London Underground coaching stock London Underground coaching stock In 1989, the first 'Steam on the Met' event took place, and London Underground, hired British Rail coaching stock for the excursions. It was found that it was actually cheaper to buy the coaches instead of hiring them. Thus, London Underground has acquired numerous former British Rail coaching stock for these special excursion trains on the Metropolitan line, usually hauled by either steam locomotives, or the preserved electric locomotive No. 12 "Sarah Siddons". The fleet consisted of several Mark 1 and Mark 2 vehicles, and eight former British Rail Class 438 electrical multiple unit trailer set
New Hamburg station the few in the Metro-North system to have closed and reopened; the original New Hamburg station was closed by the Penn Central Railroad in 1973 and reopened on October 17, 1981 afer the MTA took over the line. Another notable fact about the station is that the distance between it and Poughkeepsie — — is the longest such distance between stations on the Hudson Line (on any Metro-North main line, in fact) and the third-longest system-wide. This station has two high-level side platforms each six cars long. New Hamburg station The New Hamburg station is a commuter rail stop on