Strathclyder
Established Member
Am starting this thread primarily as something of a counterbalance to the Worst Tube Line thread, this is a question that's entirely original and totally hasn't been asked umpteen times already. A bastion of originality, I am lol
Bascially what it says in the title. Of course, subsurface and tube stock are both eligible. You can nominate a specific stock for any reason: external aesthetic design, interior design/comfort, aural ambience/specific sounds, technological advancements they represented and so on.
Just to throw a few of my own picks out there (most likely to either be torn to shreds or be met by 'such a predicitable choice' lol):
Tube
Standard/1923 stock (the motor coaches have always had a soft spot for as I've a soft spot for early EMUs in general)
1938 stock (Art Deco in Tube train form, need I say more?)
1956/1959/1962 stock
1960 stock
1967/1972/1973 stock
1983 stock (primarily because failures are just as fascinating as successes imo, if not more so)
1986 stock (prototypes are just inherently fascinating)
1992 stock (likely the choice I'm gonna get pulled up on the most, but I've always had a soft spot for the 92 stock's aesthetics, not to mention the original traction motor sounds)
1996 stock (gonna be honest, the 96 stock's traction motor sounds are the main reason they're getting in here at all lol)
Sub-Surface
O/P stock
A stock
C stock
D stock
Bascially what it says in the title. Of course, subsurface and tube stock are both eligible. You can nominate a specific stock for any reason: external aesthetic design, interior design/comfort, aural ambience/specific sounds, technological advancements they represented and so on.
Just to throw a few of my own picks out there (most likely to either be torn to shreds or be met by 'such a predicitable choice' lol):
Tube
Standard/1923 stock (the motor coaches have always had a soft spot for as I've a soft spot for early EMUs in general)
1938 stock (Art Deco in Tube train form, need I say more?)
1956/1959/1962 stock
1960 stock
1967/1972/1973 stock
1983 stock (primarily because failures are just as fascinating as successes imo, if not more so)
1986 stock (prototypes are just inherently fascinating)
1992 stock (likely the choice I'm gonna get pulled up on the most, but I've always had a soft spot for the 92 stock's aesthetics, not to mention the original traction motor sounds)
1996 stock (gonna be honest, the 96 stock's traction motor sounds are the main reason they're getting in here at all lol)
Sub-Surface
O/P stock
A stock
C stock
D stock
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