London Underground engineering stock
- London Underground engineering stock
Over the years, London Underground has acquired various types of engineering stock to help with the construction of new lines and maintenance of existing lines. Some of these wagons were inherited from its predecessors, many were built new and some were acquired second-hand from British Rail. Several types of specialist wagons have been used, which are described below.
Overview
London Underground uses a numbering system, whereby the wagon number is prefixed with a letter, which designates the wagon's type. These are summarised below.
Brake vans
London Underground has used various designs of brake van. They were used for the guard's accommodation and for braking purposes (when wagons in the train were not fitted with automatic brakes).
Two brake vans of interest were numbers FB578 and FB579. These were 'flat' brake vans, converted from flat wagons. The conversion consisted of building a small guard's compartment on one end of the flat wagon. Therefore, these wagons could be used for carrying small items, such as sleepers, in addition to their role as a brake van.
Several brake vans have been preserved. These are listed below.
Ballast and hopper wagons
Flat wagons
Rail wagons
Cranes and track machines
pecialist wagons
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