During the Blackfriars redevelopment in 2010 I noticed that the hooks of the cranes that were being used were all helpfully painted in dayglow orange. It appears that the hooks themselves were rated for a load of 50 tons. So here are a few gratuitous photographs of the business ends of the cranes. And a […]
The redevelopment of Blackfriars station started in 2008 and cost 350m before being reopened to passengers in 2012. The station serves Kent and south London and is part of the Thameslink network of First Capital Connect at the time and is used daily by upwards of 44,000 passengers per day. The station would become unique […]
Occasionally you come across some interesting images and these two were in a batch of American railway transparencies I purchased years ago. The images show a slice of 1950s life and there are some great examples of period cars in the images but unfortunately because they were just extras in a batch of images I […]
When going through some old images of Docklands Light Railway stock taken on 3rd November 2006 I noticed that in one of the shots of some B92 stock unit no.77 the rear part of the train is painted rather strangely. As you can see in the above image the last 2 cars are painted yellow […]
Here is an image captured from a railway carriage of another photographer videoing the railway. Image copyright Ian Blair 2003
Not so long ago it was possible to get a train from Stratford down to North Woolwich. The line also stopped at Silvertown station which was a short walk from London City Airport, and the North Woolwich station was a short walk from the Woolwich foot tunnel and the car ferry. The line from Richmond […]
This building always fascinated me when I walked past it at the Fleet Street end of the Strand in London. I am not a native Londoner having moved here in 1997 and even though I travelled extensively by tube to various client offices I sadly never had the opportunity to travel on the Aldwych branch […]
The Docklands Light Railway winds its way around the Isle of Dogs or Canary Wharf as its more commonly known, and almost all of the track is elevated on concrete pillars, both to stop it interfering with ground level structures, but also to cross the various areas of water. These two images were taken on […]
On Sunday 19th January 2020 during a walk in London I came across this crane in Fenchurch Street. I am always a big fan of large civil engineering although it was one of those sunny days where it was bitterly cold so I didn’t hang around for too long. I couldn’t get the whole crane […]
Reading the news stories on MSN on a new Edge tab I came across this advert. I didn’t realise times were that hard that the US had to get rid of its most iconic airplane. Although it does look a lot smaller in the picture than I remember.