09/04/2026
On Tuesday I had the rare privilege of being invited by to ride in the driver’s cab of a Bakerloo line train. For someone who spent 40 years living in London, it was a fascinating thing to do.
The Bakerloo’s rolling stock is among the oldest on the network — and all the more interesting for it. These trains have long outlived their original design lifespan, yet they carry on with a kind of battered dignity. That speaks to something real: the quality of their bones, and the quiet dedication of the engineering teams who keep them running.
Photographing from the cab was genuinely difficult — relentless movement, low light, no second chances. So I worked with it rather than against it. All of these are long exposures shot on iPhone, trying to catch something of the energy and restlessness of the journey rather than freeze it.
