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Eversleigh Gardens, UPMINSTER, RM14 1DR

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

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

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.

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.

All of a sudden spring has sprung in Upminster.

Here's a head on view of the Evel Knievel convoy of District line trains in the depot, taken after we had finished looking around the depot. The third siding from the right is still vacant and is going to remain that way until tomorrow, as none of the trains can move due to the power supply to the lines being isolated. This event wouldn't be possible with the power supply running under normal conditions!

This is an early A Stock unit in its original unpainted form, as it looked when introduced to the Metropolitan line in the 1960s. The D stock was originally in this form before the whole fleet was refurbished in 2005-8, albeit with a red stripe painted across the cab. Any Metropolitan line commuter will tell you how much these trains show their age, as they creak, squeak and rattle like there's no tomorrow!

Apologies for the Thomas The Tank Engine reference - I couldn't think of any other way to describe it! It's part of the 1922 stock and comprises both the carriage and the locomotive. For some reason, we weren't allowed inside this carriage either - it did look rather cramped inside and so was perhaps a little dangerous for loads of people to be swarming in there.

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