London Underground sleet locomotives
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To help with the removal of ice that built up on the conductor rails London Underground converted a number of redundent cars into sleet locomotives.
[edit] ESL100 - ESL117
In 1939 and 1940 thirty-six former 1903 Stock cars were converted. For the conversion the passenger saloon was removed and the two cabs were joined together. Originally the first locomotive, ESL100, only had three bogies but later locomotives were built with four bogies, the centre bogie was used to carry the de-icing equipment. Locomotive ESL103 was withdrawn in 1953 as the result of an accident while ESL107 was the last to be withdrawn, the latter being preserved by the London Transport Museum.
Cars marked * were built by Metropolitan Amalgamated, all other built by Birmingham Carriage & Wagon [edit] ESL118A / ESL118BFor the surface lines two T Stock cars were converted into sleet locomotives in 1961. The cars were numbered ESL118A and ESL118B, being 2758 and 2749 respectively. After being withdrawn both cars were preserved, currently located at the Spa Valley Railway [edit] Sleet tender ST1 / ST2In 1957 two experimental sleet tenders were built. One tender was attached to the front of a regular tube train while the other was attached to the rear. The tenders were low so as not to hinder the drivers view.
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