1938 Tube Stock - Northern Line Specials, Sunday, 21st June 2009
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If you miss this one, you probably will get another one but not until the next vintage running day whenever that will be. Just like the good old days as the train departs from Edgware!
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2009-06-21 14:01:00
 Like the mid-20th Century all over again as the preserved 1938 stock departs on its second and final trip of the day from Edgware
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2009-06-21 14:01:00
 Laden with happy passengers though worse off to the tune of £20, the preserved stock departs from Edgware for Kennington and return, fully booked
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2009-06-21 14:01:00
 Even after 71 years, the 1938 stock still manages to look vastly superior and more in keeping with the spirit of the London Underground than present day stock
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2009-06-21 13:58:00
Most of the crowd who thronged the platform at Edgware a few moments earlier have taken their seats and are waiting impatiently for their 20 poundsworth of joyriding to begin
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2009-06-21 13:57:00
 Those who never experienced riding the 1938 stock when it was in regular service are no doubt only just discovering how comfortable and superior it is
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2009-06-21 13:57:00
 The 1938 stock at Edgware with the legend
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2009-06-21 13:57:00
 The preserved stock is besieged by admirers at Edgware, some of whom look far too young to remember the halcyon days when these trains could be seen all over the tube network
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2009-06-21 13:56:00
The 1938 stock was withdrawn in 1986 but was brought back for a further two years and so made its half century of service. Here, the preserved stock stands at Edgware more than two decades later
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2009-06-21 13:56:00
 Crowds of admirers throng platform 1 at Edgware all eager to capture the preserved stock entering from the sidings to take up its second trip of the day to Kennington and back
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2009-06-21 13:55:00
 A view from the platform end at Edgware with the 1938 stock waiting in the siding, resting between its first and second trips of the day
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2009-06-21 13:10:00
 The preserved stock passing through Golders Green on the way back to Edgware during its first trip of the day
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2009-06-21 12:49:00
After traversing the Kennington Loop, not normally used by passenger trains, the 1938 stock is seen here returning to Edgware passing through the centre road at Golders Green station
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2009-06-21 12:49:00
 The immaculately preserved 1938 stock makes its slow and stately passage southbound through Colindale station
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2009-06-21 11:21:00
 These passengers waiting for a regular service train of 1995 stock look as if the preserved 1938 stock has just arrived from another planet as it makes its way south through Colindale station
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2009-06-21 11:20:00
 Now crowded with passengers, the preserved stock enters Colindale during the first of its two trips along a section of the Northern Line
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2009-06-21 11:20:00
The first trip of the day from Edgware to Kennington and return is seen approaching Colindale, some 12 minutes late due to an earlier signal failure at Hendon Central
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2009-06-21 11:20:00
 After passing empty through Colindale station, the preserved stock carries on northward bound to Edgware
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2009-06-21 11:07:00
 Passing Colindale while travelling empty en route from Golders Green depot to Edgware to pick up its fare-paying passengers - £20 a seat - for the first trip of the day
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2009-06-21 11:07:00
 People entering Colindale station on this day must have thought they had gone through a time warp, being confronted by this Air Raid sign, on display to commemorate the Battle of Britain
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2009-06-21 10:18:00
As well as the 1938 stock running, events were held at the nearby RAF Museum to commemorate the heroic Battle of Britain and Colindale station's entrance hall was decorated for the occasion
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2009-06-21 10:17:00
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