Tube-gauge steam locomotives may appear to be an unlikely possibility, because of the problems of using such a machine in the confines of a tunnel less...

diesel-hydraulic locomotives in 1971.: 95  In 1899 the Central London Railway had two tube-gauge steam locomotives that were oil fired underground and could...

Diesel locomotives have seen limited use on the London Underground, largely because exhaust gases cannot be discharged when the vehicles are working in...

Electric locomotives were first used on the London Underground when the first deep-level tube line, the City and South London Railway (C&SLR), was opened...

London Underground battery-electric locomotives are battery locomotives used for hauling engineers' trains on the London Underground network where they...

The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground or by its nickname the Tube) is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts...

locomotives to work the tunnels of the London Underground. This system was devised by Daniel Gooch and developed by Beyer, Peacock & Company. Steam is...

the use of steam locomotives. The first full-scale working railway steam locomotive was the 3 ft (914 mm) gauge Coalbrookdale Locomotive, built by Trevithick...

Railway began the world's first underground railway between Paddington and Farringdon with wooden carriages and steam locomotives, but its most important route...

(610 mm) narrow gauge, driverless underground railway in London that was built by the Post Office with assistance from the Underground Electric Railways...

became known as the "Twopenny Tube". It was initially operated by electric locomotives hauling carriages, but the locomotive's considerable unsprung weight...

(1950). Locomotives. Vol. 2 (7 ed.). London: Virtue and Co. p. 389. OCLC 39200150. Self, Douglas (December 2003). "The Swiss Electric-Steam Locomotives". Archived...

trains unique on the London Underground system because, although the loading gauge of the rolling stock is the same as the other 'tube' lines, the smaller...

Railway opened the world's first underground line between Paddington and Farringdon with wooden carriages and steam locomotives. The same year a select committee...

The London Underground opened in 1863 with gas-lit wooden carriages hauled by steam locomotives. The Metropolitan and District railways both used carriages...

The City and South London Railway (C&SLR) was the first successful deep-level underground "tube" railway in the world, and the first major railway to use...

of the steam era, the record keeping of allocations and working of local steam locomotives was rather lax, and it was not unknown for locomotives to be...

Victoria station, also known as London Victoria, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Victoria, in the City...

gas-lit wooden carriages hauled by steam locomotives, the world's first passenger-carrying designated underground railway. The line was soon extended...

Trust. "Underground Electric Railways 7281 1923 Tube Stock". Vintage Carriages Trust. Bruce, J Graeme (1968). Tube Trains Under London. London Transport...

the term locomotive engine, which was first used in 1814 to distinguish between self-propelled and stationary steam engines. Prior to locomotives, the motive...

1885. Used underground, the locomotives condensed their steam, and coke or smokeless coal was burnt to reduce the smoke. Most locomotives were withdrawn...

increased competition from the new electric underground tube lines and trams, and the use of steam locomotives underground led to unpopular smoke-filled stations...

the Head of Steam museum at Darlington. These locomotives are all 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) gauge unless noted otherwise. These locomotives are all 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in...

development known as Stratford City, in the London Borough of Newham, East London for London Underground, London Overground, Docklands Light Railway (DLR)...

City line is a London Underground line that runs between Hammersmith in west London and Barking in east London. Coloured pink on the Tube map, it serves...

Westbourne Park is a London Underground station in the Notting Hill area of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is on the Circle and Hammersmith...

The London Underground S7 and S8 Stock, commonly referred to as S Stock, is a type of passenger train running on the London Underground's subsurface lines...

and rapid transit systems. Starting in the 1940s, steam locomotives were replaced by diesel locomotives. The first high-speed railway system was introduced...

Paddington is a London Underground station served by the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines. It is located adjacent to the north side of Paddington mainline...