brake block experiments, 1958 stock 16,65 Car Line diagrams 172 , 'For ' 227 added Destination plates, Stonebridge Park 159 Divisional reorganisation 66 ELEPHANT & CASTLE Crossover renewed 2k Sidings 'blacked' by train crews 127,202 Signalling into sidings 91 Finchley Road, new tripcock tester 15 Lambeth North, reversing of crew ^ training train Line name 57 Maida Vale, smouldering, 27.9.79 308 , reversing of trains 2lk Posters, incorrectly displayed 17 QUEENS PARK Booking hall fire, 3.12.78 15 Derailment, 7.9.79 273 V^rong signal lowered, 29.5.79 202 QUEENSBURY Decoration of SB platform 120 Reconstruction of platforms 36 Renewal of station nameplates 67 STANMORE BRANCH Magazine article 2l6 Surface stock sleet train 38 Station Line diagrams, Jubilee Line 17 STONEBRIDGE PARK DEPOT New 65,160 Relaying with ballast 312 Staff wanted 65 Suspicious parcel, Green, 2,1.79 67 Swiss Cottage, renumbering of platforms 126 Timetable, new 132,155 Track circuit indications, Finchley Road 16 -Baker Street Trafalgar Square, station names 62 Train describers I63 Trains diverted to Jubilee Line l60,272 Tripcock tester, Finchley Road, new 15 Uniform train, 16.9.79 312 WATERLOO Closed circuit TV installed 271 Station Line diagram 35 WATFORD LINE Cancellation during 3R strikes 67 Coupling adaptors on rolling stock 37 Delayed, 20.12.78 36 West , crossover removed 63 BAKERLOO LINE (Continued) WILLESDEN GREEN Points & crossovers out of use 162 Suspicious parcel 2,1.79 67 Bank Holiday timetables 134 Bartrip LA 73,197 Becker A¥ 265 Benest K 33 BETJEMAN, SIR JOHN Book, 'The Best of Betjeman' 68 Metroland film 4o Bevin RP 55 Bird R 236 Bluebell Railway, restoration of Chesham 007 coaches BOOK & OTHER RE VIET'^S & NOTICES Badges, all LT lines 239 British Railway Signalling 13 Bus Map No.l, 1979 II6 EXHIBITIONS Britain at Bay l44,199 Fulham Library, Hammersmith area , l48 LT Posters, Foyles Art Gallery 203 , Uxbridge Library 217 Model Railway Club, 1979 128 Teaspoons to Trains 18,113 Hornby Railways, 1979 Catalogue 49 Inner Circle Railway track map 112 Transport 1978 -Annual Report l42 Buses 68 London Transport Railways Album 13 London Transport Shops Catalogue 1979 117 Rolling Stock 68,89,111,117 London's Transport Photographers - Fred Ivey l43 Magazines, various 2l6 Metropolitan Railway car cards 239 Model Rail^^^ays, June 1979 '^^^ Modern Railways, December 1978 13 New York Railway map 18 Radio Review -The Peter Allen 'phone-in 49 Railway V7orld, May 1979 l44 Romance of Metroland 261 Southern Electric 1909-1979 333 Southern Region track maps 112 Teaspoons to Trains, exhibition l8,113 The Best of Betjeman 68 The Man Who Built London Transport I89 The Story of Merseyrail 240 Underground 110 Underground system map, No.l 1979 II6 Borley HV 11,12,142,219 Boston Metro, USA 332 Brake blocks 16,65 Brake tests 34,125 BRIDGE RENEWALS , DI7 29I Amersham-Chalfont, MRlll 25,291 Liverpool Street, station footbridge 76 . Ravenscourt Park 76,135,321 Ruislip-Uxbridge, U17/24, 3.12.78 24 West Ham 75,135 Bridges, new, Hanger Lane 34,26l 4 & BRITISH RAILWAYS Barking, indicators for District & Metropolitan trains 33 Carriage cleaning poster, ex-Northern 122 City Line Christmae Eve, earlier station closures 23 CLYDERAIL New stock for 149 Opening 78,236 DMU liveries, Marylebone- line 249,272,308 Destination blinds, class 313 EMUs 311 Drayton Park, demolition of ex-LT depot 35,65 East , signs replaced 249 Engineering work, Richmond, 3.12.78 25 Fares increased from 7.1,79 47 Farringdon-, proposed 63,90,146 reopening GC trains misrouted at Harrow 55,112 GN train service improved 148 Isle of Wight stock 10,150,184,240,340 , signs 271 Kentish Town ticket facilities 263 Litter bins, Moorgate-Drayton Park 65 Merseyrail, Liverpool 5,106,150,210 Midland Suburban Electrification 102,133,227,249,309 New service, Camden Road-Woolwich 148 New stations on LT fares lists 92 QUEENS PARK Booking hall fire, 3.12.78 15 Vi^rong signal lowered, 29.5.79 202 Renovation of platforms. New Cross & 5 New Cross Gate Rickmansworth, DMU failure 226 Signalling, Richmond line 12 Southern Electric system, book review 333 Strike by ASLEF drivers 46,67,73 Traction current, Wimbledon line 318 WR signs on LT 311 V/aterloo & City Line, magazine article 216 Watford line, service delayed, 20.12,78 36 West Ham, new station 148,192 Willesden Junction, train describer 202 •Wimbledon Line', suggestion 30 Britton J 142 Brompton Road, incorrect advertising of 91 Brook Smith JS 81 Bruce JG, retirment 3,20 Bus engine, leaf clearing train 4 Bus route No.9» film of 40 BUS & COACH SERVICES, RAIL REPLACEJiENT Acton Town-Hammersmith, 29.4.79 135 Acton Town-Rayners Lane, 15/16.9.79 292 Amersham-Aylesbury, 21/28.10 & 4,11.79 321 21,1,79, 14.2.79 -Plaistow, 75,135,192 & 12.5.79 ChaIfont-Amersham, 26.11.78 & 2.9.79 25,291 Chorleywood-Rickmansworth, 22.4.79 134 Cockfosters-Arnos Grove, 17.6.79 235 Cockfosters-Oakwood, 4.3.79 & 16.9.79 103,292 Earls Court-Ealing Broadway, 4.2.79 77 -Plaistow, 8/22.4.79 134 BUS & COACH SERVICES, RAIL REPLACEMENT (Continued) Golders Green-Hampstead, 30,9.79 & 14,10.79 321 Gunnersbury-Richmond, 3.12,78 25 Hammersmith-Heathrow, 4,2.79 77 Harrow/Northwood-i7atf ord/Rickraansworth 213 13.6,79 -Wimbledon, 1.7.79 235 Ruislip-Uxbridge, 3.12.78 24 Stanmore- Park, 13.5.79 & 22.7.79 192,235 West Ruislip-North Acton, 8/15.7.79 261

CABLE FIRES Experiments, C & SLR 120 Highgate, 24.1.79 64 Kings Cross, , 25.1.79 64 CABLE THEFTS Chesham Line 248 Ruislip 248 Watford South Junction 212 CAR LINE DIAGRAMS 1962 stock, melamine • 37,65,123 A STOCK New 17,37 Originals exposed 63,92 C stock, second replacement 86,l49 Bakerloo Line 127,172 Central Line 289 Jubilee Line 57,127,172 Northern Line 36,289 290 CAR PARKS Automatic 231 Future proposals 66,335 Northwood, extended 66 Ruislip, closed temporarily 310 Sign for Hillingdon 249 Carpet experiment ends, 1959 stock car 65 Centenary of Electric Railways 248 CENTRAL LINE & station, manhole cover 122 Deep level tube shelters 95 Delay Leytonstone, 26.4.79 l49 Divisional reorganisation 66 Ealing Broadway, terminal protection 135,183,273 East Acton, platform reconstruction 15,34,66 Engineering work. Hanger Lane & Northolt 26O Gauging runs 124 Hainault, train cleaning in station 310 HAINAULT/WOODFORD LOOP 1962 stock in service 91 ETT on test 125 Hanger Lane, new road bridge over 34,26l LEYTON Collision, 17.1.79 4l Platform resurfacing 203 Station lighting 203 Leytonstone, station lighting 203 of CLR 10,32 Melamine car line diagrams 37,65,123

6 CENTRAL LINE & CENTRAL LONDON RAIL17AY (Continued) ONGAR Embankment smouldering 66 Scorpions at 225 Points failure, Woodford Junction 203 Rail Tours 188,28? Reduced train service ll6,259 St,Pauls (Post Office), name sign 30? Sleet defect, 2.12,78 I7 Test train, Leyton kk Timetables, new 131 Trainstops broken, 31.1.79 66 Trainstops in sidings 35 Woodford, footbridge closed, 22,8,79 263 Chambers ED 188,208,2^0 Chandos Papers Microfilm 302 Cheque card machine, ticket offices 123 Chesham shuttle cancelled, 31.3.79 123 Chicago TA train services 296 CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS Eastcote station I6 On trains 22,35,62,107 Train service, I978 21 Circle Line, radio programme 112 City 102,133,227,249,309 Closed circuit TV^ Waterloo 271 Clyderail BR Underground Line 78,149,236 Coal Merchants' wagons 10,55 Collisions - see Accidents Colour slides, new sets available 89 Commercial advertising, talk 206 CONDUCTOR RAILS Near platform edges 113 Scraping of ice from 72,75 Cope CH 26 Country Walks, LT book 115 LT MUSEUM Display at Syon Park 45 Transfer of exhibits to 120,248,274 Crane, steam, converted to diesel I5 Creches at stations, suggested 217 Creswell PR 21,38 Crime, New York subway 116 Croft DA 30 Croome CAS 11,56,144 Croome DF 8o,ll4,l40 CROSSOVERS REMOVED Piccadilly Circus 2l5 West Hampstead 63 Willesden Green 162,228,309 Crystal Palace pneumatic railway 217,252,335

DAVIS PR 252 Deep level tube shelters 95,145,227 De-icing 10,17,38 DELAYS TO SERVICES Action by Line Traffic Controllers 20 Adverse weather 36,46,72,225 Bomb hoax South Harrow, 31.8,79 273 Bounds Green, 16.3.79 122 DELAYS TO SERVICES (Continued) Broken trainstops, Central Line 31,1,79 66 Ealing Broadway, 14.5.79 150 , 29,12,78 67 Engineers train Leytonstone, 26.4,79 l49 High Street Kensington 308 • • : Leyton collision, 17.1,79 4l Northern Line, general I96 Queens Park, 29.5c79 202 Regents Park, 10,8.79 • 250 Rickmansworth, 22.6.79 226 Ruislip, theft of signal cable 248 Sleet locomotive defect 17 Watford line (Bakerloo/LMR), 20.12.78 36 Willesden Green, 2,1,79 67 Woodford Junction, 24.5.79 203 DEPOTS Drayton Park, demolition 35,65 • Highgate - 99 Lillie Bridge, shunting in 67 Stonebridge Park, new 65,160 Derailments - see Accidents DESTINATION BLINDS 1972 stock, Bakerloo/Jubilee 159,225,250,273 1973 stock 64 A stock, jammed 305 , D and R stocks 307 GN class 313 stock 248,311 Incorrect displays at rear 265 Destination plates 159 Devivo P 145,197 Diagrams -see Car Line, Station Line or Underground Line. See also Signalling and Track diagrams. Diaries, Underground maps for 1979 35 ' Distances between stations. Northern Line extensions DISTRICT LINE & METROPOLITAN Blackfriars, station modernisation 67 D stock, plans for 1979 37,63 Dagenham Heathway, incorrect poster 123 Delay, Ealing Broadway l4,5„79 I50 Derailment, Hanger Lane Junction, 10,8.79 27I Destination blinds 30? Diversion of C stock trains 271,306 Electric locomotives 32 Embankment, station modernisation 68 ENGINEERING WORK Acton Town 193 Ravenscourt Park 76,135 Richmond 25 Southfields 235 Upton Park 134 l^Test Ham 75,135,192 Keathway substation control room, closure 16,35 High Street Kensington, points conversion 25 High Street Kensington, points failure 308 Incorrect station announcement, St.James's ^ Park Metropolitan train collision, Barking 63 sidings, 22.1.79

8 DISTRICT LINE AND METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY (Continued) Parsons Green siding, trainstop installed 228 Rainstorm, delay to service, 30.5.79 225 Richmond, C stock gauging trains, 7,1,79 37 Shunting in 67 Signalling, Richmond line 12 , platform wall cleaned 22k Station indicators, Barking- Green 33,146 Station name changes l42 Timetable, new 133 Traction current, Wimbledon branch 3l8 'Wimbledon Line', suggestion 30 Wimbledon Park, derailment 309 Yerkes's Jerkers, poem 261 Drayton Park, demolition of ex-LT depot 35,65 Dublin Metro, proposed 263 Duty schedules, trainmen 230

EAST ACTON, platform reconstruction 15,34,66 Echlin J 55,78 Edwards DF 56,l4l,217,276 Electromagnetic contactors l84 Engine sheds on LT 258 ENGINEERING WORKS Amersham-Aylesbury, 21/28.10.79 & 4.11.79 321 Acton Town 193 Alperton, 15/16.9.79 291 Canons Park, 22.7.79 235 Chalfont-Amersham, 26.11.78 & 2.9.79 25,291 Chorleywood-Rickmansworth, 22.4,79 134 COCKFOSTERS 4.3.79 103 16.9.79 291 Cockfosters & Oakwood, I7.6.79 235 Golders Green, 30,9.79 & 14,10.79 320 Gunnersbury-Richmond, 3.12,78 25 Hanger Lane & Northolt, 8/15.7.79 260 High Street Kensington, 3.12.78 25 Lambeth North-Elephant & Castle, 2/3.12.78 24 Liverpool Street 76 NEASDEN-WEMDLEY PARK 12/19.11.78 & 10.12.78 24 18/25.2.79 78 New poster design 66 Queensbury, 13.5.79 192 Ravenscourt Park 76,135,321 Ruislip-Uxbridge, 3.12.78 24 Southfields, 1.7.79 235 Upton Park, 8/22.4,79 134 West Ham 75,192 Escalators, talk at Hammersmith 94 Experimental Tube Train 36,67,125,304

FALL NE 33 FARES Council subsidies 47,296,334 Free on Christmas Day, 1978 21 Increases 47,181,255 List at , old 310 List at Paddington, with new BR stations 92 Proposed increases 217,237 Father Christmas stickers on trains 22,35,62,107 Film shoxiT at Hammersmith meeting ko Flooding of London 90 Football hooliganism, 26.5.79 194,207,217 Foyles Art Gallery, poster exhibition 203 Frlswell NC 47 From the Papers 89,115,146,175,194,216, 237,265,295,334 Funnies 68,340

GARBUTT, Lt.Col.P,, OBE award 90 Gardens, station 272 GAUGING TRIPS Central Line 124 Richmond station 37 GLASGOW UNDERGROUND Car sheds, old 7 GENERAL SITUATION at November 1978 6 at February 1979 78 Museum of Transport 78,236 Reopening 236 ROLLING STOCK Disposal of old 7 New, delivery 6 Stations 7 Goods yards, Willesden Green, closure 65 Graffiti 203 Graham R GREATER LONDON COUNCIL 113,l40 Archives, storage space required Stage II, Jubilee Line 296 Station repainting, request to LT 90,225 Talk at Hammersmith 123 Ticket Collectors, letter leak 314 GREATER LONDON INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY 90,148,296 Meetings, 1979/80 298 Newsletter 122

HAMER S 265 Hammersmith, Kings Mall Shopping Precinct 224 Hammond GW 10 Hardy B 80,82 Harvey DJ 12 Haynes T, resignation as Registrar 38 Hayward D 2 HEATHROW EXTENSION BA bus service to Gloucester Road withdrawn 90 First anniversary, special train 90 Terminal 4, proposed extension 148,240,335 Heathway substation control room, clostire 16,35 HONG KONG MRT system 116,296 Rolling Stock 89,149 Simulators for training 149 Stamps, commemorating opening 308 Hooliganism, Wembley, 26.5,79 194,207,217 Houston Texas, Underground railway 186 Hyde NJC 113,295

10 , exhibition 145 Indexes to Underground News 2,246 Indicators, station - see Train Describers Industrial action, BR ASLEF drivers 46,67 Items for sale 38 Ivey FW 210

JACKSON AA 32,56,180 Journey planners 64 JUBILEE LINE Advert for staff, Stonebridge Park depot 65 Canons Park, platform reconstruction 196,235 Car Line diagrams 172,225 Derailment, , 10,8,79 271 Destination blinds 159,225,250,273 Divisional reorganisation 66 Extension of 90,195,225,237 Fares alterations, from 7•1.79 47 Football hooliganism, 26.5.79 194,207,217 Footbridge damaged by fire, Oueensbury 296 General observations 196,197 Interchange 9 Journey planners 64 Magazine article 216 Motifs 9 Name change 8 Neasden southbound sign 203,310 Opening 64,151 Posters 62,126,174,227 Queensbury, reconstruction of platforms 192 Rolling stock 156 Signalling 162,310 Souvenir publications 175 Station design 153 Station line diagrams 17,57 Station line signs, Swiss Cottage & 250,271,308 St.Johns Wood Strand, Northern Line 62,90,121 TEST TRAINS 5.1.79 C 28/29.7.79 249 Timetable, new 132,155 Traction current notice 311 Train describers 163,209 Trainstops in sidings 203 SB, i^reak field flag switch, 308 use of West Kampstead, palm trees 204,225

KEIGHLEY & WORTH VALLEY RAILWAY 85,200,302,311 Kiddle DFA 11,56,141

LEAF CLEARING 4,330 Leram S 220 Leonard A 87 Letters to the Editor 10,32,55,87,112,139, 196,218,238,333 Leyton collision, 17.1.79 41 Library notice 29 Lifts, talk at Hammersmith 94 Lillie Bridge depot, shunting 67 Line Traffic Controllers 20 Litter bins on BR, LT type 65 LIVERIES BR DMUs 249,272,308 Battery Locomotives, yellow- 36,124,127,248,269 Compartment stock experiments 12,55,56 EHO 1938 stock 10,16,51,126,147 Liverpool, Merseyrail Underground 5,106,150,210 Loma s D 10,95 LONDON TRANSPORT AND LPTB Annual Report, I978 123,142 Automatic Fare Collection 204 Buses, film at Hammersmith meeting 40 Christmas train services leaflet 21 CollQCtion,closure of Syon Park 45,107,120 Country Walks book 115 Divisional reorganisation, railways 66 Father Christmas stickers on trains 22 Fares increases 47,181,217,237,254, 296,334 GLC, talk at Hammersmith 314 Hammersmith development 225,335 Investment plans 237 Jubilee Line opening 151 Management changes 20 Model Railway, Charing Cross, 193^ 240 One-man trains 290,296 Pick, Frank, book review 189 Poster exhibition, Foyles Art Gallery 203 Rail Tours 1979 188,287 Roundel on 1959 stock car 65 Shop, new at Charing Cross 153 Shops catalogue 1979 117 Smoking, proposed ban 63,295 Souvenir publications, Jubilee Line 175 Station repainting policy 123 Talk to schoolchildren 247 'Underground' name 57,114,140,195 Victoria Line, lOth birthday celebrations 71 London Underground Roving 338 MAPS Bus 116 Inner Circle track map 112 Southern Region track maps 112 Underground system 57,63,65,86,116,148, 150,297 Maxwell WW 21,49 Merseyrail, Liverpool 5,106,150,210 METRO-CAMMELL Film of 40 History and talk of. Hammersmith meeting I30 Hong Kong MRT rolling stock 89 Testing building, new 339 & RAILWAY AND EAST LONDON LINE Adverse weather 72 Amersham trains diverted 123,149 Amersham train retimed 16 Aylesbury line, electrification suggested 82,138,159

12 METROPOLITAN LINE & RAILWAY AND EAST LONDON LINE (Continued) BAKER STREET Station lighting 203 Subway 9 Train describers 36 BRIDGE RENEWALS Amersham-Chalfont, MRlll 25,291 Ruislip-Uxbridge, U17/24 ?A Car cards, review of reprinted 239 Chesham shuttle cancelled, 31.3.79 123 Chorleywood, station name 333 CIRCLE LINE Radio programme 112 Trains diverted 52,226,249 City V7idened Lines 102,133,227,249 Collision, Barking sidings, 22.1,79 63 Concrete sleepers, Neasden-Wembley Park 24 DERAILMENTS Chalfont-Chorleywooci, 15.4,79 120 Watford South Junction, 13.6.79 212 Divisional reorganisation 66 EAST LONDON LINE Modernisation 4,122 Stock move and delay, 29.12.78 6? EASTCOTE Car park and proposed office block 335 Christmas decorations 16 Platform resurfacing and new entrance doors :>i'-f Station line diagrams 35 Football hooliganism, 26.5.79 194,207,21? GC trains misrouted at Harrow 55,112 Kilburn, advert hoardings 339 Kings Cross, closure of signal cabin 102 Ladbroke Grove, graffiti 203 Leaf clearing 4,330 Light railway, during construction l4l,22l Livery experiments 12,55,56 Liverpool Street, new station line diagrams 150 Maps, showing Jubilee Line 1? Metroland I, film 40 METROPOLITAN RAILWAY SIGNS Kings Cross BR 64 Moorgate 108 MOORGATE Dead baby found in bag 66 Metropolitan Railway sign 108 Station line diagram Neasden depot, proposed modernisation 312 Neasden station, stopping of trains 237 North Harrow, other names suggested 32 Northwood, car park extended 66 Opening to Willesden Green & Neasden 21? Person under train, Goldhawk Road 335 Photographic exhibition, Uxbridge Library 21? Posters, incorrect displayed 1? Private owner wagons 10,55,ll4,l4l Proposals for services, 1937 208 Publicity, talk at Hammersmith 276 Rickmansworth, DMU failure, 22.6,?9 226 METROPOLITAN LINE & RAILXiTAY AND EAST LONDON LINE (Continued) Royal Oak, platform ticket sales, 1.3#79 123 Special train, 24,5.79 203 Station line diagrams 17 Test trains TIMETABLES 34,35,125 New- 132 Posters TRAIN DESCRIDERS 204,225 Baker Street 36 Edgware Road 210 Train set numbers 91 Travelwide ticket, Watford area 125 Turning of C stock car 5585, 28,1,79 64 Uncoupling cancelled 15 Uncoupling reinstated 132 Unusual %\rorkings (rusty-rail) 17 Uxbridge branch study tour 199 Uxbridge station, proposed preservation 227 V7atkin, Sir Edward, painting 'Icebergs' 335 Westbourne Park station repainted 68 WILLESDEN GREEN Closure of goods yard 65 Crossovers out of use 162,228 Mitchell NHG 8,30,41,188 MODELLING 1938 stock, Canary Islands 295 Advertisements, scale size 144 Discount on items 81 Exhibition, Central Hall 1979 128 GS Models, F class locomotive kit 144 Hornby catalogue, 1979 49 Items for sale 38 Keyser 0-6-0PT kit 81 LPTB exhibition. Charing Cross, 1934 240,265 LRTL models from Syon Park ^5 LT Buses 265 Magazine articles, various, summary 49 Mail Train club 81 Metropolitan Ashbury coach sides 49 USA Rapid Transit rolling stock 141 Underground 47 MODERNISATION OF STATIONS Blackfriars 67 East London Line 4 Embankment 68 Stockwell 68 Strand/Charing Cross 90 V/estbourne Park 68 Morgan AB 140,186,277,321 Mosaic mtirals. Strand 90,121 Motifs, Jubilee Line stations 9,154 , lunchtime lectures 301 MUSIC EXPERIMENTS Earls Court, exhibition subway 150 Oxford Circus 91

NATIONAL TROLLEYBUS ASSOCIATION 268 Neasden depot, proposed modernisation 312 New York subway 116,146,236,294,332 Newcastle Metro 78

14 Newspapers, with Underground items 89,115,146,175,194,216, 237,263,287,289,295, 334 NORTHERN LINE, C & SLR AND CCE & HR Adverse weather 1979 72 Brake blopks, 1959 stock 65,309 Charing Cross (formerly Strand) 62,90,121,209 C & SLR sign. Kings Cross BR 64 CCE&HR sign, Euston 305 Cable experiments, London Bridge 120 Cable fire, Highgate, 24,1.79 64 Deep level tube shelters 95 Distances between stations, extensions 102 Edgware, terminal protection 249 EUSTON 1947 advert 148 CCE & HR sign 305 Fatber Christmas motifs on trains 22,35,62,107 Full Saturday service, 18,11.78 16 GOLDERS GREEN Permanent way works 30,9.79 & 14,10.79 320 Sidings^ blacked by crews 203 Highgate depot 99 KENTISH TOWN Proposed ticket facilities 263 Station line diagram 150 KINGS CROSS C & SLR sign, BR station 64 Connection with Piccadilly Line 54 Suspicious parcel, 3.6,79 218 Last 1972 Mkll stock in service 149 Park Junction, and Northern Line extensions 99 Passengers' sit in, , 9.8,79 263 Person under train, 272 Resignalling, Strand-Mornington Crescent 105 SLEET TRAIN WORKING 4-car train 125 Defective locomotive, Highgate 17 Transfer of locomotives to and from 14,34,58,88 Highgate STATIONS Design improvements, proposed 217 Name changes 142 Stockwell, modernisation 68 Train describers 209 TRAIN SERVICES Complaints 196 Poster 121 No-Smoking labels 37,273

O.B.E. award, Lt,Col,P.Garbutt 90 Obituary, Rev.P.W.Boulding 287 One-man trains, proposals 290,296 ONGAR Scorpions 225 Smouldering embankment 66

PAINTING, 'Icebergs' 355 Palm trees. West Hampstead 204,225 Pantlin M 218 Paris Metro 90,295 Passenger door control, D stock 71 15 People movers 186,240,335 PERMANEMT WAY Concrete sleepers, Neasden-Wembley Park 24 Conductor rails near platform edges 113 Electrified sidings, additional, Neasden 312 depot Leaf clearing 4,330 POINTS Chairlock conversion, High Street 25 Kensington 3.12.78 REMOVED & OUT OF USE Piccadilly Circus 215 West Hampstead 65 Willesden Green 162,228,309 RENEWAL — Elephant & Caetle, 2/3.12.78 24 Golders Green, 30.9.79 & l4.10.79 320 Resleepering, Upton Park 134 Track recording 124 Personal View . 8,30,83,138 Persons under trains 263,272,308,335 Philadelphia subway 332 Photographs in Underground News 27,28,107,108,165,166, 169,170,177,299,300 Piccadilly Circus, proposed redevelopment 116 Pick, Frank 189,276 PICCADILLY LINE ALDWYCH BRANCH Candle-lit lunch on platform, 3.7.79 217,237 General arrangements 213 Service to be operated with Northern 36 Line stock Shuttle train in service to V7ood Green, 66 25.1.79 Bounds Green, delay, I6.3.79 122 Caledonian Road, station closed, 28,7.79 271 End of 1959/62 stock in service 274,312 Experimental Tube Train, tests 36 HEATHR0V7 EXTENSION Aircraft symbol l4o BA bus service to Gloucester Road withdrawn 90 Extension to Terminal 4, proposed 148,240,335 First anniversary, special train 90 Kings Cross, connection with Northern Line 54 Leaf clearing 4,330 Oakwood, death of two LT employees 203,216,263 Persons under train, South Ealing 263 PROGRA>'JfiE MACHINE SIGNALLING Hyde Park Corner 136 Kings Cross 328 RESIGNALLING Barons Court-Knightsbridge 104 Hyde Park Corner 136 SIGNAL BOX CLOSURES Covent Garden > 329 Hyde Park Corner 136 SOUTH HARROW Bomb hoax, 31.8,79 273 Reversing of trains on Viaduct 295 Train describers 233 Station line diagrams, Northfields & West 35 16 PICCADILLY LINE (Continued) Station names, eastern extension 315 Sudbury Town, restoration of platform walls 272 Timetable, new 133 Train describers 209 Uniform train, 8.4.79 121 Platform renumbering, Swiss Cottage 126 Pneumatic underground railways 217,252 POEMS After Wembley 207 Yerkes's Jerkers 261 Points of Interest 10,55,114,141,221,295 Post Office Underground Railway 92 POSTERS Carriage cleaning, Highbury branch, BR 122 Cheap Day Tube Returns 108 Christmas 107 Dagenham Heathway, incorrect 123 Engineering work, new design 66,107 Exhibition, Foyles Art Gallery 203 Fly The Tube 108 Harrow-on-the-Hill, graffiti 68 Jubilee Line 62,108,126,174,226 Last Chance 107 LT on BR 228 Marylebone, incorrect 17 Metropolitan Line, timetable 204,225 Neasden, incorrect 17 Northern Line train services 121 Shoplinker, after service withdrawn 305 Wimbledon Tennis, at Marylebone BR 227 P0\7ER SUPPLY & DISTRIBUTION Central Line, transfer of control 120 DISTRICT LINE Eastern end 16,35 Wimbledon line PRESERVATION Closure of Syon Park 318 K&lfVR, ex-Metropolitan coaches LT owned vehicles NRM York, electric stock 85 Society Q stock car Prigmore BJ 239,248,288 Private owner wagons. Metropolitan Railway 248 PROTECTION OF TERMINAL STATIONS 202,240 Cockfosters 10,184,318 Ealing Broadway 10,55,114,141 Edgware 291,292,329 Public enquiry, Leyton collision 135,183 Putnam J 249,273 42 QUESTION & ANSWER 52,54,21206 3

RADIO Communications 126 Programme review 49,112 Rail Tours 1979 188,287 Reed AJ 12,73,212 Registrar 38 Rennie K 57 Resleepering, Upton Park 134 17 Robins IJ 81 ROLLING STOCK GENERAL Armrests 62,67,91,123,202,204,311 Brake tests 34,125 Car line diagrams 17,36,37,65,86,123,127, 149,172,289,290 Collisions 41,63,88,124 Conversions 16,51 De-icing trailers 127 Doors, single-leaf 71 Electromagnetic contactors 184 Experimental Tube Train 36,58,87 Experiments 16,86,115,125 Father Christmas stickers 22,35,62 Flaking paint 122 Leaf clearing 4,330 Liveries 10,12,16,36,51,55,56, 124,127,147,228,248, 269 MONTHLY ALTERATIONS November I978 14 December I978 34 January 1979 58 February 1979 87 March 1979 114 April 1979 1^7 May 1979 197 June 1979 221 July 1979 24? August 1979 268 September 1979 304 New Stock 14,50,58,70,221,247, 268 No-Smoking labels 37,273 Overhauls 15,16,34,58,88,115,147, 198,222,247,269,304 Passenger door control 71 Power circuit, Pre-1938 stock 185 Reformations 52,88,115,125,269,305 Removal of car number plates 92,273 Review of 1978 50 Scrapping 14,34,50,58,115,221, 247,268 Seats, polyurethane 335 Syon Park/Ruislip, vehicles transferred 120,248 to Covent Garden Test trains 34,36,37,44,63,124,125, 149,249,250,272,310, 329 Transfers 14,51,58,87,114,147, 157,198,220,247,268, 304 Whistle codes 7 LOCOMOTIVES BALLAST MOTORS LI30, repaired 123 Ll40, fire damaged 67,115 Llkk, collision 2.3.79 124

18 ROLLING STOCK (Continued) LOCOMOTIVES (Continued) BATTERY Rebuilding of L5I 36 Repainting in yellow livery 36,124,127,248,269 Central London Railway 10,32 Diesel, repainted in 'pea' green 63 District Railway 32 Pilot Motor conversions 16 Severn Valley 0-6-0PT, 5764 (Ex-LT) 273 Sleet locomotives 4,14,17,34,58,88,115, 222 Weed Killing motors 2173 OTHER SERVICE C & SLR wagon, London Road 271,312 CRANES Conversion, steam to diesel 14,15 Steam on LT 258 Gauging 124 Hopper wagon defective, 26.4,79 149 Jib carrier J683 repainted yellow 15,91,126 Personnel carriers, conversions 16 Private owner wagons 10,55,114,141 Rail grinding car repainted 35 Telescopic jib crane on order 250 SURFACE COJffi'ARTMENT COACHES Bluebell Railway, restoration 227 K & WR 85,303 Livery experiments 12 Q Stock, Society's car 202,240 CO/CP Pilots for D stock 224 Scrapping 14,58 R Destination blinds 307 J door livery, car 22638 148 Missing car number plates 92 Scrapping at Ealing Common 34 A CAR LINE DIAGRAMS Jubilee Line interchange stickers 175 Original type exposed 63,92 Replacement 17,37 Communicating door labels 272 De-icing to Stanmore 38 J door, car 5003 305 Jammed destination blind, 7,10,79 305 No-smoking label, car 608I 37 Scrap cars moved, 29*9*79 305 Train set numbers 91 C Authorised to Richmond 250 Brake blocks experiment, in service 247 Brake tests, Amersham-Rickmansworth 125 Car line diagrams 86,149,173 Car Number plates 86 Car seats, C77 type 16,35 De-icing to Stanmore 38 Exterior appearances, improvements 86 Gauging, Richmond, 7,1,79 37 ROLLING STOCK (Continued) SURFACE (Continued) C (Continued) Heaters 86 In middle of train formations, C77 271 Overhauls 16 Removal of fans 86 REPLACEMENT CAR 5585 Interior car numbers 310 Step plates 310 Turning of, 28,1.79 64 Seats for the disabled, stickers 309 Ventilation improvements 86,127,309 D At Metro-Cammell, 12.4.79 125 De-icing cars 225 Deliveries to Ruislip 221,247,268,300,304 Delivery plans, 1979 37,63 Destination blinds 307 Livery proposals 228,274 Pilot units, CO/CP stock 224 Red front panel 64,126 Talk at Hammersmith meeting 70 Test runs 274,310 TUBE ARMY CARS Disposal of 149 Transfer Bramley to Bicester 227,250,299 ISLE OF VJIGHT STOCK 10,150,184,240,340 1938/49 Advert for Sealink 150 ARMRESTS Car 11167 67 Car 11188 202 Brake block experiments 16,126 Car number plates, missing 92,273 CONVERSIONS Personnel carriers 16 Pilot motors 16 Destination plates, Stonebridge Park 159 EHO Liveries 10,16,51,126,147 Original cars in service 10,126 Emergency coupling adaptors, Watford 37 Line Handgrips, on 1973 stock 16 Preservation of car III82 239,288 Scrap train, burnt out at Oxford 225,248 Speedometer fitted, car 10143 127 1959/62 Aldwych unit in service to Wood Green 66 Aluminium seat risers 250 ARMRESTS Colours 91 Removed, car 124l 62 Brake blocks 65,309 Brake tests, Amersham-Rickmansworth 34 Car line diagrams, melamine 37,65,123 Carpet removed, car 9153 65 Father Christmas stickers 22,35,62 Hainault/Woodford loop, in service 91

20 ROLLING STOCK (Continued) TUBE (Continued) 1959/62 (Continued) Last in service, Piccadilly Line 274,312 'Lift to open' plates removed 204 LT transfers replaced by roundel 65 Noise tests. Northern Line 272 'Obstructing the doors,,' stickers, „_o unit 1688 ^'^^ Red fronts, experiment 248 Test train, Leyton 44 Track recording 124,226 Trailer car spare 228 Without adverts 65 1967 Armrests 91 Test train, Highgate depot 250 Turning of stock l6,306 1972 Air pressure gauge, different 91 Armrests 123,204,311 Destination blinds 159,225,250,273 Draught screen missing 148,250 Emergency coupling adaptor, Watford Line 37 Flaking paint behind lights 122 Last Mkil in Service, Northern Line l49 Middle cabs 125 Uniform train, Bakerloo Line, l6,9.79 312 1973 Bogies, prototype 1983 on car 208 115,125,227,250 Destination blind, 1959 stock type 64 Double-cab units, in service together 63 Experimental Tube Train 36,67,125,304 Handgrips, 1938 stock types 16 No-smoking labels 273 Reformed unit 13^ Test train on Jubilee Line 249 Weighing of ETT 67 Rose D 297,334 Rose NP 180 Rusty rail workings 1?

SAN FRANCISCO, BART System 294,332 Sarbutt GA 72,137 Scorpions, at Ongar station 225 Shelters, deep level tube 95,145,227 Short S 207 Sidings with trainstops 35,62,125,203,228 SIGNAL BOXES CLOSED Covent Garden 329 Hyde Park Corner I36 SIGNALLING Baker Street Bakerloo, control transferred to Piccadilly "^^^ Book review I3 Cables, theft of 212,248 Cockfosters, altered 103 FAILURES Leyton, 17.1.79 41 Woodford Junction, 24,5.79 203 Jubilee Line ATO 310 SIGNALLING (Continued) KINGS CROSS Northern/Piccadilly connection 5^ Temporary, Metropolitan Line 103 Photographs of in Underground News 27,28 PROGRAMME MACHINE Hyde Park Corner 136 Kings Cross Piccadilly Line 328 PROTECTION OF TERMINAL STATIONS Cockfosters 291,292,329 Ealing Broadway 135,183 Edgware 2^9,273 Removed, Park Junction 99 RENEWALS Barons Court-Knightsbridge 103 Strand-Mornington Crescent 105. Richmond line 12 Sidings, fixed red lights 91 TRAINSTOPS Broken, Central Line, 31.1.79 66 In sidings 35,92,125 Types of signals 26,29 Whistle codes, signal cabins 8 SIGNALLING AND TRACK DIAGRAMS Acton Town (East) 193 Barons Court-Knightsbridge 104 Chalfont-Rickmansworth, SB 331 Cockfosters 293 Ealing Broadway, Central I83 Holborn, EB Piccadilly 21k Hyde Park Corner 136 Kensal Green-Queens Park, up LMR 202 Kings Cross, Metropolitan 105 Kings Cross, Piccadilly/Northern 5k Leyton, collision area kl Park Junction 100,101 Piccadilly Circus, 3.9.39 215 Strand-Mornington Crescent 105 Stonebridge Park depot I6I Willesden Green I62 SIGNS A stock, communicating doors 272 C & SLR at Kings Cross BR 64 CCE&H at Euston 305 Ealing Common, over former signal box 271 East Acton, westbound platform 66 East Putney, replacement , , 2^9 Elephant & Castie 308 Holborn, WB Piccadilly platform 37 271 METROPOLITAN RAILWAY Kings Cross BR 64 Moorgate arcade, opposite station IO8 St.Johns Wood and Swiss Cottage 250 St,Pauls (Post Office) _ 307 Western Region, on LT 311 Single Line working, Turnham Green- Gunnersbury 135 Smoking on LT, proposed ban 63,295

22 SOCIETY- ACTIVITIES Annual General Meeting 1979 l8,59 Australian representative 265 Badges for sale 1^5 Chairman's message 357 Chandos Papers t'icrofilm 302 Colour slides available 89 COMl-lITTEE Members, new and resigned 59 Report for 1978 60 Crystal Palace railway, search for 253,335 End of Financial year, 1979 337 Family membership 224,336 Hammersmith Town Hall, facilities 336 Keighley & Worth Valley, tour 200,302 Key fobs for sale l45 Library notice 29 London Underground Roving 338 Mail Train club, membership 8I Meetings for I98O 224 Members in the USA 26,224 Obituary, Rev.P.W.Boulding 287 Postal auctions 117,228 Postal sales, delays 268 Preservation, Q stock car 202,241 Quiz for members 266 Registrar 38,117,201 REPORTS OF HAMMERSMITH MEETINGS November I978 2 December 1978 20 January 1979 ^O February 1979 70 March 1979 94 April 1979 130 May 1979 180 June 1979 206 July 1979 230 August 1979 252 September 1979 276 October 1979 3l4 Sales, new items 89,336 Society Officers, jobs and addresses 118,145,222 STUDY TOURS Isle of v;ight 244 Uxbridge branch 199 SUBSCRIPTIONS 1979 18 1980 301,337 Tie clips for sale l45 USA representative 224 UI^ERGROUND Articles required 62 Back numbers I8 EDITOR Appointment of D.Hayward 2 Temporary, N.H.G.Mitchell 62 Issue No.5 245 UNDERGROUND NEWS Advertising in 88,l45 Back numbers l8,20l Editorial 2

23 SOCIETY ACTIVITIES (Continued) UNDERGROUND NEWS (Continued) Indexes 2,246 Press dates 204,224,246 Size of 219 Underground Rovers 62 Vintage Carriages Trust, Honorary- 85 Associate Member Visits, request to members 89,118 Spotswood R 26 STAFF Assaults on 263 DEATHS OF Neasden 297 Oakwood 203,216,263 Duty schedules, trainmen Industrial action by NUR 230 Ticket Collectors' industrial action 195,237 STATION LINE DIAGRAMS 116 203 Elephant & Castle 203 Jubilee Line interchanges 17,35,57,62,91,150, 308 Kings Cross, Piccadilly Line 120 Piccadilly Circus, EB Piccadilly 122 Redbridge 122 Stockwell 120 Swiss Cottage 126 V7aterloo, Bakerloo Line 35 STATIONS Announcement incorrect, St.James's Park 12 BAKER STREET Lighting, Metropolitan Line 203 Train describers 36 British Museum disused, manhole cover 122 Caledonian Road closed, 28.7.79 271 Canons Park, reconstruction of platforms 196,235 Charing Cross, Model Railway exhibition, 1934 240 Charing Cross Bakerloo, 'For Trafalgar 227 Square' added Chigwell, repainting 310 Closed, Christmas holiday I978 22,23 Creches, suggested 217 Distances between, Northern Line extensions 102 Ealing Common, sign over fignal box 271 EASTCOTE Christmas decorations 16 Platform resurfacing and new entrance 203,272 doors East Acton, reconstruction 15,34,66 East London Line, modernisation 4,122 East Putney, signs replaced 249 Euston, 1947 advert 148 FINCHLEY ROAD Signal department buildings, new 305 Station lighting 203 Hainault, garden winner 272 Hainault, train cleaning 310

24 STATIONS (Continued) Hammersmith, interchange 225,335 HOLBORN , Passenger flow experiment 37 Sign on WB Piccadilly platform 37 Journey planners, new 64 JUBILEE LINE Opening 153 Station construction deferred 90 Kensal Green, signs at 271 KINGS CROSS BR - C & SLR/Met signs 64 New subway to LMR 227,249 Northern Line, suspicious parcel, 3.6,79 218 Ladbroke Grove, graffiti 203 Leyton, lighting and platform resurfacing 203 Leytonstone, lighting 203 MODERNISATION Baker Street (Bakerloo) 123 Blackfriars 67 East London Line 4 Embankment 68 Stockwell 68 MOORGATE Dead baby found in bag 66 Metropolitan Railway sign 108 Motifs, Jubilee Line 9 Nameplates renewed, Queensbury 67 Names of 32,87,139,142,208,333 Neasden, southbound sign 203,310 North Harrow, other name suggested 52 Northern Line, improvements proposed 217 Northwood Hills, loss of lighting 11 Opening of Earls Court and Royal Oak 219 Oxford Circus, radio communication 126 Piccadilly Circus, proposed redevelopment 116 Piccadilly Line extension, names 315 proposed Piped music experiments 91,150 Preservation of Uxbridge suggested 227 Pub shop opened, Oxford Circus 234 Public address system, proposed QUEENSBURY 273 Decoration of SB platform 120 Reconstruction of platforms Repainting policy revised 123 Richmond, gauging with C stock trains 37 Royal Oak, sale of platform tickets 123 1.3.79 SIGNS C & SLR 64 East Putney 249 Elephant & Castle 308 Jubilee Line, general 17,35,57 Kensal Green 271 Metropolitan Railway 64 Neasden, Jubilee Line 203,310 St,Johns lood and Swiss Cottage 250,308 SOUTH KENSINGTON Station wall cleaned 224 Station wall nominated for art work 249 25 STATIONS (Continued) Strand, mosaic murals 90,121 Sudbury Town, wall restoration 272 Ticket offices, cheque card machine 123 Tickets to Sorting office 137 Trafalgar Square, nameplates 62 , historical panels k Wembley Park, lighting 203 West Ham, new interchange with BR 148,192 West Hampstead, palm trees 204,225 V7estbourne Park, repainting 68 Woodford, wasps nest on footbridge 265 Steam, remains of on LT 258 Stockholm, Underground power failure 90 Strikes, restaurants 312 SUBSTATIONS Closure of Heathway control room 16,35 Transfer of Central Line 120

TEASPOONS TO TRAINS, Exhibition 18,113 Telephone exchanges, new 312 Telephone, station-to-station 273 Television, with Underground features 47,63,72,120,225,272, 311 Thomas R 138 TICKET COLLECTORS Excess fare allegation 90,148 Industrial action 116 TICKETS Cheap Day Returns, machine issued 63 Go-As-You-Please, new 3-day 16 Hampers and baskets 137,218 LT to BR stations 218 Platform, Royal Oak, le3.79 123 Sorting of 137 Travelwide, Watford area 125 TIMETABLES Aylesbury-Marylebone, suggested 83 Bank Holiday 117,134,258 Christmas period 21 Compilation, talk at Hammersmith 2 Football 327 General layout 277,321 Liverpool, Merseyrail 109 New 131 Obsolete, City Widened Lines 133 SPECIAL District Line, Wimbledon Tennis 236 Jubilee Line, Wembley football 235 Olympia line, 1-7.9.79 260 Tish SA 315 Track recording 124,226 TRAIN DESCRIBERS Aircraft symbol, not introduced l4o Baker Street, Metropolitan Line 36 Barking-Stepney Green 33,146 Kolborn, Central Line 271 Jubilee/Bakerloo 163 Metropolitan Line/Railway 80,210,240 Northern Line 209 Piccadilly Line oddities 209 26 TRAIN DESCRIBERS (Continued) South Harrow- 233 South Kensington District 306 'Train Approaching' indicators 80 , experimental 307 Willesden Green 209 Willesden Junction 202 TRAIN SERVICES Aldwych branch 21k Bank Holiday 134,259 Central Line, reduced 116,259 Christmas 21 Control of 20 District, Wimbledon Tennis 236 Diversion of Circle Line trains 52,226 During adverse weather 46 Football traffic 327 GN, improved 148 Jubilee & Bakerloo, from 1,5.79 155 Jubilee Line, Wembley football 235 Merseyrail, Liverpool 6 Metropolitan Line, suggested 208 New timetables 131 Northern Line, Saturday 18.II.78 16 Olyrapia Line, 1-7-9.79 260 Park Junction area 99 Poster, Northern Line 121 Retiming of Amersham train 16 Victoria Line, reduced 273 Trees, Seven Sisters 263 Tripcock tester, new at Finchley Road 15 , gauging of, Central Line 124 Tyne & Wear Metro 78,296 UNCOUPLING & COUPLING Underground and Underground News - see 15,132 Society Activities UNDERGROUND LINE DIAGRAMS General 35,148,297 In diaries 35 New type, black and white 305

VICTORIA LINE Anniversary celebrations, 10 years 71 Cable fire. Kings Cross, 25,1,79 64 Service reduced 273 Seven Sisters, commemorative trees 263 Sidings, fixed red lights 91 Subway bridge over tracks, Kings Cross 227 Turning of stock 16,306 Vintage Carriages Trust 85 Violence on the Underground 263 Visits, Society 89,118 WAGONS, Privately owned 10,55,114 Wapping station, historical panels 4 Warm weather working 250 V7ashington DC Metro 195,294,306,312,532 Water columns and water towers 258 Waterloo & City Line, magazine article 216 Weather, adverse 10,17,36,46,72,125 Weighing of D stock 274 Weighing of ETT 67 West Hampstead, demolition vrork 203 Westinghouse, takeover by Hawker Siddeley 89 Wheel lathe, new 120 VJHISTLE CODES Signal cabin/IMR 8 Train 7 Wolinsky J 141,236,240 Wragg P 233 YERKES'S JERKERS 261

ISSUE NUMBERS. PAGES, DATES & NEWSFLASHES

Issue No, Date (1979) Pages Newsflashes

205 January 1-18 2169-2189 206 February 19-38 2190-2215 207 March 39-68 2216-2261 208 April 69-92 2262-2276 209 May 93-128 2277-2529 210 June 129-150 2530-2355 210 June 151-178 Supplement 211 July 179-204 2356-2376 212 August 205-228 2377-2408 213 September 229-250 2409-2441 214 October 251-274 2442-2476 215 November 275-312 2477-2529 216 December 313-340 2530-2532

ATTENDANCES OF SALES STAND

Saturday I3 January Romford Railway Exhibition Saturday 10 February Transport Enthusiasts' Bazaar Saturday I7 March O Gauge Tram Group Sunday 8 April Cobham Bus Museum Sunday 15 April Saturday 25 June Hillingdon Shillibeer Bus Rally & Sunday 24 June Saturday l4 July Lea Valley Railway Club Monday 27 August Bromley Carnival Sunday I6 September Aldenham Bus Xiforks Open Day Saturday 27 October LOTS Transport Spectacular Saturday 24 November Transport Enthusiasts' Bazaar

28 LIST OF SOCIETY MEETINGS

Date Subject Speaker January 12 London Transport Film Show February 9 The D78 stock for the District Mr DK 1/are Line March 9 History and Development of LT Mr J Styles Lifts and Escalators April 6 The Design and Manufacture of Mr M Botham LT Railway Vehicles May 11 The Underground Illustrated - Mr AA Jackson before 19^0 June 8 London Transport Commercial Mr J Putnam Advertising July 13 London Transport Duty Schedules Mr B Beer August 10 The Search for the Crystal Mr PR Davis Palace Pneumatic Railway September Ik Promoting the Underground - Mr DF Edwards Metropolitan Railway Publicity and the work of October 12 Planning of Mr D Warren & Mr J Willis November 9 The LT Covent Garden Museum Mr PD Stephens December 7 Centenary of Electric Railways - Mr BJ Prigmore & Symposium Mr RD Maiden

LIST OF SOCIETY VISITS & TOURS

Wednesday ik February Post Office Railway, Mount Pleasant Saturday 17 March Arnos Grove & Cockfosters signal cabins Saturday 21 April Willesden ETD, LMR Saturday 19 May Saturday 2 June Study Tour - Harrow-Uxbridge Saturday 7 July Study Tour - Isle of Wight Saturday Ik July Harrow-on-the-Hill signal box Wednesday 15 August Chiswick Laboratories Saturday 8 September Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Saturday 15 September Baker Street & Charing Cross stations Saturday 29 September Stonebridge Park depot Saturday 13 October Golders Green depot Wednesday 17 October Acton Works

LIBRARY EVENINGS Sunday k February Sunday 3 June Sunday 7 October Monday 5 March Monday 2 July Tuesday 6 November Tuesday 3 April Tuesday k September Monday 3 December Wednesday 9 May

29 MEMBERS' ARTICLES

Issue Page Title and Author 205 8 Personal View - Nick Mitchell 206 21 Christmas Comes But Once a Year - PR Creswell 206 30 The Wimbledon Line - DA Croft 207 kl Collision at Leyton - Nick Mitchell 208 72 On the Met. & Bakerloo - Geoff Sarbutt 208 75 X^eather/Strike Troubles - John Reed 208 73 More Sagas in the Journeyings of a London Commuter - Louis Bartrip 208 78 Tyne & Wear Metro - Haymarket Station - John Echlin 208 80 Next Train in ...seconds - Desmond Croome 208 81 4mm Scale Models - JS Brook Smith 208 81 Discount Models 209 95 Deep Level Tube Shelters - Del Lomas 210 157 All Change for Stations to Harrow-on-the-Hill Geoff Sarbutt 210 138 Personal View - Richard Thomas 211 184 The Music of Classical Contactors - BJ Prigmore 211 186 Houston, Texas, Underground Railway - AB Morgan 211 188 Enthusiasts' Rail Tour - ED Chambers & Nick Mitchell 212 208 The Definite Article and Station Names - ED Chambers 212 208 Metropolitan Might-Have-Been - ED Chambers 213 233 South Harrow Train Describer - P Wragg 215 277 The Working Timetable, Part 1 - AB Morgan 216 315 Southgate North, All Change - SA Tish 216 318 The Putney Bridge Supply Changeover - BJ Prigraore 216 321 The Working Timetable, Part 2 - AB Morgan

Compiled by Brian Hardy