Train GraphicClick on the map to explore geographics
 
I need help
FAQ
Emergency
About .
 No recent travel & transport from BBC stories as at 23:55 01 May 2025
Read about the forum [here].
Register [here] - it's free.
What do I gain from registering? [here]		 tomorrow - Walk to Pilning
10/05/25 - BRTA Westbury
10/05/25 - Model Railway Show, Calne
13/05/25 - Melksham TUG / AGM

On this day
2nd May (1859)
Wilton South station opened
Train RunningNo cancellations or delays
•
PollsOpen and recent polls
Open to 08/05 09:07 Steam Excursion - or diesel excursion with a featured steam section?
Open to 07/05 09:27 Should train, bus and coach operators be required to accept cash
•
Abbreviation pageAcronymns and abbreviations
•
Stn ComparatorStation Comparator
•
Rail newsNews Now - live rail news feed
•
Train companiesSelect from:
GWR
SWR
XC
Chiltern
TfL
TfW
WMR
Southern
• Site Style 1 2 3 4
Next departures • Bristol Temple Meads • Bath Spa • Chippenham • Swindon • Didcot Parkway • Reading • London Paddington • Melksham
Exeter St Davids • Taunton • Westbury • Trowbridge • Bristol Parkway • Cardiff Central • Oxford • Cheltenham Spa • Birmingham New Street
May 02, 2025, 00:06:15 *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Forgotten your username or password? - get a reminder
Most recently liked subjects
[127] Low passenger numbers due to train unreliability
[82] Steam excursion - except there's much more diesel than steam!
[65] Spain / Portugal power outage
[51] Brighton Belle - merged topics
[44] Cash payments for transport services
[43] "Save the Last Remaining British Rail Hovercraft from Destruct...
 
News: the Great Western Coffee Shop ... keeping you up to date with travel around the South West
 
   Home   Help Search Calendar Login Register  
Great Western Coffee Shop > Sideshoots - associated subjects > The Lighter Side > Ollie's turn, guess where..
Pages: [1]
« previous next »
  Print  
Author Topic: Ollie's turn, guess where..  (Read 4329 times)
Ollie
Data Manager
Hero Member
******
Posts: 2312


View Profile
« on: April 21, 2009, 22:28:11 »
Starting with a couple easy ones but extra point if you tell me where I was when I took the first one





Some might have obvious clues to indicate where they are taken.
Logged
Btline
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 4782



View Profile
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2009, 22:31:22 »
I'm assuming it is Paddington.

Did you take the first one from one of the nearby tower blocks?
Logged
Ollie
Data Manager
Hero Member
******
Posts: 2312


View Profile
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2009, 22:32:15 »
Wouldn't really class it as a tower block, but it's a building attached to Paddington Station..
Logged
plymothian
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 859


View Profile
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2009, 23:31:46 »
The Hilton Hotel?

Is the 2nd one Olympia?  Does Motorail still exist?Huh
Logged
Please be aware that only the first 4 words of this post will be platformed on this message board.
Chris from Nailsea
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 19588



View Profile Email
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2009, 23:33:42 »
Clearly, it was taken from the balcony of Mark Hopwood's penthouse office!  Grin

Slightly more seriously, I haven't a clue - but isn't there a lot of building work going on around there: were you wearing a hard hat?  Roll Eyes
Logged
William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner."  Discuss.
Ollie
Data Manager
Hero Member
******
Posts: 2312


View Profile
« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2009, 11:38:44 »
It is indeed taken from The Hilton Hotel and not Mark's Penthouse office.
The 2nd picture is not Olympia, and no Motorail no longer runs, but signage is still about.
Logged
plymothian
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 859


View Profile
« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2009, 13:06:36 »
Paddington car park
Logged
Please be aware that only the first 4 words of this post will be platformed on this message board.
Sion Bretton
Sr. Member
****
Posts: 151



View Profile
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2009, 13:12:14 »
The view from Hilton Hotel is that a view from one of the Bedrooms? Want be on thier web site  Grin
Logged
johoare
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 2818


View Profile
« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2009, 21:22:19 »
Quote from: plymothian on April 22, 2009, 13:06:36
Paddington car park

..at the far end of platform 1
Logged
Electric train
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 4532


The future is 25000 Volts AC 750V DC has its place


View Profile
« Reply #9 on: April 22, 2009, 21:38:36 »
First phot I am guessing taken from the GW» (Great Western - used as an abbreviation for the area / lines under the Great Western franchise, as opposed to FGW which includes "First", the company operating them too. For tickets - about) Hotel bit high up for what used to be the function room so must be one of the bed rooms, overlooking platform 2/3 which are under the main roof valley, in the distance the glass building stand on what was the Goods Shed.  The brick building on the left are the Paddington General Offices white wall on the building is one side of what is called the bomb gap caused in April 1941.

Second phot Platform 1a Paddington also know as the UPO (Up Parcels Office) or Griffin sidings, the ramp at the back brings you out on Bishops Bridge Road


Am I close  Huh





Bit sad I know this but then I did work at Paddington in the 1980's for the station ODM
Logged
Starship just experienced what we call a rapid unscheduled disassembly, or a RUD, during ascent,”
Ollie
Data Manager
Hero Member
******
Posts: 2312


View Profile
« Reply #10 on: April 23, 2009, 13:48:27 »
Yeah taken from one of the bedrooms in the Hilton,

Yes second one taken in Paddington's Car Park, down the end of platform 1, near to the entrance ramp from Bishops Bridge Road.
Logged
Do you have something you would like to add to this thread, or would you like to raise a new question at the Coffee Shop? Please [register] (it is free) if you have not done so before, or login (at the top of this page) if you already have an account - we would love to read what you have to say!

You can find out more about how this forum works [here] - that will link you to a copy of the forum agreement that you can read before you join, and tell you very much more about how we operate. We are an independent forum, provided and run by customers of Great Western Railway, for customers of Great Western Railway and we welcome railway professionals as members too, in either a personal or official capacity. Views expressed in posts are not necessarily the views of the operators of the forum.

As well as posting messages onto existing threads, and starting new subjects, members can communicate with each other through personal messages if they wish. And once members have made a certain number of posts, they will automatically be admitted to the "frequent posters club", where subjects not-for-public-domain are discussed; anything from the occasional rant to meetups we may be having ...

 
Pages: [1]
  Print  
« previous next »
 
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.2 | SMF © 2006-2007, Simple Machines LLC Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!
This forum is provided by customers of Great Western Railway (formerly First Great Western), and the views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that the content provided by one of our posters contravenes our posting rules via admin@railcustomer.info. Full legal statement (here).

Jump to top of page • Jump to Forum Home Page