London Transport Steam
June 2011 marked 40 years since the end of steam traction on London Transport, the last steam-hauled train running on Sunday 6th June 1971. This also marked the end of regular steam running on "main lines" in the UK, almost three years after the end of steam on BR, though some steam had also continued for a while in Northern Ireland. Photos of some of the daylight operations from the mid - 1960s until the last day. Most are taken with my Voigtländer Vito CLR Camera, later ones with my first SLR, a Pentax S1a. All colour photos on Agfa CT18 film. A very small sample to start with, many more to add...
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An unidentified LT 0-6-0PT is working the spoil train from Neasden to Watford and the tip at Croxley, passing Pinner Green on the down slow line. Exact date not recorded, but around June 1968.
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