A Trip on a 1938 Tube Train

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Жыл бұрын

Vintage style on the Piccadilly Line.
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@jonny_vdv Жыл бұрын

The 1938 stock really is the best looking tube stock. I love the art deco semi-streamlined look.

@caw25sha Жыл бұрын

Pity they didn't keep the streamlining of the prototypes.

@anorthedge4422 Жыл бұрын

I couldn't see what was the art deco bit. The semi-streamlined experimental 1935 stock with their outcurved side walls recall the 1938 District and Uxbridge Metropolitan stock, a totally pointless esthetic fashion which just reduced the interior space for passengers.

@stephensaines7100 Жыл бұрын

Ditto! I would not be surprised if they are emulated for a re-issue of sorts. The design was incredibly 'frugal' and yet efficient in its presentation and function. And that's good engineering manifest.

Ай бұрын

Without a doubt. jonny.

@phaasch Жыл бұрын

The 38 stock has a special place in my heart as one of my early childhood memories, traveling up to visit my grandmother in Edgware. The varnished wood and green paint of the interiors, combined with the bowler hats and smell of pipe smoke from the City gents, who seemed, to this little lad, like another species entirely!

@rjjcms1 11 ай бұрын

I remember them still being in service when I was a small child in the early 70s,and hoping a red train would come out of the tunnel rather than a silver one as we waited on the platform on our Tube trips across London. Not that I had anything against the silver ones.

@cameronmuhic5735 Жыл бұрын

I well remember these trains from the Northern line in the early 70s. Always found the seats to be pretty comfortable and loves all the wooden touches

@tbjtbj7930 Жыл бұрын

By the 80s they seemed the epitome of grot, TBH. And the Isle of Wight ones you could see the tracks through the holes in the floor. But now I miss them!

@Phuc_Yhou Жыл бұрын

They were grotty by then, but so was most of the underground and London in the 70s /early 80s, it wasn't the best kept city back then

@johnjephcote7636 Жыл бұрын

Same here. I still wonder what the little transfer codes were on the woodwork, such as EPBIC-PIC. (Maybe my memory of half a century ago has the letters wrong!)

@cv990a4 Жыл бұрын

Definitely was on one of those once or twice. London in the 1970s and early 80s was not great. The UK was not working well at the time.

@phaasch Жыл бұрын

@@johnjephcote7636I remember those, too. The EPB bit suggests electro- pneumatic brake, but beyond that, no idea.

@hywelmorris1778 Жыл бұрын

I went to school in these trains from 1966 to 1973. They used to shake rattle and roll between Finchley Central and East Finchley but the worst thing was the awful nicotine fug which permeated even into the crowded non-smoking cars.

@tonys1636 Жыл бұрын

I was surprised by the colour of the wood floor on that preserved train, one couldn't see it through the fag butts and ash when they were in service or the actual colour of the ceiling (LT cream). The same on the top deck of an RT/RM bus, Trolleybus or the rear seats of an RF.

@harrySinga-bg4gi Жыл бұрын

@@tonys1636 Yes I remember using the service from Finchley Central at that time & your right about the smoking cars.

@stephensaines7100 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, and the upholstery must also have been permeated too. What a disgusting habit.

@Muswell Жыл бұрын

You mean tar from the smoke . . . not nicotine - that's a clear drug.

@tonys1636 11 ай бұрын

@@stephensaines7100 I was a 40+ a day person until 30 year ago, then a pipe for 10 years. Non smokers were a minority species. There was uproar in my local when the Landlord painted the ceiling white after the ban, it was far to bright in there, a few wannabee comedians started wearing sunglasses, we all preferred the light olive green that it was before.

@mickeydodds1 Жыл бұрын

I remember these trains in service. They had a nice warm, cosy ambience about them for passenger - especially comforting on a cold winter's day. The lighting from the incandescent bulbs was warm and soft, as was the interior colour scheme and wood slat floor. I've always found all the successor stocks to be cold, soulless, unwelcoming and sterile.

@simonwinter8839 Жыл бұрын

I believe the wooden floor was Canadian Maple.

@emjayay 11 ай бұрын

Nothing on TFL is nearly as cold, soulless, unwelcoming and sterile as NYC subway cars. Each generation is worse than the one before. The recent versions finally have modern suspension systems but they need it with the world's worst seats.

@Marvin-dg8vj 11 ай бұрын

And suffocating in the summer but I would broadly agree.

@andywarne963 Жыл бұрын

I remember once travelling on a 38 stock train a few stops in tunnel in absolute darkness as all of the lights, including the emergency lights at the ends, had failed. As would be expected, everyone carried on as normal, nobody said anything or remarked at all about the pitch blackness.

@shereesmazik5030 Жыл бұрын

Native Brit ?

@msamour 11 ай бұрын

Was there a case of hearing strange sound that went thusly: Oh! My word! (Sound of a man being slap) Man: Hey! Why would you do that? I didn't do anythin! Woman: I felt a grab and a tug! Someone was taking liberties, I'm quite certain it was you! The lights come back on, and there is one angry woman, and one man rubbing his cheek. Next to him, another young man with a mischievous grin... (Well, anyways this came to my mind.)

@camenbert5837 11 ай бұрын

Turned out dark again?

@markmeade2937 11 ай бұрын

Stiff upper lip , no big deal , how the country has changed ……

@michaelcallummayaka Ай бұрын

@@msamour Is that from the Carry On series? It seems familiar.

@seanbonella Жыл бұрын

Great video Jago. The Tube should put more of these excursions on

@ronalddevine9587 Жыл бұрын

I remember riding these on my first trip to Britain in 1968! Compared to the New York Subway trains, I found them very comfortable, not to mention cleaner. Cheerio from New England 🇬🇧 😊

@tainuecanoes Жыл бұрын

Rode these 1960's. Please next time lets have some onboard sound including the wonderful sound of the Westinghouse brake compressor thumping away. NZ

@rogink Жыл бұрын

Shouldn't that be New England, New GB? 🤔

@WhiffTheRubbishEngine1869 Жыл бұрын

I forgot old people could be on youtube

@ronalddevine9587 Жыл бұрын

@@WhiffTheRubbishEngine1869 Aren't you too kind.

@hb1338 Жыл бұрын

@@rogink New Britain is in Papua New Guinea.

@telemachus53 Жыл бұрын

I grew up with these, thundering and rocking as they emerged from tunnels into the station. The green moquette has never lost its charm, neither has the overall design of the 38 stock which I think is the most esthetic. I used to kneel on the seat,, resting on the marvellous window frames and watch the dark tunnel with their pipes roll by, until my mum told me how dirty the soot and dust was making me.

@PaddyWV Жыл бұрын

Travelled on a little red one in service, in1998 from Stockwell to London Bridge. It absolutely made my day. I remember them of course from the 1970's and 80's with those little grooves in the floor filled with cigarette ends! They scrub up well, don't they!

@bishwatntl Жыл бұрын

I used to travel on the 38 stock while they were in LT service and also rode the Island Line rather more recently. That line certainly demonstrated how bouncy the 38 stock could be.

@stephensaines7100 Жыл бұрын

Ironically improved suspensions and bogies happened generations before modern motor control did. It could well be that a few well-placed dampers on the '38 bogies would improve tractability and ride greatly.

@sheelaghallan6357 11 ай бұрын

Loved going on the old carriages on the Isle of Wight, not tried the "new" carriages yet.

@ianmcclavin 11 ай бұрын

The '38 Stock was ok on the tube. I think the main reason they started bouncing around so much on the Isle of Wight was that instead of importing proper ballast from the mainland, they decided to make do with beach shingle!! It's all been properly "invested" in now, with ballast deliveries during the upgrade for the class 484 (ex-D Stock) in 2021

@Robslondon Жыл бұрын

Lovely video Jago. My absolute favourite tube stock... and I'm just about old enough to remember when they were still running in regular service! 😬 I really wanted to get tickets for this but couldn't make it sadly... next time hopefully. keep up the great work.

@robincowley5823 Жыл бұрын

I'm old enough to remember riding them regularly. It's nice to see them preserved, though they weren't as comfortable as they might have been. What I always particularly liked were the hand grips. I remember getting to be just old and tall enough to hang to them with a sense of real pride and accomplishment.

@jon6815 Жыл бұрын

I remember as a small child thinking they were rather odd and mysterious, also the way they all moved in unison with the shaking of the carriage.

@CaseyJonesNumber1 Жыл бұрын

@@jon6815it was not only the hand straps that moved in unison - so did the passengers. All the heads and legs moving from side to side in unison always amused me!

@emjayay 11 ай бұрын

It's not every subway car where you can grab the low hanging balls and hang on.

@solentbob Жыл бұрын

They were always my favourite. The colours, the styling, the panelling. I remember them from trips into deepest London ( I lived in Rayners Lane) and the Bakerloo when I was a boy in the 70s/80s (?). Later, I moved to the Isle of Wight. I often wondered if I was riding in a carriage I had travelled in previously while it was still on the tube.

@chinnyvision Жыл бұрын

Given the hard lives the ones on The Island Line had, I'd bet the well preserved ones in the collection will go well beyond 100 years!

@frglee Жыл бұрын

Your final bit of film here reminded me when I lived at the Morden end of the Northern Line in the early 70s, I found that the door to the rear cab was sometimes not locked, and I sometimes snuck into it for that magical view of the tube when no-one was watching on the quieter late trains home. I'd forgotten all about that!

@simonwinter8839 Жыл бұрын

I don't recall the doors to the drivers cab or cabin as they are referred to ever having locks on them on the 38 stock.Maybe locks were fitted later but I certainly don't remember them and they definitely didn't have locks on the cab doors in the 60s and 70s.You could just walk in but remember at the rear of the train was the guard. He was at the opposite end to the drivers cab in the the rear car and would be able to see anyone attempting to gain access to 5he cab.At the front was the driver or motorman as they were called so you wouldn't get in there so the only cab you could access was in the middle of the train. Sometimes there was only one drivers cab car in the middle of the train and Sometimes two.The trains themselves were comprised of seven cars.These comprised of one three car train and one four car train joined to make the complete train.If there was only one drivers cab where the two trains joined the other innocent looking trailer car concealed a driving console behind a panel and the train could still be driven from what looked an ordinary trailer car.Visibility (to see where you were going)was through the window of the inter connecting door. Trains were never driven in service from these cars,only in the depots or in an emergency.

@cco53587 Жыл бұрын

I'm from New York and got familiar with the '38s from the Class 483 variant on Train Simulator's version of the Island Line. I finally got to see the Transport Museum's example this year and drove the sim they had. It's a very elegant and durable design and driving it in the sim reminded me of our R1/9s.

@colin4850 11 ай бұрын

I used to travel on these trains as a child and also as a teenager going to work in the 1960s. This was on the original Bakerloo line between Stanmore and Elephant and Castle, now the Jubilee line. I will always remember these trains with fond memories, thanks for the video.

@groovydonkey Жыл бұрын

I remember going on these trains from Northfields to Hounslow East when I use to go shopping with my mum. I found them fascinating, with the colour, design and all the wood in them and the patterned seats. Definitely gives the feeling and vibe of the 1930's, which is an era that I love.

@raedwulf61 Жыл бұрын

Oh, I rode on some of these on my first trip to London in May 1980! I remember the wooden floors, the wooden trim, the vent windows, and those things hanging down from the ceiling so passengers could hang on. Good memories!

@johnm2012 Жыл бұрын

I miss those black knobs on springs for standing passengers to hang on to, though I remember banging my head on them often when getting out of a seat.

@rgs6236 11 ай бұрын

I remember riding on these many many times as a child in the 60s and 70s and as a teenager 😊

@Hammondfreak 11 ай бұрын

My favourite too Jago. I rode these trains in the 50's and 60's when I was a lad. I especially liked the run up to Watford High Street on the Bakerloo. The interior was iconic and beautifully made and always gave me a warm feeling inside. I called them "Little Red Electrics" and loved to watch them moving like a red snake around the curves. Thank you LT Museum for preserving and still running the '38 stock.

@tonywise198 Жыл бұрын

My favourite Tube stock as well. I first rode on them in the 1950s as a kid - the last ride was on their final, final retirement on the Isle of Wight after 80 years sterling service. They always strike me as "modern" even today.

@gospelman7222 Жыл бұрын

I rode on the IoW stock several times in the 1980's, very nice, but boy were they bouncy when they were running! Very amusing to see all the passengers bouncing up and down in unison as the train went along. Could it be, I wonder, that the track in the Island was not as good as it might have been, or was it an intrinsic characteristic of the stock? Or a bit of both?

@Phuc_Yhou Жыл бұрын

@@gospelman7222 My Dad used to call "wobbly woodys" because of peoples heads being bounced around and they looked like the outside of a Morris Minor Traveller on the inside.

@stevenfarrall3942 Жыл бұрын

#metoo. Often from Oakwood. Or from Woodgreen to Holborn. Lovely things, but rattly and a bit bumpy.

@iankemp1131 Жыл бұрын

@@gospelman7222 I always assumed it was because they got up to higher speeds on the Island due to the much longer runs between stations, especially either side of Brading. But the track construction/foundation might well be different between British/Network Rail and London Transport.

@iconicshrubbery Жыл бұрын

Love the flush windows : very sleek design. The lighting, woodwork and plush upholstery made travel a very human experience. As a child, I remember asking dad what the the strange things were, hanging from the ceiling. And I love/d the asymmetrical frontal design and headlights in a number-five-on-a-dice formation.

@Volvoman90 Жыл бұрын

Good memories of getting these to work on the Isle of Wight. Strangely cosy and comfy seats!

@ubergeekian Жыл бұрын

I commuted from West Finchley to Leicester Square from September 1987 - Easter 1988 and it was always a treat when a beautifully restored one of these turned. So much more comfortable, everyone agreed, than the more modern stuff.

@timhubbard8895 Жыл бұрын

I like the 1938 stock as well as the sub surface Q, CoCp and R Stock trains with the flared sides and diamond droplight windows. I donated money to the London Transport Museum to get the Q Stock restored to running order. I'd love a trip on that once it's finished and the 38 tube stock at some point.

@johnorchin8567 11 ай бұрын

Seeing these trains brings back such fond memories for me. I wonder if modern trains and buses will ever evoke such emotion from today’s young people.

@bobk4404 11 ай бұрын

My earliest memory of these trains was being taken by a neighbour with her own children up from Morden to Clapham Common to what was then the location of the Transport Museum in London. I suppose this was in about 1968. Yet in retrospect these trains were comparatively modern because my earliest memories of travelling on the Underground was of the standard stock from 1927 on the Central Line where the trains had what I would describe as the "winking eye" cab frontage. That would have been in the early sixties when we were taken by my parents up to Gamages at Christmas time to visit "Father Christmas", see that department store's magnificent model railway display, admire the lights on Regent Street and eat hot chestnuts from a street vendor. Happy but fading memories.

@gregoryworth84 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful video ! I live in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and I'm of an age to have fallen in love with Canada's first subway. The rolling stock used were built by the Gloucester Railway and Cartage Company in the early 1950's. Far and away, in my opinion, the best trainsets our system ever had, I miss them still. My honeymoon was spent in Britain and when in London, I was SO happy to have had the experience of riding the 1938 stock, we had not rented a car, traveling exclusively on public transport or on British Rail. After 23 years the marriage is gone, but my memories of the time spent in England's green and pleasant land were rekindled by your wonderful video seen today. Jago, thank you !

@stephensaines7100 Жыл бұрын

Thumbs up from me, also in Toronto, but a Brit/Cdn Dual. I have to disagree on the Gloucester cars. They couldn't reach the speed the line was designed for, they were too heavy and had a litany of design shortcomings. They were replaced as soon as possible for good reason. Google: THE GLOUCESTER SERIES CARS (1954-1990) That brings up the article I intend and quite a few others directly relevant. The LU '38 stock, on the other hand, were evolutionary, and in my eye, as timeless as a well-cut Tweed jacket. And they performed well in their intended role.That they were cascaded to so many other assignments is telling.

@Krzyszczynski 11 ай бұрын

One thing I particularly like about the 1938 stock is that the doors slide back and forth within the rest of the bodywork. Nowadays, they're entirely on the outside, making the profile of the cars look that little bit untidier. I suppose it makes maintenance easier, though.

@JustMe-jx9np Жыл бұрын

Excellent video. I always loved riding on this stock in the 1970s when I was a boy. Unfortunately we moved back to the US in 1977, but I did manage to collect a couple of the Northern Line destination signs and a double doorway tread plate from the ‘38s many years later.

@camotech1314 6 ай бұрын

These look way more comfy than any tube train today.😮

@SteamCrane 11 ай бұрын

From the US - the visual design really holds up well, and I love the wood. I rode streetcars with many similar features in the 1940's-1950's. Same hardwood 3/4" x 3/4" floors, incandescent lights. They had slowly rotating air vents in the ceiling. They were old, but definitely not "grotty".

@glenn3702 Жыл бұрын

Lovely to see this train out and about. Brings back memories of living in East Finchley in the mid 80's when from time to time, a red 1938 stock train would appear on the platform.

@warweezil2802 11 ай бұрын

I used to enjoy it when picking up on the second half of a duty a 38 came into the platform with the set number I was looking for. Lovely machines to drive once you got used to their idiosyncrasies.

@atraindriver 11 ай бұрын

As a railwayman I prefer trains to arrive at platforms. Trains which arrive on platforms are the cause of a lot of paperwork and unwanted media attention!

@highpath4776 11 ай бұрын

Some of the best designs in LT coming about in/by 1938. The Bus Shelters of varying types , the bodies for the AEC Q in Double and Single Deck form rising to the design for the RT Bus with the themed design of new Bus Garages, New Trolleybuses and the Tube stations and rolling stock, with the 1938 tube designs complimented by the CO/CP Sub Surface Design. (The A Stock would take us in one leap into the 1950s in the same way the Routemaster would re-define the asthetic of the London Bus )

@Videx19 11 ай бұрын

I remember these in the late 60s travelling on the Northern line to and from Colliers Wood. I loved everything about these trains from the colour, to the seating, wood floors, and lighting. On Sunday nights, when making our way to Euston for the journey back to Rugby, while walking along the platform, the train would make a deep groan as it disappeared in the tunnel, usually with wind.

@tashvadj4914 10 ай бұрын

The joy this film delivers to the connoisseur!! 1938 stock all day, such a beautiful classic. The air intake on the front roof is exquisite. I had to pause to take in the seat fabric design, flashback to one of my earliest memories in the 70s. This history is priceless.

@simonround2439 7 ай бұрын

Brings back memories of riding on these trains on the Bakerloo line in the 70s. Very nostalgic.

@MervynPartin Жыл бұрын

My introduction to tube travel was on pre '38 standard stock which were noisy at the cab ends, and had lights that frequently flickered, but they had character. What a difference the 1938 stock made. Very smart styling, and a pleasure to ride in. They were so well made and simple that it is no wonder that they had a long working life. I doubt if the more recently manufactured expensive stock will do as well.

@zetectic7968 Жыл бұрын

Long, long ago I seem to recall a few rides on this rolling stock when I was a nipper. This was on the Bakerloo to Regent's Park to visit the zoo. I recall the motif of the seat upholstery, the leather armrests, wooden floors (similar to many escalators) & the lighting was via small 25w globes that would dim & go out for a few seconds - very eerie.

@geoffstrowger9759 11 ай бұрын

Special thanks for this one. I've lived in Canada for the past 48 years, but I lived in Cockfosters in my youth in 1950s and used to ride these trains on my (long) journey to school to Hampstead (vis Kings Cross). Gave it up eventually, switching to buses, as I convinced myself that the overcrowding was not good for my health, picked up viruses too frequently.

@VickersDoorter Жыл бұрын

0:13 Oh heavens, nostalgia. I lived in Croxley in the late 60s & early 70s and recall this station so well. Fond memories of it.

@Paula-Galgo Жыл бұрын

I moved to London to start my nurse training in 1984 and lived in Belsize Park... I remember this lovely tube train!

@flippop101 Жыл бұрын

Lovely video, and for all your good work, you should be awarded a medal to adorn your flat front. Makes me feel old though, I used to go to work on these rather old but glorious trains!

@isaywhatilikeandilikewhati1117 11 ай бұрын

Fully upholstered seating meant a superb ride for the passenger! I rode these to and from work and college in the early 70s.

@RogersRamblings Жыл бұрын

When the LPTB took over the former GNR branches in north London there was an arrangement that some of the 1938 stock would be the property of the LNER. Plate were affixed to the solebars of the cars affected marking them as "Property of the LNER". I don't have details of the financial arrangements.

@kwcork 11 ай бұрын

I too remember travelling to school when these trains were in use on the Picadilly Line, along side older and more modern stock. I always hoped one of these would appear for my ride, for the aesthetic (inside and out), the lighting and the well-sprung seats. Far and away the best.

@machosker 11 ай бұрын

My brother and I had ride on the 38 stock last Sept. Such care attention in keeping it running, including the adverts inside the carriages. Those very springy seats. It was an experience we won't forget.

@robertcourtney9907 Жыл бұрын

My wife took me to the Acton depot for fathers day this year, I was excited to see the 38 stock trains they had there. My favorite underground train because of its long service life. I just love a well built bit of kit, wish I knew they were running one

@Shalott63 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Jago! I grew up on the Piccadilly northern extension in the 1960s and 70s, and always looked out for 'the red trains'; it was always a great bonus if your train was of that type. I think there were only ever about 7 sets of them on that line, most of whose trains were Standard Stock, replaced in the early 1960s with 1959 stock. The 1938 trains were much more fun!

@emjayay 11 ай бұрын

New York City subways run vintage trains on one line for two weekends in December. It's always fun with some people dressed in vintage styles and a lot of just plain train nerds enjoying the ride.

@johnkeepin7527 11 ай бұрын

Good to see some of it preserved. I’m pretty sure that the first LU service I travelled on was 38 stock, on a family holiday in the Paddington area in 1966.

@stothsam Жыл бұрын

Still remember the only time I ever rode on one, in summer 1983, when I was five. We didn't live in London, and I wasn't used to the noise, heat and crowds of the Underground, and I think I was bit scared when this bright red beast of a thing roared into the station with it's strange quincunx of lights on the front. I've learned to love them since though!

@adaptandsucceed6875 Жыл бұрын

That’s the first time I’ve seen the word “quincunx” used in a comment on KZfaq; I may never live to see it again. It’s lucky you weren’t reported for abusive language!

@kenmorris100 11 ай бұрын

Proper nostalgia I used to ride them to school on the Bakerloo Line between Warwick Avenue and Marylebone stations. In the rear carriage there was the guard operating the doors. On the Bakerloo Line they operated as 7 car trains using a converted "Standard Stock" trailer. I managed to ride on unit 6 on the Island Line before they finally bowed out of service.

@SamLowryDZ-015 Жыл бұрын

The old silver/grey ones on the central line are my earliest memories of the tube

@Slycockney Жыл бұрын

I love the '38 stock. Takes me back to my teens/20s when I travelled on them almost daily on the Bakerloo line. I must have a nostalgic last trip on one.

@isashax Жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking us with you in this ride!

@gerrywilliams9997 11 ай бұрын

I've driven those trains and been a guard on the back! They were still very much in use on the Northern Line in the 1960s and 70s.

@lawrencelewis2592 Жыл бұрын

I rode on those in November of 1974 when I was in London for the first time. I've also been in the museum annex and I could not believe the great collection of stuff! Boxing trophies, of all things. Contemporary to them were the Zurich trams I rode in 1978. Wood trim, well-upholstered seats and builders plates that showed they were from 1938. Built by Brown-Boveri as I recall.

@mattburrows4144 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video. It is my favourite Tube stock too. I used to look forward to riding on them on the Bakerloo Line in the early 1980s. They have aged very well.

@kingcal53 11 ай бұрын

Got on one of these trains in the Isle of Wight in the mid-2010s, was like stepping back in time!

@eattherich9215 Жыл бұрын

The 1938 stock is gorgeous and I remember riding them.

@Jack_Warner 11 ай бұрын

I managed to photograph the tail end of a 1938 stock train back in 1985, when I had a fascination with the tube and spent many weeks riding on it.

@shaddersshadwell4941 11 ай бұрын

I did one of these 1938 stock tours in the mid 70's. Baker Street-Amersham-Watford (via the little used curve)-Baker Street (lunch break)-New Cross-Acton Town-Baker Street. That was one long day!!

@Bunter.948 11 ай бұрын

Thank you Mr H. Up to your usual excellent standard. As indeed was the stock, with a superior paint finish. All jolly good stuff. Thanks. Simon T

@andrewclayton4181 Жыл бұрын

First time I ever rattled around on the tube, about 1960, it was on one of these. I liked them. The red and green with touches of wood were cosier that the clinical silver and plastic of more modern stock. The art deco style is appealing too.

@bos2pdx2yvr Жыл бұрын

Two of my favourite things - Art Deco and trains!

@mikedyble3648 Жыл бұрын

Brought back memories, I lived near Clapham South during my childhood and teenage years in the 60s and 70s so travelled on these regularly. They were still going strong when I left London in 1980. Definitely an excellent design which still looks OK today. Excellent video which captured them well.

@imsbvs Жыл бұрын

I remember this stock very well, painted red with all the wood, very comfortable seats and proper light bulbs giving a warm almost welcoming coloured light (but not the lamp shades you show). I also remeber red trains onthe District line too.

@xenon53827 Жыл бұрын

comfortable. noisy. Noisy but comfortable, yes, comfortable but NOISY. I loved those trains! Especially the 'dominoes' lights on the front!

@daveayerstdavies Жыл бұрын

I remember riding these in my student days in the 70's.

@mpersad Жыл бұрын

Well that took me back! Living in London in the 80s I was often a passenger on these trains when travelling on the Northern line, which was pretty frequently! Thank you, Jago!

@brettpalfrey4665 11 ай бұрын

I can remember travelling on the 1938 stock on the Bakerloo, back in the last century! very cosy..with the tungsten bulbs making it a nice warm colour inside..

@Roger.Coleman1949 11 ай бұрын

Rode on the ' 38 stock train for an extended one and a half hour ride in 2010 .As it slowed down through stations it was very amusing to see the expression on the faces of waiting passengers and the fact that they thery couldn't get on - totally agree with what you observed Jago ! - another brilliant video , thank you .

@simonwoods4268 Жыл бұрын

I was about to write how jealous I am, but then remembered my age and remembered going on these in the 70's! Awesome video.

@garyhardwick8489 11 ай бұрын

I rode one of the IOW units shortly before withdrawal in 2021. The ride was so rough my suitcase fell over! They were utterly knackered though, it's a miracle the engineers there kept them going so long. Glad to see some preserved though. I need to get on one of the LT trips sometime.

@1258-Eckhart Жыл бұрын

I remember these fondly, they used to work the Bakerloo when I first moved to London, but my favourite by far are the Graff-Baker Q- and R-Stock for the District with their flared bodysides and pleasanter ride than the 38 Stock.

@stephendavies6949 11 ай бұрын

I'm JUST about old enough to remember riding on 1938 Stock sometime in the early 1970s during one of my visits to London with my parents. Watching your video took me back 50 years. I even started recalling the springy seat cushions, the roof hangers, wooden interiors and even the aroma! Great memories. Thank you.

@tombowers3681 Жыл бұрын

Jealous jealous jealous. Thank you for sharing it with us. Such a classic, dare I say Iconic? train

@peebee143 Жыл бұрын

Loved it! Was on the previous outing a few weeks ago. Happy 160th anniversary LT.

@Orforio Жыл бұрын

A lovely record of a lovely train! I was lucky to travel on the Coronation Special to Uxbridge a few months ago - was really surprised by the comfort of the ride and seeing the very-of-the-period adverts still up around the carriages!

@wirewalker 11 ай бұрын

Used to travel on these trains in the late 50s loved the grab handles

@chazzyb8660 Жыл бұрын

I remember travelling on those carriages, brilliant to see them still running. You lucky, lucky, lucky, ba****d.

@heckmacbuff 11 ай бұрын

These used to run from Stanmore. We would wave to the drivers from the footbridge in Canons Park. I love the colour scheme and wooden interior.

@denisxx61 11 ай бұрын

My favourites too .When working in the City I used to daily take the Northern Line from Clapham South to Bank.

@davidbrazier9246 11 ай бұрын

I remember these handsome trains when I commuted from Clapham South on the Northern Line to Banks in about 1969. I recall that they were unreliable and when the gear under the floor broke down, which often happened they went out of service for a long time. There was an article about the problem in the London Evening Standard in about 1970.

@chorrowicz3965 Жыл бұрын

I remember the smell of them too. Very distinctive.

@Play_fare 4 ай бұрын

It is amazing that such old rolling stock can still be run on current lines. As long as there aren’t any major technological changes that take place (voltage change for instance) , definitely would be nice to be able to have them on excursions in another 50 years. I also have to add that the interior and exterior design of these vehicles could standup well to anything made today imho.

@egratis2367 11 ай бұрын

Working on the pic in the late sixties I had many a trip through pipe as both a Guard and Driver and I loved the 38 stock. I always thought they gave a much better ride than the 1959 stock, weren't as noisy and the art-deco styling made them appear more luxurious and up market. One day I will tell about the time I (unwittingly) took a passenger into the siding at Acton Town and we let her drive the train back into the platform. Happy days. Nostalgia trip over for now and I need my afternoon nap.

@jorbharris8097 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for this Jago. I'm the same age as this stock and I commuted on the Bakerloo to the Elephant (Borough Polytechnic) in the 50s and early 60s. Definitely my favourite tube stock, the best-looking tube stock ever! Another loved LT vehicle was the 1920 Metrovick Bo-Bo loco.

@frippp66 Жыл бұрын

yes i remember travelling on these well - great to see one again

@johncamp2567 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting!! Wonderful interiors…..WOW!!! 🤩

@afm62 11 ай бұрын

This is how I remember the tube best. As a child, these were standard.

@alestout5632 Жыл бұрын

Great video as usual the 38 stock are part of my childhood from the 60s sure I can remember some running in the 90s when there was a shortage of rolling stock in my opinion the classic tube train

@pauliemoody8754 11 ай бұрын

My dad was a tube driver from 1974 until 2001. He always said the best train was the 38stock.

@MrAsBBB Жыл бұрын

Simply lovely

@simonochana3189 Жыл бұрын

I’m old enough to have actually ridden on the 1938 stock, back in the 1980’s, whilst they were still in active service.This was on he Bakerloo line, at the time they were being replaced by the 1959 stock. That was the only occasion I got to ride on one.

@shodan2958 Жыл бұрын

Another wonderful video, seen this these trains at Acton and in the actual London Transport Museum and I do love how distinctive they are compared to modern carriages. (Not that modern carriages are bad or anything) Interesting they point out the disused stations, its somewhat fascinating how well they've been covered up. I'd imagine these trains will have a long life in preservation, their electric nature (Eco friendly yay!) and durability means they shouldn't become paperweights anytime soon I hope.

@Redf322 Жыл бұрын

I used to go to work on these in the 70s. Very comfy

@Phuc_Yhou Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jago for taking us on this special ride, I mentioned the IOW trains on your interiors video as that was the last time I travelled in one, my first time was late 60,s a "wobbly woody" as my Dad used to call them , happy memories ❤