London Underground engineering stock

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London Underground engineering stock
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A train carrying track ballast and sleepers passes through Holborn
Stock type Deep-level tube
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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 the main-line railways. Several types of specialist wagons have been used, which are described below.

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Overview

London Underground uses a numbering system comprising the wagon number prefixed with a letter which designates the wagon's type. These are summarised below.

PrefixTypeDescription
B Brake van Manned wagon used for guard's accommodation and for braking purposes. No longer used.
BWBallast wagon Open wagon, for transport of ballast
CCranePowerful crane for track laying/lifting and/or recovering de-railed rolling stock
DECDiesel-electric crane
DHCDiesel-hydraulic crane
CMCement mixer wagonSpecialist flat wagon, with a cement mixer. These wagons have been modified and now form part of Tubelines's DISAB ballast sucking machines.
CWCable drum wagonA short wagon for transporting cable drums through deep level tunnels. For signal wiring
FFlat wagon Flat wagon, for transport of rails or sleepers Now only used in train formation with tampers 771, 772 and 773.
FBFlat brakeFlat wagon, with brake van compartment. No longer used.
GPGeneral purpose wagonGeneral purpose wagon
HDHigh deck wagonto carry a stack of track panels no more than 4 panels high.
HWHopper wagon Hopper, for transport of fresh ballast
JJib carrierSpecialist flat wagon, for carrying the jib of a crane;
JC
JLEJubilee Line ExtensionThe same as General Purpose wagons (GP), used in the construction of the Jubilee Line Extension. The only difference is that the JLE's wagons have larger handbrake wheels.
MWMatch wagonWagons paired with the cement mixer wagons. Now used as GP wagons semi-permanently coupled together.
RWRail wagonSpecialist flat wagon, for transport of rails
SB"Turbot" ballast wagonSpecialist ballast wagon, that will deliver ballast to the trackbed. Can also be used to transfer plant, used ballast or scrap.
TMMTamping machine Ballast tamper for packing ballast to make lines more durable. Numbered 771, 772, 773 and 774.

771, 772 and 773 can only be transported through deep-level tunnels in train formation. 774 is for sub-surface lines only.

WPWWell wagonSpecialist flat wagon, with lowered central section to enable larger loads to be carried. All have prefix JLE. Commonly known as a 'Low Loader'.[ citation needed ]
LWRTLong Welded Rail TrainUsed for the transportation of pre welded strings of 90m rail. Consists of 4 specially modified Rail Wagons and GP wagon which is configured into the centre of the train.

Brake vans

London Transport Flat Brake Van No. FB. 578 London Transport wagon FB 578 b.jpg
London Transport Flat Brake Van No. FB. 578

The 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.

Six brake vans numbered B580–5 were built for London Transport by British Railways (BR) at the latter's Ashford Works in the early 1960s. They were built to a design which had been produced for BR since 1950 (BR Diagram 1/506 and 1/507), totalling 3588 units, and were the final examples of that design to be constructed. [1]

Stock list

NumbersBuiltConvertedBuilderUseNotes
TLC119041948 ?/London Transport tunnel line cleaning wagonconverted from BW108
TLC218931948 ?/London Transport tunnel line cleaning wagonconverted from BW248
TCC119381972-77 Metro-Cammell/London Transport DM-Aconverted from 10226
TCC219381972-77 London Transport dust extractor car
TCC319381972-77 London Transport heavy refuse car
TCC419381972-77 London Transport dust extractor car
TCC519381972-77 Metro-Cammell/London Transport DM-Dconverted from 10087
BW4189710-ton ballast wagon
BW12189310-ton ballast wagonconverted to MW518
BW21189110-ton ballast wagon
BW108190410-ton ballast wagonconverted to TLC1
BW123190010-ton ballast wagonconverted to MW541
BW182189610-ton ballast wagonconverted to MW532
BW193189710-ton ballast wagonconverted to MW540
BW203189710-ton ballast wagonconverted to MW531
BW214189710-ton ballast wagon
BW245189710-ton ballast wagon
BW248189310-ton ballast wagonconverted to TLC2
HW201-HW2221981WH Davis30-ton bogie hopper wagon
SB231-SB2901982-881995 ?/ABB Group turbot wagon
F303190715-ton bogie flat wagon
F304-F306196410-ton 4-wheel flat wagon
F308-F3091925flat wagonconverted to JC688/J689
F310-F315193130-ton bogie flat wagonF310 converted to J691
F316-F326193530-ton bogie flat wagon
F3271935flat wagonconverted to B578
F328-F329193510-ton 4-wheel flat wagon
F3301935flat wagonconverted to B579
F331-F340193730-ton bogie flat wagon
F341-F3711951 Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company 30-ton bogie flat wagonF355 permanently coupled with F351
F372-F375195630-ton bogie flat wagon
F376-F377195930-ton bogie flat wagon
F378-F383195930-ton bogie flat wagon
F384-F391196530-ton bogie flat wagon
F392-F3981965-66 Ashford Works 30-ton bogie flat wagon
HW400-HW406193520-ton hopper wagon
HW407-HW411193820-ton hopper wagon
HW412-HW434195120-ton hopper wagon
HW435-HW437196520-ton hopper wagon
RW454-RW459193120-ton rail wagon
RW460-RW465193520-ton rail wagon
RW466-RW475193720-ton rail wagon
RW476-RW487195020-ton rail wagon
RW48-8RW489195120-ton rail wagon
RW490-RW4941958 Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company 20-ton rail wagon
RW495-RW5061965 Ashford Works 20-ton rail wagon
MW518189310-ton tube match wagonconverted from BW12
MW531189710-ton tube match wagonconverted from BW203
MW532189610-ton tube match wagonconverted from BW182
MW540189710-ton surface match wagonconverted from BW193
MW541190010-ton surface match wagonconverted from BW123
B555-B5601935 Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company 20-ton brake van
B578-B579193518-ton brake vanconverted from F327/F330
B580-B5851962 Ashford Works 20-ton brake van
C6051925Grafton Engineering Companysteam crane
C6061931 Ransome & Rapier steam crane
C6161939Butler & Companysteam crane
DEC6171955 Taylor & Hubbard diesel-electric crane
DEC6181956 Taylor & Hubbard diesel-electric crane
C6201926 Thomas Smith & Sons steam crane
C6211935 Thomas Smith & Sons steam crane
DEC6221964 Taylor & Hubbard diesel-electric crane
C6231982 Cowans Sheldon 7.5-ton diesel crane
C624-C6261984 Cowans Sheldon 7.5-ton diesel crane
DHC6271986 Cowans Sheldon 10-ton twin-jib diesel crane
DHC6281993 Cowans Sheldon 10-ton twin-jib diesel crane
G66219061934 Metropolitan Amalgamated Railway Carriage & Wagon Company/London Transport surface gauging car
G66319311963 Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company/London Transport tube gauging carconverted from pre-1938 trailer 7131
TRC66619731987 Metro-Cammell/London Transport track recording carconverted from 514
J68319371975 ?/London Transport jib carrierconverted from WPW1001
J6841931jib carrier
JC6881925jib carrierconverted from F308
J6891925jib carrierconverted from F309
J6911931jib carrierconverted from F312
TW7301932tank wagon
PBT761-PBT7631966 Plasser & Theurer ballast tamping machine
PTL7641973 Plasser & Theurer lining machine
SC7651975 Plasser & Theurer ballast tamping machine
TMM771-TMM7731980 Plasser & Theurer track maintenance machine
TMM7742007 Plasser & Theurer track maintenance machine
TMM775-TMM7762016Matisatrack maintenance machineType B45 UE
RG80219231956 Metro-Cammell/London Transport tube gauging carconverted from pre-1938 trailer 75241; originally control trailer 5241
RG80319231956 Metro-Cammell/London Transport tube gauging carconverted from pre-1938 trailer 75245; originally control trailer 5245
RW801-RW8261986 Procor Engineering 20-ton rail wagon
PC850-PC85119311965 Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company/London Transport personnel carrierconverted from pre-1938 trailer 7061/7063
PC85219311966 Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company/London Transport personnel carrierconverted from pre-1938 trailer 7080
PC85419311966 Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company/London Transport personnel carrierconverted from pre-1938 trailer 7158
PC85519311966 Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company/London Transport personnel carrierconverted from pre-1938 trailer 7071
PC85619271972 Metro Cammell Weymann/London Transport personnel carrierconverted from pre-1938 trailer 70518
HD871-HD8761987 Procor Engineering 40-ton high-deck wagon
GP901-GP9411985 Procor Engineering 30-ton general purpose wagon
CM950-CM9551985 Procor Engineering cement mixer
MW956-MW9601985 Procor Engineering match wagon
990ballast hopper Docklands Light Railway (DLR); originally numbered 100
992CT30 craneDLR; originally numbered 92
993battery locomotiveDLR; originally numbered 93
994 GEC-Alsthom diesel locomotiveDLR; originally numbered 94
995 Ruston diesel locomotiveDLR; originally numbered 95
996flat wagonDLR; originally numbered 96
997 Freightliner flat wagonDLR; originally numbered 97
998 Freightliner 3-plank wagonDLR; originally numbered 98
999 Freightliner flat wagonDLR; originally numbered 99
WPW10001937diesel generator wagon generator removed
CW1050-CW10521940cable drum wagon
CW1053-CW10551996 Bombardier cable well wagon
984011988Permaquiptrack maintenance machineacquired from Network SouthEast (W&C), 1994
JLE1-JLE151994 Bombardier general purpose wagontransferred from Jubilee Line Extension (JLE)
JLE16-JLE191994 Bombardier bogie well wagontransferred from JLE
JLE20-JLE231994 Bombardier 4-wheel cable drum wagontransferred from JLE

All data from London Underground Rolling Stock, 1st [2] through 15th [3] editions.

Preserved units

NumberBuiltBuilderLocation
BW41897 Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
DT81London Underground Ltd.
DT82London Underground Ltd.
BW2141897 Metropolitan Railway London Transport Museum - Acton depot
F3621951 Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company London Underground Ltd.
F3841965 Ashford Works London Underground Ltd.
HW4021935 Swanage Railway
HW4181951 Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
HW4211935 Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Colne Valley Railway
HW4261951 Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company North Norfolk Railway
HW4291951 Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company North Norfolk Railway
HW4331951 Lavender Line
HW4351965Shildon Works Isle of Wight Steam Railway
HW4371965Shildon Works Isle of Wight Steam Railway
RW4791950 Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company London Underground Ltd.
B5571935 Hurst Nelson Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
B5581935 Hurst Nelson London Underground Ltd.
B5601935 Hurst Nelson Spa Valley Railway
FB5781950 Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
B5801965 Ashford Works London Underground Ltd.
B5831965 Ashford Works London Underground Ltd.
B5841965 Ashford Works London Underground Ltd.
B5851965 Ashford Works London Underground Ltd.
B5861965 Ashford Works Epping Ongar Railway
C6191914 Cowans Sheldon Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
C6211935 Thomas Smith & Sons Museum of London
DEC6221964 Taylor & Hubbard Spa Valley Railway
JC6891925/1952/London Transport Spa Valley Railway
J690 Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
TV751 Rutland Railway Museum
PBT7621966 Plasser & Theurer Southern Steam Trust
PTL764 Severn Valley Railway
PC8501931/1966 Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company/London Transport London Underground Ltd.
PC8511931/1966 Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company/London Transport London Underground Ltd.
PC8551931/1966 Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company/London Transport London Underground Ltd.
WPW10001938/1976/London Transport London Underground Ltd.

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