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London Underground sleet locomotives
built by Unknown builder· London Underground de-icing locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 1903 Stock Sleet Locomotive ESL107: Joshua Brown from Ashford, Kent, United Kingdom· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
Sleet locomotives were redundant London Underground cars converted to help with the removal of ice that built up on the conductor rails. The main batch of eighteen tube-gauge locomotives were built between 1938 and 1941 from motor cars originally built in 1903. They were refurbished in the 1960s using equipment removed from redundant T-stock vehicles, and were joined by a pair of surface-gauge locomotives in 1961.
spec sheet
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- metro
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- electric
- builders
- Unknown builder
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- electric system
- DC Fourth rail
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6670974, Wikipedia: London Underground sleet locomotives (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.