2012-12-24
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Ah, that time when you find one of your Flickr photos showing up as popular because it appeared on Tumblr. The lights of London’s Beech Street tunnel, as picked up by black-and-white.
2012-11-30
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The Royal Mint’s London Underground £2 coin gift set:
On 10 January 1863 the world’s first underground railway opened in London. An engineering triumph, the 150thanniversary is being marked with not one but two new UK £2 coins for 2013.
The ‘Roundel’ £2 coin is inspired by the 1938 poster by Man Ray and depicts the world-famous London Underground logo, while the ‘Train’ £2 coin shows a Tube train hurtling out of a tunnel. Presented in a specially designed pack based on the iconic Tube map, no other memorabilia captures the spirit of London so well.
(Source: royalmint.com)
2012-02-03
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Main Tunnel on the Hida Tunnel. Taken from a truck for high-lift work, looking down from the tunnel ceiling before opening to the public.
From the new iPad application Tunnel for iPad ($10), with images and captions by engineering photographer Hoichi Nishiyama. (via)
2012-01-07
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stml:
The red structure is the remains of the original Greathead shield used to tunnel the Waterloo & City. It was left in place in 1898 and rediscovered in 1987.
Nice tube geekery there.
2010-12-13
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Crossrail - Liverpool Street Station design
A 3D diagram of the Crossrail routing under Liverpool Street (and, given the length of the platforms, Moorgate and Finsbury Circus too). Note the Post Office railway tunnel.
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High Speed 1 during construction, used as an illustration for the press release announcing the Crossrail tunnel contracts.
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Some boring news for Londoners: Crossrail’s awarded contracts for tunnelling, which is due to start in 2012.
2010-10-17
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![inkscar, via mappeal:
The End of the tunnel
A miner stands in front of the drilling machine that completed the world’s longest tunnel beneath the Swiss Alps.
[This is good.] Photograph: Christian Hartmann.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_laeg6mgCXK1qz5i17o1_500.jpg)
A miner stands in front of the drilling machine that completed the world’s longest tunnel beneath the Swiss Alps.
[This is good.] Photograph: Christian Hartmann.
2010-04-15
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Post Office Tube Railway: artwork for a poster, by Edward Bawden, circa 1935 -from The British Postal Museum & Archive
Oh, this is nice.
