Above is one of the prints we have on our office wall of a poster featuring a London Underground 'Tube' train of 1938 stock on the Northern Line. The 1938 Tube Stock is almost the equivalent of the Sprague Thomson trains of the Paris Metro, certainly it has the most fans.
The train sets were built by Metro-Cammell and Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon, and were used on the London Underground for 50 years until 1988 during which time they worked on the Bakerloo, Piccadilly, Northern, East London and Central lines. Some trains are still at work on the Isle Of Wight as Class 483, making them the oldest passenger rolling stock operating timetabled services on the National Rail network. London Transport Museum runs occasional enthusiast trips with the 1938 stock.
Specifications :
Length per car Driving Motor 15.94 metres; Non-Driving Motor/UNDM/Trailer 15.62 metres
Width: 2.6 metres
Height: 2.88 metres
Weight: DM 27.4 tons ;NDM 25.9 tons T 20.65 tons
Seats: DM 42; NDM/UNDM/T 40
London Transport Museum films webpage
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