Stock
Perhaps the most impressive aspect of Phill’s layout is the rolling stock, a mixture of 1950s sub-surface and tube stock. Everything is scratchbuilt from card, plastic and Perspex with metal detail, and they’re all powered by Halling motor bogies. Phill’s fleet list comprises: ‘F’ Stock: Built for District Railway by Metropolitan Cammell, transferred to Metropolitan Railway in 1950/51. In service: 1920-1963. One set in LT red. ‘O’/‘P’/‘Q’ Stock: A standardised sub-surface design built by Gloucester and BRCW. ‘O’ stock worked the Hammersmith & City, ‘P’ worked the Metropolitan and ‘Q’ stock was for the District. In service: 1937-1981. All models in red livery. ‘R’ Stock: 1949-built version of ‘O’/‘P’/‘Q’ Stock, utilising some rebuilt ‘Q’ Stock driving motor cars. In service: 1949-1983. One set in silver with maroon lining. ’T’ Stock: All new motor cars worked initially with older trailer cars, but later builds also received all new trailer cars. Built by Metropolitan Vickers and BRCW. In service: 1927-1962. Two sets, one in later brown and the other in brown but including two prototype A60 vehicles in red livery ‘Dreadnought’ coaches: The first were rebuilds that entered service in 1910, followed by two more batches built in 1912 and 1920, respectively. Later builds included pick-up shoes for electric heating and lighting. In service: 1910-1962. Standard Stock: The first standardised EMU used on the deep Tube lines. In service: 1923-1966, although some vehicles found use on departmental duties or were shipped to the Isle of Wight. One set in red livery with cream trim. 1938 Stock: The classic Tube train, which formed the basis for all subsequent designs until the 1990s. Over 1,000 cars were built by Metro-cammell and BRCW. In service: 19381988, although some still in service on the Isle of Wight as Class 483. Metropolitan electric locomotives: Twenty of these machines were introduced in 1921, and although classified rebuilds, they were largely new, being built by Metropolitan Vickers. In service: 1921-1962. Three locomotives: Nos. 8 Sherlock Holmes, and 9 in wartime grey and 16 Oliver Goldsmith in maroon. Battery locomotives: Six locomotives built to the Tube loading gauge were ordered from Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. in 1936 to replace older machines. Two locomotives, Nos. 35 and 38, in maroon livery. ACV unit: An experimental, modular multiple unit built by Associated Commercial Vehicle Co. (AEC and Park Royal) in 1952. It was used on the Chesham branch in October 1952.