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marmar

(78,025 posts) Wed Jan 9, 2013, 07:17 AM Jan 2013

Happy 150th to the Tube !!! Cheers !!!

(BBC) Special stamps to mark the 150th anniversary of the London Underground are to go on sale later.

Among the scenes on the 10 stamps are a steam locomotive, builders at work and a carriage of Edwardian passengers.

They have been issued by the Royal Mail in celebration of the world's oldest underground transport network.

The London Mayor said they were "a fitting celebration of London Underground's rich heritage". .............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20948900

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Happy 150th to the Tube !!! Cheers !!! (Original Post) marmar Jan 2013 OP

A steam locomotive in the Underground? liberal N proud Jan 2013 #1

It was a sub-surface line Mark Baker Jan 2013 #3

The Underground ThoughtCriminal Jan 2013 #2

The ones on the bottom middle stamp are still in service on the Isle of Wight nxylas Jan 2013 #4

liberal N proud

(60,944 posts)

1. A steam locomotive in the Underground?

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Wed Jan 9, 2013, 08:27 AM

Jan 2013

Can't imagine what that must have been like.

Mark Baker

(94 posts)

3. It was a sub-surface line

Reply to liberal N proud (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 10, 2013, 09:29 AM

Jan 2013

The Metropolitan line (Metropolitan Railway as it was then) is a sub-surface line, that is to say that it's constructed by cut-and-cover, and only just below street level. These lines have much larger tunnels and better ventilation, and substantial parts of them are not underground at all, just at the bottom of deep trenches.

The deeper tube lines that came a little later have always been electric.

ThoughtCriminal

(14,280 posts)

2. The Underground

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Wed Jan 9, 2013, 08:24 PM

Jan 2013

IS a series of tubes!

nxylas

(6,440 posts)

4. The ones on the bottom middle stamp are still in service on the Isle of Wight

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Fri Jan 11, 2013, 06:27 AM

Jan 2013

They date from 1938 and run on the island's sole rail line. Quite cool, though not recommended if you have a bad back, as it's not exactly a smooth ride.

http://www.picturesofengland.com/England/tour/Trains_&_Railways/pictures/1092839

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