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One locomotive, No. 5 John Hampden, is preserved as a static display at London Transport Museum, and another, No. 12 Sarah Siddons, has been used for heritage events. Westinghouse. The Metropolitan Railway ordered electric locomotives from British Westinghouse and made by Metropolitan Amalgamated.
Sarah Siddons was one of eight locomotives which escaped the "knacker's yard" - four went to British Railways (London Midland Region) for electric locomotive testing purposes and four remained with London Transport for "operational" reasons, such as acting as depôt shunters.
In 1923, London's Metropolitan Railway brought into service an electric locomotive named Sarah Siddons, No. 12. The locomotive remained in service along with others like it on the London Underground Metropolitan line until 1961.
Sarah Siddons. Diverse & Talented. During 1922/23 a new set of electric locomotives, built by Metropolitan Vickers Ltd. at Barrow-in-Furness entered service utilising the former steam-hauled carriages.
Only two of the locomotives now remain: number 5 ‘John Hampden’ and number 12 ‘Sarah Siddons’, which has been preserved in operational condition.
'Sarah Siddons' is the ex Metropolitan Line Bo-Bo Electric Locomotive Number 12. It is maintained in working order and makes occasional forays onto the London Underground network for special events such as the sadly now defunct 'Steam on the Met'.
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The Metropolitan Railway E Class is a class of 0-4-4T steam locomotives. A total of seven locomotives were built between 1896 and 1901 for the Metropolitan Railway: three by the railway at their Neasden Works and four by Hawthorn Leslie and Company in Newcastle upon Tyne.
