Updated 21 December 2010
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See our London Underground model railway layout 'Abbey Road' in operation together with video clips of other London Transport train, bus & tram models + real London Underground tube trains.
December 2010
'ITV television news' & 'The Telegraph' online newspaper
'Abbey Road' was featured on TV - in the London ITV 6pm & 10pm news bulletins on Tuesday 7th December 2010
June 2005
Aylesbury 'Railex' model railway exhibition
'Abbey Road was featured in an episode entitled 'The Train Set' in the award winning series 'The Tube' screened on London ITV now being repeated on Sky TV.
August 2006
Southwold (Waveney Valley MRC) model railway exhibition
March 2007
London's Transport Museum Acton Depot
modellers open weekend
A pair of
Schoma locomotives haul a ballast train through 'Abbey Road' station
whilst a
train of Metromodels 1995 Northern Line tube stock waits in the platform.
A train of 1959 Northern Line tube stock descends the gradient into the tunnel.
March 2007
St Neot's Model Railway club
A train of 1938
tube stock, fitted with mini LED interior lighting & head lights,
arrives at 'Abbey Road' station. A
train of Metromodels 1995 Northern Line tube stock
waits on an adjacent track.
A driver's eye
view video taken from a model train of Metromodels
1995 tube stock running on 'Abbey Road'.
Our apologies for the picture quality but remember
that the models are very small being made to a scale of 4mm to 1 foot!
'Abbey Road' zebra crossing in model form.
Note the flashing belisha beacons!
The Beatles are currently being painted and
will be installed on the zebra crossing soon!
A customer AKA 'Growly Growler' on You Tube
"Geoffery". a Metromodels 00 gauge London Underground train that runs around a plate rail in our kitchen. The previous owners of the house used to display china plates up there, but that's boring. So to be a bit different we got some 00 gauge track, I built a power supply and I bought one of John's excellent little Metro Models trains.
A train of 1992
tube stock controlled via digital automatic
speed control on Nigel Atkins' 'Intervale' layout
October 2003 - Northern Line
Drivers eye view - Golders Green to Hampstead Tunnel southbound
September 1997
Golders Green station - Northern Line
Taken from the platform at Golders Green station, using a hand held VHS(C) camcorder, these unique video clips feature all three generations of rolling stock operating at the time. Trains of 1959, 1972 complete with guards & a brand new 1995 stock train on test can be seen! The days of both the 1959 & 1972 stocks are numbered and most of the new equipment is by now already installed ready for the forthcoming introduction of the 1995 trains and one person operation.
A southbound 1959 stock train arrives & then departs. The rear end of the train is formed of part of the special 'heritage' train of 1959 stock.
A southbound 1972 stock train with the front part of the train in the experimental blue & white livery which was not subsequently adopted. The current red, white & blue livery was eventually decided on as a result of these livery experiments.
A 1995 stock train on test arrives at the southbound platform and then heads for the depot via the shunting neck south of the station. Trains of 1959 & 1972 stock can also be seen.
Videos © John Polley 2007
'Scrubs Lane' - a
superb '00' scale London Transport
model railway layout.
Built
by a good friend, the late Ron Curling
'Kingsway
Subway' - a detailed & unusual '00' scale London Transport
Tramway layout.
Built & operated by another experienced modelling colleague - John Howe