Ever wanted to know how we wash the trains? Stabling the train at Cockfosters. Piccadilly line 

I am fascinated by these little glimpses into bits of the network that we'd never normally see as well as the info you give us in your commentry. Would never have thought the depo wouild have been large enough to span the gap between two stations had you not pointed it out.

Short, but nevertheless very interesting. Never knew trains have a drive through wash like cars. Thanks Dale!

Now that's a quick wash.

I’ve always wondered what a drivers eye view through the train wash would look like 😄

I loved this video. For you, it’s probably just part of the job, but for a lifelong Tube fan like me, being in the cab through the wash and into the depot is an absolute joy. Thank you 😀 When I was a schoolboy (at Ealing 1957 to 1964) I used to live at Northolt and later, Ickenham. I travelled to school and back on the Central Line, initially from Northolt and later West Ruislip, either switching to the steam push-and-pull (later DMU) at Greenford, or going over the bridge at North Acton. I used to gaze out of the windows as the train passed Ruislip Depot and imagine all the behind-the-scenes stuff - but never once got to visit. Sixty years later you’ve taken me (virtually) with you in your cab into the storage roads at Cockfosters. I can’t thank you enough, Dale. Fulfilment of a schoolboy’s dream. 😀

This was very interesting. There was at one time a train wash at the Ealing Common depot, between Ealing Common and Acton Town stations. That was built back in the 1950’s, and still existed when I emigrated to cCanada in 1967. I was always rather fond of that washer, as my Father had been involved in the design work - he was a draughtsman working at the Acton works. I always looked out for the washing machine in the Ealing Common depot when I took the train into London from Sudbury Town.

We are spoiled over here. I stop at the wash track and get out and go home. Mechanics operate through the wash and park the train. MAX LRV Operator, Portland, OR. Great videos. Fascinating to see similarities and differences between our alignments. Signals, ATS, and so on. BTW I lived in Bushey, next to Watford as a kid. Stanmore was our station, in ancient times when Bakerloo used to run there, 1970 to about 1976. Thanks.

I love that it's called stabling, like horses.

I love your videos. My late father worked for 30 yrs on the Piccadilly line, finishing as a shutter at Cockfosters. I have many happy memories of going to work with him, when you could those sort of things, both on the line from Wood Green to Heathrow and down at the depot.

Thanks Dale. I went through a bus wash as a kid on an open day - they let us kids sit inside the bus. I never been through a train wash though. I'll have to ask TfL very nicely.

I don't usually watch underground cab rides but this one is interesting as it is the depot

This is great view from a train route I've travelled for nearly 25 years. Thanks for the video ! :)

No as I’ve seen the washers as we go by but never seen one in action!!! Thanks!!

Thank you for sharing this and taking us behind the scenes. Very interesting insight into a part of your work.

Thank you Dale another top video

Excellent insight!

Dale, this was very interesting....never knew about the train washes. I just discovered your channel about 2 weeks ago & really enjoying the subway(Tube) rides from the cab. This would've been a good job for me in earlier years...always liked standing up front & looking out at the tracks & the switching, etc. Something on my bucket list would be to drive one of those pickup trucks with the train wheels on it down the tracks of a regular railroad line....keep the Tube ones coming!!

A nice behind the scenes trip very nice

Very interesting. Thanks for taking the time to explain what happens.

This is so interesting yet so fascinating and thanks Dale

Super cool. Thank you.

Great insight 👍🏻 thanks mate

brilliant, loving these vids mate!

love to learn about this, love the commentry! keep it up mate!

Good insight. Thanks

Mate, I’ve been really enjoying your videos recently, would love to see much more of this kind of content (cab rides etc). Keep up the great work my friend!

Thanks for this video very informative, now I can’t stop singing car wash 😂 thanks for sharing and hope you have a great day

Brilliant so informative always wondered how trains are cleaned

Good one 👍

Enjoyed that

Very fascinating, I love this channel 🍺🍺

Nice operation.

Great video as always !!

Great videos Dale, keep up the good work. I really do enjoy your comments and explain really well thanks 🐖🐖

Interesting . Nice explanations

Great video

Nice Just like Coney Island yard in Brooklyn NY

looking forwards to todays new video mr charman

I loved that. I was wondering how the trains get cleaned. Thank you

Nice Video we have been spoilt Thank you

Fascinating! Seemed a quick wash though 😆

Fantastic, now I know where the wee trains go to sleep at night! ;O)

Loved it, interesting about the coloured tiles, after the wash why does he show you fingers and not say a board number? And the controller has set points to guide you in. A fantastic cab view and insight into your awesome job.

Way too short of a cab ride, but completely fascinating! Thanks for sharing!

Nice video

Thanks for the video Dale i have always wanted to know how underfround trains are washed, i just wish they did this to tbe central line since they look way overdue for a wash

Would love to see more of all things to do with the depot!

Cool video. My local line 😊

I subscribe as long as u keep makeing train videos

nice

I really hope the TfL will accept and even help you improving your content. Also, you're a few on RU-vid. It would be great to synergize all this passion.

As a mainline driver, I definitely prefer your stop boards with the illuminated authority to pass. There may be some similar on the NR metals, but not anywhere I sign.

Interesting watch! As coach driver, I am interested to know what the dutyboard is like for night tube train driver doing Cockfoster to Heathrow and back!

Could you please do more from the depot about the whole overnight process , servicing etc and other aspects, shunters , signalling , stations etc

Thanks for this awesome video. Are the drivers also driving the trains in the maintenance shed or are there shunters for those moves. Because if you're able and allowed to show the maintenance shed this would be awesome as well. Also a little tour through the shed to show how the maintenance is done. Of course only if you're allowed to do this and if you want to.

Good morning Dale. Just discovered your content. Really enjoying it. Have a nice weekend Dale

Just found this channel, very informative video thank you. Had noticed that the train on the right as you were entering the west section kept opening and closing its doors. Was this a driver/mechanic testing them?

That was an incredibly quick wash, does that actually give them a decent clean? That was a long siding after the wash. Be interested to see the interior clean too at some point.

Interesting to see how trains are closed down for the day.

Is there a washer at Northfieldd depot?? Really enjoy the videos, fascinating insight into the day ofba tube driver

So, I'm looking at a map/sat-image. If you came in from Cockfosters and the building you point out at the end is Oakwood then it seems you've got east and west mixed up.. 😊

Nice video. Is it possible to do a cab tour? I would understand if they wouldn't allow it as ive never seen tfl allow something like this before

Poor old 73 stock looking worn now a few with dark panels ,they pass my flat and I’m thinking soon they will be gone i remember them when brand new in 1975 when Hatton Cross opened unpainted aluminium with half red fronts blue seating like the DMS bus and bright yellow ends inside ,the refurbishment was done to a high standard inside and out the fact the paint has lasted over 20 years with out re spraying ,sad to see them go ,if you see Richard Riley say Ollie said you lucky so and so that’s if you know him 😊😊 Cheers Mark 😊😊

That was fascinating! Do the trains have their interiors cleaned and vacuumed every night as well while stabled?

for the new stock,when will drivers start to be trained with the simulator or defects?

Wise decision to allow the conductor rails to stop short of the train wash. I guess you're relying on the last carriage to still be picking up the power.

New subscriber here

what do you do after stabling.Double check with the East/west Cabin on radio that your in the right position?

Could you show a video of the Team going into the trains to dirty them before going into service , especially the toilets because I would like to see the technique used to get the toilets so filthy.

Do any trains accidentally go through the wash with open doors? It looked like one of the stabled trains had its doors open as you went past.

does it also say in the green duty card saying what road you are on when booking on or ecs towards the depot

Do the top of the trains get washed or is it just the sides?

May I ask why they leave the interior lights on in the carriages when they've been stabled? Thanks for the video.

You said trains get cleaned inside and outside, but the seats are always dusty. So what's the cleaning process, if any, for the seats?

for every train,is it the same train number on the led orange light.Such as train 228,203 or does it change?

I'm guessing every video that comes up is on a Saturday?

are the fleet apprenticeship also allowed to drive the trains for test?

Interesting 🤔 video. I noticed there is graffiti on some of those trains 🚆. LOL.

Enjoy a few pints on me as a thanks for these videos. Have a good weekend!

How do you park up the train on the depot.I don't really see the diamond part or the stop marker

Are you responsible for opening and closing the passenger doors at stations? If so, how do you cope with closing the doors when the platform is full of people.... is there a set time the doors stay open?

Do they wash the trains ? How frequently ? Once a year ?

is there a door name in the cab.such as J O M.ive have a distruct line simulator trial and they had name

has there ever been a time that a shunt signal may have not turned horizontally and you have to do the safety procedure?

Why is the term Road used when stabling or in sidings?

what are the procedure of a signal failure?

how many mph does the piccadilly line do from hounslow west to central Eastbound and hounslow east to osterly?

Are the doors on the train next to you ok near the end? lol

Hey so towards the end of the video, the train on the left kept opening and closing the doors. Why's that?

has there ever been a operational incident in the depot and what caused it?

I thought no whistle between 7 am and pm 😂😂

where are the headlights was looking pretty dark

I needed to know why they don’t dig a tunnel and do an extension for the main line Train so that they can extend the unused abandoned underground train stations. Why couldn’t they use the part D78 Stock train doors on the sides and also restructure the front face of the A60 and A62 stock that includes the class 313, class 314 and class 315 remix and make them all together and also redesign them an overhead line and also make them into Five cars per units and also having three Disabled Toilets on those Five cars per units A60 and A62 stock trains and also convert the A60 and A62 stock trains into a Scania N112, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Engines and also put the Loud 7-Speed Voith Gearboxes even Loud 8-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Gearboxes in the A60 and A62 stock, class 313, class 314, and class 315 and also modernise the A60 and A62 stock and make it into an 11 car per unit so it could have fewer doors, more tables, computers and mobile phone chargers. A Stock Train and 8 Disabled Toilets on those A stock trains. why couldn’t we refurbish and modernise the Waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel and make it larger and extend it to the bank station, making it into a Triple-Track Railway Line so those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden to convert the waterloo and city line Triple-Track Railway tunnel into a High-Speed Railway lines? The Third Euro tunnel Triple-Track Railway line to make it 11 times better for passengers so they could go from A to B. Then put the modernised 11 car per unit A Stock and put them on a bigger modernised Waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel so it could go to bank station to those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. The modernised refurbished 11 cars per unit A stock could be a High Speed The Third Triple-Track Euro Tunnel Train So it is promising and 47 times a lot more possible to do this kind of project if that will be OK for London Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. oh by the way, could they also tunnel the Triple-Track Railway Line so it will stop from Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex so that the Passengers will go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden and also extend the Triple-Track Railway Line from the Bank to Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex Stations so that more people from there could go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden more Easily. Why couldn't they extend the Piccadilly Line and also build brand-new underground train stations so it could go even further right up to Clapton, Wood Street can they also make another brand new underground train station in Chingford and could they extend the Piccadilly Line and the DLR right up to Chingford? All of the classes 150, 155, 154, 117, 114, 105, and 106, will be replaced by all of the Scania N112, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Five carriages three disabled toilets are air conditioning trains including Highams Park for extended roots which is the Piccadilly line and the DLR trains. Could you also convert all of the 1973 stock trains into an air-conditioned maximum speed 78 km/hours (48 MPH) re-refurbished and make it into a 8 cars per unit if that will be alright, and also extend all of the Piccadilly train stations to make more space for all of the extended 8 car per unit 1973 stock air condition trains and can you also build another Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive Companies and can they order Every 67 Octagon and Every 37 Hexagon shape LNER diagram unique small no.13 and unique small no.11 Boilers from those Countries such as Greece, Italy, Poland, and Sweden, can they make Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive speeds by up to 147MPH so you can try and test it on the Original Mainline so it will be much more safer for the Passengers to enjoy the 147MPH speed Limit only for HS2 and Channel Tunnel mainline services, if they needed 16 Carriages Per units, can they use those class 55’s, class 44’s, class 40’s and class 43HST Diesel Locomotive’s right at the Back of those 18 Carriages Per Units so they can take over at the Back to let those Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s have a rest for those interesting Journeys Please!!!!!!, oh can you make all of those Coal Boxes’s 18 Tonnes for all of those 147MPH Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s so the Companies will Understand us PASSENGER’S!! so please make sure that the Builders can do as they are told!!!!! And Please do something about these very very important Professional ideas Please? Prime Minister of England, Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister of Germany, Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister of Poland and that Includes the Mayor of London.

Hmmmm three rails, 05/10/24

if the whistle were broken,would you have to go lower than mph for extra saftey?

That's it?!

Crikey I dont think we EVER washed our rolling stock at Wimbledon TMD.🤣

Why are the lights on in all the stabled trains? Seems like a waste.

my favorite pic driver can i have a cab ride

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