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The eastbound Piccadilly Line platform at Earl's Court tube station. Photo by Chris McKenna 13/01/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures taken since December 2004 are available on Wikimedia Commons in the Railways of Great Brtiain and Photo by Chris McKenna categories. Please email if you want a copy of an image that you cannot find there (note that most of the filenames are different). If you wish to use this, or any other of my photographs, under a different license see my relicensing policy. Feedback on my pictures is always welcome.

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The District Line platforms 2 and 3 at Earl's Court tube station. Photo by Chris McKenna 13/01/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures taken since December 2004 are available on Wikimedia Commons in the Railways of Great Brtiain and Photo by Chris McKenna categories. Please email if you want a copy of an image that you cannot find there (note that most of the filenames are different). If you wish to use this, or any other of my photographs, under a different license see my relicensing policy. Feedback on my pictures is always welcome.

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The hub of London Underground's District Line - the control cabin at Earl's Court station, photographed from platform 4. Photo by Chris McKenna 20/08/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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The District Line platforms at Earl's Court London Underground station. The left hand train is an unrefurbished D78 stock, while the train on the right of the picture is one of the first few D78 units to have been refurbished. The train in the centre is most likely a C69 stock on a service to Edgware road. The Picadilly line also serves this station, but calls at tube-level platforms beneath the sub-surface ones seen here. Photo by Chris McKenna 20/08/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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A section of four-rail 630v DC electrified track on London Underground's District Line at Earl's Court station. From top to bottom the four rails are: Positive rail: +420v DC Left-hand running rail Negative rail: -210v DC Right-hand running rail The diamond between the negative and left-hand running rail is the train stopping mark - where the front of the train should be to ensure the entire train is in the platform and aligned with the monitors, etc. A good explanation of the reasons behind the four-rail electrification system can be found on the Tubeprune website. Photo by Chris McKenna 20/08/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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A section of four-rail 630v DC electrified track on London Underground's District Line at Earl's Court station. This photograph illustrates a traction current gap and the complexities that happen at even a simple set of diverging points. The silvery white projection to the right of the righhand rail (to the left of the platform sign) is a tripcock that causes an emergency brake application if a train passes a red signal. Photo by Chris McKenna 20/08/2005. Larger, higher quality copies of most of my pictures are available, please email if you want a copy.

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Its nice to see that not everything is hi-tec on London Undeground as this Picture of the eastbound destination board at Earls Court Station taken on the 16th May 2005 proves! Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com British and Foreign Railway Pictures Jampics Fotopic.