London Underground Driving Motor 3701

DM 3701 was a driving motor car from a London underground standard stock train. Built in 1934 it entered service with London underground.
Operations and Withdrawl
In 1934 for the Piccadilly Line extension to Uxbridge, the London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) ordered a batch of 26 motor cars to be mixed with existing Trailers. DM 3701 was 1 such DM. It and all it's 1934 lookalikes were built by Metro-Cammell. As expected for a build of cars specifically for the Piccadilly Line, the train car spent it's entire time on the Piccadilly Line. The car and all the other cars that it was joined together with were withdrawn following the introduction of the 1959 stock.
Preservation and Demise
It is unclear whether any of the other cars this train worked with survived but certainly some did not. DM 3701 on the other hand was preserved. It was moved to different locations over time but was moved to Acton Works in the 1983, it was left there to deteriorate with few restoration attempts and in 2013, acton works annonced they needed the space in which the car and 7 other standard stock vehicles were located.

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