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  • Upminster Depot

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Publication date:
  • 1956 - 1959
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  • Unpublished
Dimensions:
  • 37 cm.
Extent:
  • 84
Summary etc:
  • Material relating to Upminster Depot covering the period 1956 to 1959.

    10-05-1956. Press notice. TPN 1199. "District Line Modernisation". Press Office, London Transport. 1956, May 10.

    10-01-1958. Press notice. TPN 1311. "Progress at Upminster". Press Office, London Transport. 1958, January 10.

    10-01-1958. Attachment to TPN 1311. Black/white photograph of depot under construction. 1958, January 10.

    Undated. 5 black/white photographs. No captions. Upminster depot under construction and associated engineering work.

    17-11-1958. Drawing no. N11211. "District Line - Upminster Station and Depot. General Layout". Scale 88ft to 1in. London Transport Executive, Chief Civil Engineer's Department, Office of the New Works Engineer. 1958, November 17.

    21-11-1958. Press notice. TPN 1391. "First Stage of District Line Modernisation Complete. Opening of London Transport's New Upminster Depot". Press Office, London Transport. 1958, November 21.

    21-11-1958. Attachment to TPN 1391. Black/white photograph. General view of new Upminster depot. 1958, November 21.

    29-07-1959. Press notice. TPN 1469. "Washing Machines at London Transport's Upminster Railway Depot. Trains Washed on Way into Depot". Press Office, London Transport. 1959, July 29.

    Undated. 2 black/white photographs. No numbers/captions. Show District Line train passing through washing machine.

    03-09-1959. Standard letter. "Technical Press Visit - Upminster Depot". C A Lyon, Press and Publications Officer, London Transport Executive. 1959, September 3.

    [03-09-1959]. Programme. "Visit to Upminster Depot. Technical and Local Press". London Transport Executive. 1959, September 3.

    Undated. 3 copies of Drawing CDS-S-23064. Annotated. "Upminster Depot".

    11-09-1959. Press notice. TPN 1481. "London Transport's Upminster Railway Depot in Full Commission. New £1,000,000 District Line Depot Completed". Press Office, London Transport. 1959, September 11.

    11-09-1959. Attachment to TPN 1481. Drawing CDS-S-23064, with Key. "Upminster Depot". 1959, September 11.

    11-09-1959. Attachment to TPN 1481. "Upminster Depot. Contractors and Sub-Contractors". 1959, September 11.

    11-09-1959. Attachments to TPN 1481. 36 black/white photographs. (1), Driver Albert Deacon leans from his cab to hear instructions over the trackside loudspeaker from the control tower. (2), Main car shed with 9 inspection pits. (3), Albert Waterson, a ground shunter, with a walkie-talkie gives instructions from control to Driver Albert Deacon. (4), General view of depot. (5), Harry Guy, the control tower shunter, talks a train into the new depot. (6), Upminster station signalman Bert Wells at work in the new 'push button' signal cabin. 336672, Close-up of photograph (6) above. 33666 0, General view of depot. 336656, Close-up of photograph (5) above. 336657, Close-up of photograph (1) above. 336671, Close-up of photograph (3) above. 336659, Close-up of photograph (2) above. 1739/15, General view of depot at night, taken from lighting tower at west end. 1754/3, General view of depot from lighting tower at east end. 1788/1, Main entrance to depot from Front Lane. LTE 166/C, View of main depot buildings. LTE 166/D, View of lifting shop from east end. 1790/4, Interior of lifting shop, showing work in progress on 2 cars. 1788/5, Interior of car examination shed, with side-pitted road in centre. 1723/6, Interior of car examination shed by night. 1790/3, Detail view showing entrance to office and staff accommodation at south side of examination shed. 1788/6, Interior of lavatory in main buildings. 1723/4, 150-ft lighting tower at east end of depot. LTE 166/B, Control tower with substation in background. 1723/8, Shunter's console in control tower, showing track diagram. 1790/5, Exterior of new substation. 1790/6, Northern face of new substation. 1778/1, Motor-generator set for signalling supplies in new substation. 1778/2, Interior of new substation. with view of HT switchboard, relay and unit panels, and LT auxiliary switchboard. 1778/3, General view of interior of new substation, showing mercury arc rectifiers and DC switchboard. LTE 166/A, Upminster station signalbox and accommodation for Yardmaster, permanent way staff etc. 1790/11, Interior of Upminster station signal box. 1790/10, Booking-on counter for train staff in Yardmaster's office. 1790/9, Stairway between first and second floors in new signal box. 1790/14, District Line train of flare-sided stock passing through one of two washing machines on way from Upminster station to depot. 1790/12, District Line train approaching washing machines. 1754/4, View of two washing machines from approach side, showing control cabin. 1959, September 11.

    11-09-1959. Attachment to TPN 1481. Drawing CDS-S-23064 and Key. "Upminster Depot". 1959, September 11.
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  • Folio G52.45 DIS