London Underground's random yellow train that sometimes turns up late at night with piles of rubble and equipment on it
If you've been riding the London Underground late at night, you may have noticed the very out of place bright yellow trains covered in piles of rubble.
But the special train is part of the Tube engineering stock. Flat wagons are also used to transport rails and sleepers. The freight train would have been more familiar to commuters in the old days when freight were a more common sight on the Underground.
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Train historian Eric Stuart explained to MyLondon: "Fruit, vegetables and other perishable commodities, horses, their carriages, cattle, and other livestock could be conveyed [on the London Underground].”
He added: "Coal was especially important. Parcels and newspapers were also conveyed by many lines at different times."
One TikTok user has labelled the very loud freight trains as 'scary'. TheBlackTrainBoy explained what they were and told his followers: “The next time you are on the London Underground late at night, don’t be scared of it cause it’s scary as hell when you see it on first glance."
Commenting on the video, one person said: "I have even seen it in the day on the odd occasion."
Another social media user said they thought the battery cars looked cool, he said: "The battery cars actually look really cool, seen them at my station a couple of times at my station."
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