What is your favorite sound from the london underground?

Williams12

This train terminates at edgware, please note the last set of doors will not open

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydn58bUY1qU

Tikay10

@Williams12


I DO love these random threads you start, I do hope you keep them coming.

I could rattle on all day about train sounds, I come from a railway family, was bought up in a railway house on a Railway Estate, & I was the only one of my family that never worked for the railways. My Grandad was the "Royal Driver" (drove the Royal Train) & my Dad was the "Royal Fireman".

To this day I still adore trains, & go on "train adventures" as often as time permits. (Tomorrow I'm going to Liverpool & back via Cross Country & TPE just for the train journey, & a few weeks ago I went to Edinburgh & back on an Azuma just for the train journey).

Anyway, back to London Underground sounds.

Back in the day the sliding doors were air/vacuum operated, & made a most satisfying "whoosh" before they closed, & upon closing a lovely solid rubber on rubber clonk. Sometimes the doors "bounced" when closing too. The Main Line equivalent was British Rail Mark 3 "Slam-Door" stock, still the best sound on any railway station ever, though there is almost no Mark 3 Stock still in service.

Back to London Underground, the sound of a train approaching, then roaring into the (underground) Station is pretty cool too.

On the Victoria Line the tunnels are built very "tight" & so the trains are exceptionally loud.

On the Circle Line just west of Aldgate, there's a very complex set of points on the track, & when the trains traverse these the sound is incredibly sexy.

At Waterloo at the Waterloo & City Line Terminus, the trains shuttle back & forth as the "Drain" as it's called is only 2 stations, Waterloo & Bank. Upon arrival at Bank, they go into a little siding, & then, before they come back for the return journey, give a rare "toot" on their horn.

I could go on & on.

Oh, wait, I already did.

goldon

TKs sexy encounter going underground.! Trigger the Whoosh !

rabdeniro

The thing ah remember about the tube is when you walked between the old carriages the window on the door could be pulled right down, the different noises you could hear was creepy at times, loud wailing like something oot of Quatermass, or when standing waiting for the train a blast of hot air would hit you.

stokefc

We need humour in our lives due to what's happening in the world, Thank you Tony

Tikay10

stokefc said:

We need humour in our lives due to what's happening in the world, Thank you Tony

@stokefc


WTF? That was not humour, that was passion.

Disappointed in you Sean, you win 6-1 & all of a sudden you are giving it large.

stokefc

Tikay10 said:

stokefc said:

We need humour in our lives due to what's happening in the world, Thank you Tony

@stokefc


WTF? That was not humour, that was passion.

Disappointed in you Sean, you win 6-1 & all of a sudden you are giving it large.

Too right
It doesn't happen often so I'm making the most of it, back to normal on Saturday

Williams12

Tikay10 said:

@Williams12


I DO love these random threads you start, I do hope you keep them coming.

I could rattle on all day about train sounds, I come from a railway family, was bought up in a railway house on a Railway Estate, & I was the only one of my family that never worked for the railways. My Grandad was the "Royal Driver" (drove the Royal Train) & my Dad was the "Royal Fireman".

To this day I still adore trains, & go on "train adventures" as often as time permits. (Tomorrow I'm going to Liverpool & back via Cross Country & TPE just for the train journey, & a few weeks ago I went to Edinburgh & back on an Azuma just for the train journey).

Anyway, back to London Underground sounds.

Back in the day the sliding doors were air/vacuum operated, & made a most satisfying "whoosh" before they closed, & upon closing a lovely solid rubber on rubber clonk. Sometimes the doors "bounced" when closing too. The Main Line equivalent was British Rail Mark 3 "Slam-Door" stock, still the best sound on any railway station ever, though there is almost no Mark 3 Stock still in service.

Back to London Underground, the sound of a train approaching, then roaring into the (underground) Station is pretty cool too.

On the Victoria Line the tunnels are built very "tight" & so the trains are exceptionally loud.

On the Circle Line just west of Aldgate, there's a very complex set of points on the track, & when the trains traverse these the sound is incredibly sexy.

At Waterloo at the Waterloo & City Line Terminus, the trains shuttle back & forth as the "Drain" as it's called is only 2 stations, Waterloo & Bank. Upon arrival at Bank, they go into a little siding, & then, before they come back for the return journey, give a rare "toot" on their horn.

I could go on & on.

Oh, wait, I already did.

Intresting background thanks for sharing,
When you like get to Edinburgh do you hope on train back right away or spend some time in Edinburgh?

Tikay10

Williams12 said:

Tikay10 said:

@Williams12


I DO love these random threads you start, I do hope you keep them coming.

I could rattle on all day about train sounds, I come from a railway family, was bought up in a railway house on a Railway Estate, & I was the only one of my family that never worked for the railways. My Grandad was the "Royal Driver" (drove the Royal Train) & my Dad was the "Royal Fireman".

To this day I still adore trains, & go on "train adventures" as often as time permits. (Tomorrow I'm going to Liverpool & back via Cross Country & TPE just for the train journey, & a few weeks ago I went to Edinburgh & back on an Azuma just for the train journey).

Anyway, back to London Underground sounds.

Back in the day the sliding doors were air/vacuum operated, & made a most satisfying "whoosh" before they closed, & upon closing a lovely solid rubber on rubber clonk. Sometimes the doors "bounced" when closing too. The Main Line equivalent was British Rail Mark 3 "Slam-Door" stock, still the best sound on any railway station ever, though there is almost no Mark 3 Stock still in service.

Back to London Underground, the sound of a train approaching, then roaring into the (underground) Station is pretty cool too.

On the Victoria Line the tunnels are built very "tight" & so the trains are exceptionally loud.

On the Circle Line just west of Aldgate, there's a very complex set of points on the track, & when the trains traverse these the sound is incredibly sexy.

At Waterloo at the Waterloo & City Line Terminus, the trains shuttle back & forth as the "Drain" as it's called is only 2 stations, Waterloo & Bank. Upon arrival at Bank, they go into a little siding, & then, before they come back for the return journey, give a rare "toot" on their horn.

I could go on & on.

Oh, wait, I already did.

Intresting background thanks for sharing,
When you like get to Edinburgh do you hope on train back right away or spend some time in Edinburgh?

@Williams12


We've been to Edinburgh countless times, both for general leisure & poker.

So now, when we go somewhere like that, Gill goes shopping, & I set up camp in a good bookshop, & in the case of Edinburgh that's Waterstones. It's the same drill wherever we go.

I'm a complete book devotee, so I have to ration myself to buying no more than 6 books, but it usually ends up 12 or 15, & the bill comes to more than the train fare. It's OK though, books are my passion, & there's not a single day in my adult life when I do not read for at least an hour, & I get through, on average, 6 books every month. I've been doing that since my early twenties, & I'm in my late seventies now, so you do the math, that's a lot of books. I've never thrown away a book in my life, I have, literally, thousands, & they are far & away my most cherished material possession.

I try to have a stock of at least 6 unread books most of the time, I freak out when I have less as I can't imagine not having a "new" book to read. All my books are non-fiction, I don't read fiction.

I can't be doing with "e-books" or Kindles or whatever they are called either. I like the feel & touch of a real book with a good bookmark.

Williams12

Tikay10 said:

Williams12 said:

Tikay10 said:

@Williams12


I DO love these random threads you start, I do hope you keep them coming.

I could rattle on all day about train sounds, I come from a railway family, was bought up in a railway house on a Railway Estate, & I was the only one of my family that never worked for the railways. My Grandad was the "Royal Driver" (drove the Royal Train) & my Dad was the "Royal Fireman".

To this day I still adore trains, & go on "train adventures" as often as time permits. (Tomorrow I'm going to Liverpool & back via Cross Country & TPE just for the train journey, & a few weeks ago I went to Edinburgh & back on an Azuma just for the train journey).

Anyway, back to London Underground sounds.

Back in the day the sliding doors were air/vacuum operated, & made a most satisfying "whoosh" before they closed, & upon closing a lovely solid rubber on rubber clonk. Sometimes the doors "bounced" when closing too. The Main Line equivalent was British Rail Mark 3 "Slam-Door" stock, still the best sound on any railway station ever, though there is almost no Mark 3 Stock still in service.

Back to London Underground, the sound of a train approaching, then roaring into the (underground) Station is pretty cool too.

On the Victoria Line the tunnels are built very "tight" & so the trains are exceptionally loud.

On the Circle Line just west of Aldgate, there's a very complex set of points on the track, & when the trains traverse these the sound is incredibly sexy.

At Waterloo at the Waterloo & City Line Terminus, the trains shuttle back & forth as the "Drain" as it's called is only 2 stations, Waterloo & Bank. Upon arrival at Bank, they go into a little siding, & then, before they come back for the return journey, give a rare "toot" on their horn.

I could go on & on.

Oh, wait, I already did.

Intresting background thanks for sharing,
When you like get to Edinburgh do you hope on train back right away or spend some time in Edinburgh?

@Williams12


We've been to Edinburgh countless times, both for general leisure & poker.

So now, when we go somewhere like that, Gill goes shopping, & I set up camp in a good bookshop, & in the case of Edinburgh that's Waterstones. It's the same drill wherever we go.

I'm a complete book devotee, so I have to ration myself to buying no more than 6 books, but it usually ends up 12 or 15, & the bill comes to more than the train fare. It's OK though, books are my passion, & there's not a single day in my adult life when I do not read for at least an hour, & I get through, on average, 6 books every month. I've been doing that since my early twenties, & I'm in my late seventies now, so you do the math, that's a lot of books. I've never thrown away a book in my life, I have, literally, thousands, & they are far & away my most cherished material possession.

I try to have a stock of at least 6 unread books most of the time, I freak out when I have less as I can't imagine not having a "new" book to read. All my books are non-fiction, I don't read fiction.

I can't be doing with "e-books" or Kindles or whatever they are called either. I like the feel & touch of a real book with a good bookmark.

How is poker scene in Edinburgh, where is there good poker?
There is blackwell's book shop that's decent
so from all those valuable books what are the best 10 books? ~

Tikay10

Williams12 said:

Tikay10 said:

Williams12 said:

Tikay10 said:

@Williams12


I DO love these random threads you start, I do hope you keep them coming.

I could rattle on all day about train sounds, I come from a railway family, was bought up in a railway house on a Railway Estate, & I was the only one of my family that never worked for the railways. My Grandad was the "Royal Driver" (drove the Royal Train) & my Dad was the "Royal Fireman".

To this day I still adore trains, & go on "train adventures" as often as time permits. (Tomorrow I'm going to Liverpool & back via Cross Country & TPE just for the train journey, & a few weeks ago I went to Edinburgh & back on an Azuma just for the train journey).

Anyway, back to London Underground sounds.

Back in the day the sliding doors were air/vacuum operated, & made a most satisfying "whoosh" before they closed, & upon closing a lovely solid rubber on rubber clonk. Sometimes the doors "bounced" when closing too. The Main Line equivalent was British Rail Mark 3 "Slam-Door" stock, still the best sound on any railway station ever, though there is almost no Mark 3 Stock still in service.

Back to London Underground, the sound of a train approaching, then roaring into the (underground) Station is pretty cool too.

On the Victoria Line the tunnels are built very "tight" & so the trains are exceptionally loud.

On the Circle Line just west of Aldgate, there's a very complex set of points on the track, & when the trains traverse these the sound is incredibly sexy.

At Waterloo at the Waterloo & City Line Terminus, the trains shuttle back & forth as the "Drain" as it's called is only 2 stations, Waterloo & Bank. Upon arrival at Bank, they go into a little siding, & then, before they come back for the return journey, give a rare "toot" on their horn.

I could go on & on.

Oh, wait, I already did.

Intresting background thanks for sharing,
When you like get to Edinburgh do you hope on train back right away or spend some time in Edinburgh?

@Williams12


We've been to Edinburgh countless times, both for general leisure & poker.

So now, when we go somewhere like that, Gill goes shopping, & I set up camp in a good bookshop, & in the case of Edinburgh that's Waterstones. It's the same drill wherever we go.

I'm a complete book devotee, so I have to ration myself to buying no more than 6 books, but it usually ends up 12 or 15, & the bill comes to more than the train fare. It's OK though, books are my passion, & there's not a single day in my adult life when I do not read for at least an hour, & I get through, on average, 6 books every month. I've been doing that since my early twenties, & I'm in my late seventies now, so you do the math, that's a lot of books. I've never thrown away a book in my life, I have, literally, thousands, & they are far & away my most cherished material possession.

I try to have a stock of at least 6 unread books most of the time, I freak out when I have less as I can't imagine not having a "new" book to read. All my books are non-fiction, I don't read fiction.

I can't be doing with "e-books" or Kindles or whatever they are called either. I like the feel & touch of a real book with a good bookmark.

How is poker scene in Edinburgh, where is there good poker?
~

I've not played there for some time, but the go-to venue in Edinburgh was always Gala Maybury, which is the best looking Casino building in the UK, bar none, genuine Art Deco.

I'll try & do a "Top 10" of my books next, bear with me please, that's a difficult one.


Here's the splendid Gala Maybury;