The locomotive is renumbered L.44 and is repainted in London Transport livery. 1963. The locomotive was withdrawn, after a final moment of glory when in took part in the Metropolitan Centenary ...

To mark 150 years since the first Tube journey took place, Transport for London announces its plans to retrace the historic event. ... An 1898-built steam engine, known as Met Locomotive No. 1, ...

Steam train returns to London Underground for the first time in a century to mark 150 years since the Tube was opened . Metropolitan Steam Locomotive No. 1 was built in 1898 at Neasden, London ...

Vintage steam trains are to return to London’s Metropolitan line next month. A host of steam locomotives will run on the line between Amersham and Harrow-on-the-Hill for one day only on September 9.

All aboard on Platform Choo – for the steam Tube train to Vapour Street. The first steam locomotive to run on the London Underground in more than 100 years pulls into Baker Street station. It ...

Jack Fitzsimmons, 27, got up at 05:30 GMT to leave his home in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, in order to see Met Locomotive No 1. "I come up to London and see steam trains all the time but because this ...

On Sunday, to mark the anniversary, Transport for London brought back into service just one of the old steam-powered trains, running from Kensington Olympia in west London to Moorgate, east London.

Steam trains are a rare sight on London's Underground network, but they could be about to disappear for good. All the more reason to bag tickets to this event. To mark 150 years of the District ...

London Transport Museum has teamed up with London Underground to offer tickets for a journey on heritage steam trains running on the Underground, in order to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the ...

A 19th Century steam train took passengers on the London Underground today to mark the 150th anniversary of the first Tube journey in the capital.. Specially invited passengers moved off from ...