Metropolitan Line

Image	Comments	Details
Amersham 1969	Push button console controlling Amersham, Chesham and Chalfont & Latimer.	Colour 26kb
Amersham 1969	Illuminated red style diagram. Red line denotes a train.	Colour 20kb
Baker Street 1987	The original signal cabin before the Signalling Control Centre took control. Shows illuminated diagram and lever frame.	Colour 43kb
Baker Street 1988	Interim period with the new tiled diagram positioned in front of the old diagram and routes now controlled by push buttons. Signal Operator Tony Cook operating a route setting push button.	Colour 37kb
Baker Street 1988	Close up of the temporary tiled diagram showing from the top of the picture down platforms 6, 5, 1, 2, 3 & 4 as yellow boxes.	Colour 29kb
Edgware Road 1969	Controlled Hammersmith & City Line, Circle Line and District Line traffic. Relief Signalman Peter Williams visable.	Colour 49kb
Finchley Road 1970	Controlled West Hampstead and Finchley Road by means of a Push-Pull lever frame. Swiss Cottage disused Met. Line station emergency crossover was controlled by illuminated "4 colour" push buttons.	Colour 49kb
Finchley Road 1987	Diagram modernised to show red for trains. Control of Jubilee Line extended south via Baker Street to Charing Cross. Charing Cross (Jubilee Terminus) visable on right panel controlled automatically by Program Machine. Baker Street (Jubilee & Bakerloo) visable on centre panel (Bakerloo line bottom) controlled by new square push buttons with option of "auto-through" working.	Colour 39kb
Harrow on the Hill 1968	Large Westinghouse push-pull and full stroke frame controlled Harrow South and Harrow North air-worked slave signal boxes as well as Harrow station area. Signal Box Boy Bill Davison on duty (me at 16 yrs old) operating levers whilst Traffic Regulators take a break.	Black & White 24kb
Rayners Lane 1969	Controlled the junction between the Piccadilly and Metropolitan lines by means of a Push-Pull lever frame. These red & black route levers controlled both signals and points. The black point levers to the left of the Signalman (Harry Palmer) had to be centred if the yellow route control lever was reversed.	Colour 23kb
Rayners Lane 1969	Diagram showing Piccadilly Line top and Metropolitan Line bottom.	Colour 19kb
Rayners Lane 1970	South Harrow sidings visable left on diagram. These were controlled by thumb switches visable left of lever frame below push buttons used to control South Harrow station.	Colour 48kb
Rayners Lane 1982	Diagram modernised to show red for trains. Control of South Harrow sidings transferred to Earls Court Control Room and control area extended west to Ickenham.	Colour 28kb
Rayners Lane 1982	Connection added at Ruislip between the Metropolitan Line and West Ruislip Depot. Connection and siding controlled by small push buttons visable to left of Train Register.	Colour 28kb
Rickmansworth 1968	Levers controlled the station area while illuminated "4 colour" push buttons controlled Watford South Junction and Watford (Met) station. Croxley Signal Box was still in operation.	Colour 48kb
Uxbridge 1973	Diagram and lever frame.	Colour 26kb
Uxbridge 1973	Top end of lever frame.	Colour 42kb
Uxbridge 1973	Close up of top end levers.	Colour 29kb
Uxbridge 1973	Illuminated track diagram.	Colour 29kb
Uxbridge 1973	External view from sidings.	Colour 53kb
Wembley Park 1987	Diagram and Push Button console. Controlled Metropolitan and Jubilee lines.	Colour 46kb

Image	Comments	Details
Baker Street Signalling Control Centre 1986	Staff assembled at commissioning of new Signalling Control Centre 1986: Back: Tony Webb, Colin Edwards, Ron Austin & Lance Ryan. Front: Paul Coote, Bill Davison (me), Gary Sewell & Fred Fullbrook. Bottom right: Ron Smith (Liaison Manager) .	Colour 40kb
Baker Street Signalling Control Centre 1986	Side view of Desk 3.	Colour 30kb
Baker Street Signalling Control Centre 1986	Front view of Desk 3 with tiled Fixed Line Diagram in background. Stanmore left to Charing Cross right. Preston Road (Met) bottom left to Swiss Cottage (Met) bottom right.	Colour 37kb
Baker Street Signalling Control Centre 1986	Close up of Desk 3 showing 5 monitors. Command Monitors far left and right and 3 Diagram Monitors in the middle.	Colour 36kb
Baker Street Signalling Control Centre 1986	Me on Desk 1 explaining the controls and functions to Duty Manager Ron Delaway.	Colour 42kb
Baker Street Signalling Control Centre 1986	Desk 4 in foreground, desk 1 on raised section middle left, desk 3 middle right & desk 2 in far background.	Colour 40kb
Baker Street Signalling Control Centre 1986	Desk 2 in foreground, desk 1 on raised section middle right, desk 3 middle left & desk 4 in far background.	Colour 35kb
Baker Street Signalling Control Centre 1986	Command Monitor displaying Main Menu Screen with options at bottom of screen.	Colour 22kb
Baker Street Signalling Control Centre 1986	Command Monitor displaying Route Icons for manual control of Baker Street (Jubilee) and Charing Cross (Jubilee) areas.	Colour 26kb
Baker Street Signalling Control Centre 1986	Diagram Monitor displaying Detailed Diagram of Charing Cross (Jubilee) area.	Colour 16kb
Baker Street Signalling Control Centre 1986	Diagram Monitor displaying Overview Diagram of Charing Cross (Jubilee) area.	Colour 13kb
Baker Street Signalling Control Centre 1990	Controlling the Metropolitan Line (Wembley Park to Euston Square) and the Jubilee Line (Stanmore to Charing Cross) Shows Desk 3.	Colour 37kb

Image	Comments	Details
Amersham 1969	British Rail D.M.U. bound for Aylesbury entering Amersham down road platform.	Colour 17kb
Neasden TMR 1990	Neasden Depot - control tower panel. Train Movements Room controls movements of all trains within Neasden Train Depot.	Colour 55kb
Uxbridge 1973	Typical L.U.L. pneumatic shunt signal (MW27G) in Uxbridge sidings.	Colour 48kb