Lines: AC/DC Watford to Euston

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26th December 2004

This is intended as a photographic record of the AC/DC lines between Watford and Euston, unusual because tube and suburban-locals share tracks running parallel to top link express and heavy freight. The lines split at Bushey as the DC lines branch off to serve Watford High Street rejoining the main line at the Watford Junction.

The Bakerloo Line stopped running through to Watford from September 1982, although it still reaches Harrow & Wealdstone.

Some suburban stations are run down, but Hatch End station is particularly attractive, and largely original, as is the newly restored Harrow & Wealdstone station. Here you can still see the platform for the Belmont line, which used to branch off to the south of the station.

Good stations for photography include the southbound platform at Headstone Lane where you can see all four tracks sweeping round the curve, and Harrow & Wealdstone.

321437 at Watford Junction on the 14.30 to Bletchley, 11Dec04 Buy Print	508303 at Watford Junction 26Apr03, shortly after refurbishment and transfer to London Buy Print	321334, drafted in from the GEML is seen at Hatch End on Sat 3Sep05. Buy Print	Hatch End Station 20Jul03, beautifully restored and showing off its LNWR ancestry. Buy Print
31454 31459 1Z06 Headstone Lane 12Aug08 Buy Print	67012/185115 Headstone Lane 10May06 Buy Print	87019 on 1S96 at Headstone Lane 10May06 Buy Print	313101 at Headstone Lane 12Apr03 Buy Print
Rail blue: 40145 on 'The Capital Crusader' 1Z40 0630 Liverpool Lime St to Euston, at Headstone Lane on 5Nov05 Buy Print	86613 & 86612 'Elizabeth Garrett Anderson' at Headstone Lane 11Dec04 Buy Print	85106 at Harrow & Wealdstone, creeping past a rake of derailed coaches 21Jul89. Buy Print	86xxx at Harrow & Wealdstone 1991, northbound express Buy Print
20314 & 37601 (DIT) on 6K51 at Harrow & Wealdstone, one bitterly cold 11Feb09 Buy Print	31459 31454 1Z06 Harrow and Wealdstone 12Aug08 Buy Print	4 car 3231 with 3 car 3557, Harrow & Wealdstone Sat 15Jul06 Buy Print	377204 heads for the seaside, Harrow & Wealdstone 2Oct04 Buy Print
377213 at Harrow & Wealdstone 30Oct04 Buy Print	NMT Harrow & Wealdstone 4Aug04 Buy Print	Lucky shot of 47787 powering north through South Kenton with ECS for Northampton, 4Jul08 Buy Print	66719 'Metroland' on 4L22 heading south through South Kenton, 4Jul08 Buy Print
A view of the down fast as 90028 races north on 1G21, 16:51 Euston-Birmingham New Street, 4Jul08 Buy Print	Regular runner 6X77, the 17.31 Wembley-Mossend Enterprise and loaded cars, South Kenton 4Jul08 Buy Print	3550/3263 head south for Elephant & Castle at Stonebridge Park on 8Apr05 Buy Print	508301 heads for Watford, Stonebridge Park 8Apr05. RFD grey 90036 lurks in the background, waiting to roll in to Euston with ECS for 1S16 21.15 to Inverness. Buy Print
508303 and 3532/3266 pass at Stonebridge Park 8Apr05 Buy Print	1972 stock with car No. 3542 leading, at Willesden Junction on 4Jul08. The service worked up to Harrow & Wealdstone. Buy Print	313121 at Kensal Green 16Apr05. The main line is on the left and you can just about get shots of southbound trains on the slow lines Buy Print	3252/3555 head for Harrow at Kensal Green, 16Apr05 Buy Print
313120 at Euston 30Oct04 Buy Print	321422 at Euston 30Oct04 Buy Print	Rail Blue: 85024 81014 86xx Euston 1986 Buy Print	Willesden TMD 22Apr03, note the Porterbrook liveried Deltic Buy Print