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Post by rincew1nd on Nov 13, 2015 1:05:16 GMT
Question: Identify these four stations and the link between them. For bonus points, identify the insets (for insets B1 and B2 identify the cruise ship and its location) Location A:  (click for a larger version) Location B:  (click for a larger version) Location C:  (click for a larger version) Location D:  (click for a larger version) |
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Post by Chris M on Nov 13, 2015 1:23:54 GMT
Argh, I've left some old stuff in the answer file again. No checking of eyesight needed, there are no cruise ships to identify today. Sorry all.
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Post by astock5000 on Nov 13, 2015 3:32:42 GMT
A: Rayners Lane
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Post by gantshill on Nov 13, 2015 7:16:23 GMT
Location A, + 1 for Rayners Lane. The inset is the base of The Angel of the North.
The inset in D looks like Anthony Gormley's people on a beach, nearish to Liverpool.
Are all the insets sculptures by Anthony Gormley?
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Post by arun on Nov 13, 2015 10:59:03 GMT
c-inset 1 is the bomber command memorial at the junction of Piccadilly/hyde park, C inset 2 is a London RT [as opposed to RTL/RTW] bus.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2015 16:27:10 GMT
C inset 2 is an EOR owned routemaster, C main is Clapham Junction
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Post by arun on Nov 13, 2015 17:28:18 GMT
Thinking about the window vis. in the Portland stone building in C/inset3, the building looks like the Ministry of Defence in Whitehall.
For more detail on the RT in inset 2, it is a later bodied one without the cowling around the front overhang. No roof box so that additionally excludes the 3RT3 type. The paint scheme is post-1955 i.e. no cream window surrounds on the upper deck and pre-1971 as RTs after that date were being painted with pale grey/off-white replacing the Chiswick Cream colour. However, that just refers to the paint scheme - Given the barely vis. vehicle in the background this is probably a preserved specimen.
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Post by John Tuthill on Nov 13, 2015 17:58:44 GMT
Thinking about the window vis. in the Portland stone building in C/inset3, the building looks like the Ministry of Defence in Whitehall. For more detail on the RT in inset 2, it is a later bodied one without the cowling around the front overhang. No roof box so that additionally excludes the 3RT3 type. The paint scheme is post-1955 i.e. no cream window surrounds on the upper deck and pre-1971 as RTs after that date were being painted with pale grey/off-white replacing the Chiswick Cream colour. However, that just refers to the paint scheme - Given the barely vis. vehicle in the background this is probably a preserved specimen. Arun Could it be at Ongar? The bus behind has sliding windows. Any ideas? |
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Post by brigham on Nov 13, 2015 19:33:26 GMT
The EOR bought some Regents from Canada, I seem to remember. Also in the package were a couple of Routemasters, which this obviously isn't.
I can't imagine Gormley sculpting a horse!
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Post by John Tuthill on Nov 13, 2015 20:18:18 GMT
The EOR bought some Regents from Canada, I seem to remember. Also in the package were a couple of Routemasters, which this obviously isn't.
I can't imagine Gormley sculpting a horse! And not a RLH either  |
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Post by brigham on Nov 13, 2015 20:40:43 GMT
Was there an RLH in the Canadian batch? THAT would be a bonus!
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Post by John Tuthill on Nov 13, 2015 20:50:53 GMT
Was there an RLH in the Canadian batch? THAT would be a bonus! Ensign bus bought RLH61 from someone in Ontario. |
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Post by keerde on Nov 14, 2015 0:49:45 GMT
D = Finchley Road
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Post by Colin D on Nov 14, 2015 1:42:00 GMT
Answer: Location A: Rayners Lane - exterior [Chris M]  (click for a larger version) Inset A: Angel of the North (foot) 2013 [ howda62]  (click for a larger version) Location C: Clapham Junction - Brighton Yard entrance [Chris M]  (click for a larger version) Inset C1: Bomber command memorial, Green Park [Chris M]  (click for a larger version) Location D: Finchley Road - florist at station entrance [Chris M]  (click for a larger version) Clues: No attempts at location B or the inset. Inset C2:  (click for a larger version) Inset C3:  (click for a larger version) Inset D:  (click for a larger version) And lets not forget the link. |
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Post by pgb on Nov 14, 2015 8:32:57 GMT
Inset D is outside the City Hall in Birmingham
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Post by Chris M on Nov 14, 2015 10:52:02 GMT
Inset D: "Iron Man" by Anthony Gormley, Birmingham [Chris M] (click for a larger version) |
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Post by pib on Nov 14, 2015 12:19:49 GMT
B is Poplar DLR street level entrance.
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Post by Chris M on Nov 14, 2015 12:26:08 GMT
Location B: Poplar - roundel at north side street level entrance [Chris M]  (click for a larger version) |
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Post by arun on Nov 14, 2015 21:33:58 GMT
Inset 3 in C is the korean war memorial ouside the Ministry of defence in Whitehall. I thought I did rather well the first time around to identify a Portland stone building by one window!
Roger Wright who owns the EOR and the London Bus & Truck Co did buy 2xRLH in May last year but they were from Oregon or California I think rather than Canada. I see the Rt in the picture has his company's fleetname on it so presumably located somewhere between Coopersale and Ongar.
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Post by Chris M on Nov 14, 2015 23:19:05 GMT
Inset C2: RT 3871 at North Weald [ whistlekiller2000]  (click for a larger version) Inset C3: Korean War memorial, Whitehall Gardens [Chris M]  (click for a larger version) |
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Post by rincew1nd on Nov 15, 2015 16:37:10 GMT
Inset A: Angel of the North (foot) 2013 [ howda62] Surely that should be feet, not foot? |
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Post by brigham on Nov 16, 2015 12:23:15 GMT
I presume that Anthony 'Joe' Gormley did the Horse, then?
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Post by Chris M on Nov 16, 2015 13:56:00 GMT
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Post by brigham on Nov 16, 2015 14:47:00 GMT
The feet of the Angel are at the foot of the statue.
Is the connection between the stations, not the insets?
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Post by Chris M on Nov 16, 2015 15:43:16 GMT
yes, the connection is always between the stations (or other on-topic locations) unless explicitly noted otherwise. Sometimes the insets are relevant to the link, but that is not the case here - they were simply images that fit the spaces.
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