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Name one locomotive which took part in London Underground's centenary celebrations on May 24, 1963.

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smartt21

Met Loco No. 1? here: http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/projects/met-1

One-Eye

Met Loco 0-4-4T no.1 did take part on 24/05/63, although at the time it was numbered L44. The only other loco I can find that took part on that date is 'E' class 0-4-4T L46 although many other locos participated on other days.

The_3rd_Zebu

How about L52 from this reference:

http://www.ltmcollection.org/photos/photo/photo.html?_IXSR_=qZhJcAGDynW&_IXMAXHITS_=1&IXinv=1998/39773&IXsummary=location/location&IXlocation=neasden&_IXFIRST_=112

One-Eye

The_3rd_Zebu wrote: »

How about L52 from this reference:

http://www.ltmcollection.org/photos/photo/photo.html?_IXSR_=qZhJcAGDynW&_IXMAXHITS_=1&IXinv=1998/39773&IXsummary=location/location&IXlocation=neasden&_IXFIRST_=112

That photo is from the 23/05 procession on the Thursday, many locos were involved on that day. The question asks for 24/05 (which is the day the Lord Mayor's train ran).

youngcrazedpeeling

I reckon you've got 0-4-4T L46 or L44 according to this...

Excerpt:

FRIDAY 24 MAY – LORD MAYOR’S COMMEMORATIVE TRAIN
Sir Ralph Perring, Lord Mayor of London, rode in the cab of this train, which
comprised eight cars of A62 stock, the actual cars being 5196-6196-6197-
5197+5198-6198-6199-519913. The driver was motorman James Stone of Baker
Street, who joined the staff of the Metropolitan Railway Company in 1915 and, now
aged 65, has been driving Underground trains for 26 years. There were over 500
other guests in the train, including the Minister of Transport (Mr. Ernest Marples), the
Sheriffs of the City, Members of Parliament, the Chairman of the London County
Council, Mayors of London Boroughs, and heads of Underground railways in
Barcelona, Berlin14, Boston, Glasgow, Hamburg, Lisbon, Madrid, Milan, Moscow,
New York, Oslo, Paris, Rome, Rotterdam, Stockholm, Tokyo, And Toronto.
The train started from platform No.14 at Paddington suburban station15 (on the site of
the original Bishop’s Road station), at 12.07 and ran to Moorgate, arrival there being
in platform road No.4 at 12.25. Drawn up to the buffers on platform road No.5 were
the two Smith & Knight wagon replicas, with their period passengers re-enacting the
tableau presented the previous day at Neasden. The two wagons were headed by
0-4-4T L46, while L44 and a brake van were standing at the far end of the road to
platforms 7 and 8 – waiting to take the replica wagons away after the tableau had
finished – this it did very promptly, and was closely followed up the line by L46
running light.
After the passengers in the special had detrained and seen the tableau (which
incidentally was being presented on the 101st anniversary of the trip by Mr.
Gladstone it depicted), they left the station by a special staircase built at the end of
platform 4, and embarked for the Mansion House in a fleet of five LT Routemaster
buses. At the Mansion House a luncheon was held.

http://lurs.org.uk/documents/pdf%2008/june/HOW%20TO%20CELEBRATE%20A%20CENTENARY.pdf