Sunday, March 5, 2006

London Underground Picture Competition

And the winner is.......

Ah, it's quite nice to have a clear cut winner to the competition for once.

I asked where the following pictures taken and there was a bonus point if you could also guess what the person in the second picture was doing:



London Underground Station Tiles


Anthony "Underground Masker" Smith was the only person who gave the correct answer to both parts: "The first picture is at Leicester Square. The sign is in the window of the control room opposite the Piccadilly line ticket barriers (between exits 1 and 3).

The second picture is of the end of the hallway between the Bakerloo platforms at Paddington. The man is operating a Greathead tunnelling shield. He appears to be moving one of the panels that expose the rock face. Either that, or he is actually using a pickaxe or something to do the tunnelling - but if he's doing that, then they haven't drawn it very well. It doesn't look like he would achieve much leverage in that posture!
"

Well done Anthony, let me know if you want either What's in Name or a stick of Tube rock as your prize.

The prize for the next Friday competition will be something I bought at the Acton Depot Museum and it's not going to be one of the many "Way out" and "roundel" stickers they were selling for 10p!

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