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Ingrebourne Gardens, UPMINSTER, RM14 1BN

Eversleigh Gardens links Ingrebourne Gardens with Deyncourt Gardens on the way to Upminster station.

The main entrance to Hall mead School http://www.sch.hallmeadschool.co.uk/

Eversleigh Gardens links Ingrebourne Gardens with Deyncourt Gardens on the way to Upminster station.

All of a sudden spring has sprung in Upminster.

This is a side view of the Pannier Tank engine, looking south.

Here the Pannier Tank engine is at work, showering me with a great plume of steam! It has an extremely loud whistle too - it could be heard quite clearly from where we parked on nearby Ingrebourne Gardens (just two roads away)! Who needs an electric fire to keep you warm when you've got a good old steam train to do the job? An underground train being covered in steam is a VERY rare sight too, so enjoy it while you can! View taken looking west-southwest.

Also at the depot's Open Day was this GWR Pannier Tank Engine from the Spa Valley Railway in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. It didn't do a lot other than puff backwards and forwards along this very short, dead straight stretch of test track and let out a couple of plumes of steam each time, but it was still enough for it to be appreciated. Contrary to popular belief, this engine didn't get here under its own steam - it came here via low loader, which cost the London Transport Museum about £1,000. This shot makes an interesting comparison with old and new trains, as you can see a modern District line train in the siding in the background. View taken looking southwest.

An Evel Knievel scene here, with 12 D stock units stabled in the sidings. Strangely the third siding from the right is empty - perhaps the train that's supposed to be here is in the train shed, or it might be the one that's in the building in the background having its bogie constantly fitted and disconnected in the demonstration. View taken looking south-southeast towards where the buses are parked in the background.

I was a bit naughty here with this shot as the footpath into the Upminster train depot car park has no public right of way - whether that meant vehicles or on foot, I don't know, but hey, the depot was for once open for public access (I was attending a 50th anniversary open depot of the depot), so I thought whilst nobody was looking, I'd take the risk. The subject of the photo is the very old lamp-post behind the railings. Just as a side note (and more on the concept of Geograph), the nearby side road, Deyncourt Gardens, is an interesting one, as it starts off in Image, then dips slightly into square Image before finishing in Image again! This photo is in Image as it is at the very end of Deyncourt Gardens where it becomes the depot car park. View taken looking east, the District line sidings being just out of shot to the left.

To finish off, here's the bogie being fitted to the D stock train in the shed. It's quite a simple job after disconnecting the power supply and shock absorber on the train - place the crane arms on the undercarriage on both sides of the carriage, raise the train, slide the bogey underneath, lower the train until you have a perfect fit, and insert some wooden discs which prevent wear and tear (for a while) to the bogey. Easy, if you know how! View taken looking west-southwest. The Pannier Tank engine is just outside behind me.