Sarah Siddons in action

She passed Northwood southbound on the fast line about 15:00 today, at
the rear of some of the "steam on the Met" Mk1s. Anyone know what was
going on, and what (if anything) was at the front? And weren't all the
Mk1s sold off?

StuartJ

On Jun 1, 6:30 pm, Adrian <toomany2...@> wrote:
> StuartJ (stuart.johns...@) gurgled happily, sounding much
> like they were saying :
>
> > She passed Northwood southbound on the fast line about 15:00 today, at
> > the rear of some of the "steam on the Met" Mk1s.
>
> Right, this is prompting me to ask something that's been irregularly
> popping up at the back of my mind for a while...
>
> What HAS happened to "Steam on the Met"?
>
> Have I just missed it the last few years, or has it slunk off?

It hasnt happened for the last few years (last was in 2000/1 I think.

Maybe it will be back before the PPP Upgrade is completed - for a
final send off...... :-)

Steam on the Met was a casualty of the LU/Infraco PPP split, plus with
a dose of elf n'safety thrown in for good measure no doubt.

On Jun 1, 6:55 pm, bowroa...m wrote:
> Steam on the Met was a casualty of the LU/Infraco PPP split, plus with
> a dose of elf n'safety thrown in for good measure no doubt.



This isnt really a big part of it to be honest - after all it is
Metronet that have restored Sarah Siddons.

I reckon Steam on the Met will be back for one last time in a few
years.....

On 1 Jun, 18:10, chunky munky <chunky_munky...@.uk> wrote:

> Sarah Siddons will formerly be given back to LU on Sunday 10 June.

I often see "formally" when people mean "formerly" but this is the
first time I've seen the opposite error.

Adrian wrote:

> What HAS happened to "Steam on the Met"?
>
> Have I just missed it the last few years, or has it slunk off?

Steam on the Met was last held in May 2000, being suspended after that
in preparation for the introduction of the PPP.

Having said that, LU's Safety Case (not currently available on the TfL
website, as it's being superseded) *did* allow for the operation of
"heritage" main line and underground stock and, indeed, the Traffic
Circular mentions a 10kph (sic) speed limit for steam locos over a
bridge near Wembley Park.

Cheers,

Barry

Paul Corfield wrote:

> Steam on the Met (or any other line) was not suspended for PPP reasons.

Well that was what was being said on the last day of Steam on the Met
2000. Along the lines of, "It was being suspended due to the massive
internal reorganisation at LU in preparation for PPP." (or words to that
effect, anyway).

Cheers,

Barry

Well Andy Barr, who helped organise it for many years has said to the
LURS that, in effect, the "new world" means it will *never* return.

On Jun 1, 3:11 pm, StuartJ <stuart.johns...@> wrote:
> She passed Northwood southbound on the fast line about 15:00 today, at
> the rear of some of the "steam on the Met" Mk1s. Anyone know what was
> going on, and what (if anything) was at the front? And weren't all the
> Mk1s sold off?
>
> StuartJ

Was in Neasden Depot at about 3.45 today (Tuesday)

Kevin