Showing posts with label Silver Stump Watch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Silver Stump Watch. Show all posts

Wednesday, 18 December 2013

Silver Stump Watch - Edinburgh Waverley

This from Strawbrick...
 

There must be something about Scotland!

This is from the approach ramp to Edinburgh Waverley from the South Bridge, between 1/3rd and half-way down.

To get to these bollards you need to mount the kerb, which is about a foot high, then smash through the cast iron bollards and railings. 

If  your angle of attack is 90 degrees then your vehicle will have to be less than 6ft long so that you can turn right through exactly 90 degrees and then approach the silver bollards. If you attack the existing fence at less than 90 degrees you will impale yourself on the ends of the broken railings.

Perhaps taking belt and braces a little too far?

Monday, 16 December 2013

Silver Stump Watch - Kelvinhall

This from D9015...
 

The address for Kelvinhall Subway station, in Dalcross Passage, built into the ground floor of a tenement building and at the rear for good measure, doesn't stop the formulaic specification of these silver soldiers defending the cash-desk against a speeding vehicle attack. 

To achieve this would require some impressive driving!

From one end the approach is along an alleyway barely 8 feet wide.



From the main street it's through an archway and squeezing past the bike racks, with a 90 degree turn at the last minute.



Still, one must have one's bollards.

Monday, 11 November 2013

Silver Stump Watch - Euston

This from the The Coneworker...

Platform 1 Emergency escape, Euston. 

 
Surely a hindrance to Escapees?

Monday, 4 November 2013

Silver Stump Watch - Leeds

This from Northern Spirit...


Nicely placed, just where people might want to walk.

Wednesday, 2 October 2013

Silver Stump Watch - King's Cross Square

This from White Throat...

I knew it was too good to last!

The beautiful new King's Cross Square is the latest railway space to be blighted by expensive and apparently pointless Silver Stumps!


Note how they are even placed slap bang in the middle of what is clearly meant to be a designated walk way!



Their relentless march continues - even in the narrowest of passageways workers busy away squeezing in a double dose.



Perfectly positioned to damage the vulnerable appendages of the visually impaired and those with 20:20 vision alike!

Wednesday, 25 September 2013

Silver Stump Watch - Liverpool St in mufti

This from Tiny Sleigh...


Why?

Monday, 2 September 2013

Silver stump watch - be afraid, be very afraid

They are mutating!



Runaway!

Tuesday, 2 April 2013

Silver Stump Watch - Liverpool Lime Street

This from the Depot Master...



And these are after a rise of 30+ steps.

Silver Stump Watch - Glasgow Central

This from National Carp Parkes...

Attached are two photos for Silver Stump Watch. At neither location could a vehicle ram into the station. 



 In fact at one, a car would have to negotiate two flights of stairs!

Tuesday, 19 March 2013

Silver Stump Watch - Manchester Piccadilly

This from Depot Master... 

Aww!

The 'new arrival'!!


All say 'Ah, hasn't he got the looks of his father!!!'

Wednesday, 13 March 2013

Silver Stump Watch - Liverpool Street

This from Greg and Tonic...

All of these bollards are at the top of sets of steps, the 4 in the first 2 pictures are wedged between the “Hamilton Hall” pub & the stone pillars.




The rest are on the new West-side entrance, including not only up several steps, but some are behind iron railings, which are themselves on top of a brick wall...



No doubt worth every penny spent on them...

Silver Stump Watch - York

This from the Albatross...

What about this little beauty that’s appeared at York – Big Bold and Not Beautiful – one can only assume the Emergency Access is for the toilet in the rear.


Oh and how much has this cost ?


Friday, 8 March 2013

Silver Stump Watch - Fenchurch Street


This with a bowler tip to @AMonkster...



A noble Silver Stump defending the Fenchurch Place stairs.

Wednesday, 6 March 2013

Silver Stump Watch - the new King's Cross

This from GTRFN Inc...

Stretching as far as the Eye can see...


Presumably, some of these are removable, for maintenance-vehicle access?

Tuesday, 26 February 2013

Silver Stump Watch - Reading doomed

This from Concerned of Caversham...

Seems that NR are planning to deploy an impressive array of 'nad-busters' at Reading:




Lucky old Reading!

Monday, 25 February 2013

Silver Stump Watch - Kettering, in mufti


Silver Stump Watch - On the move at Euston!

This via @BCCletts...


The menace advances?

Friday, 15 February 2013

Silver Stump Watch - St Pancras

Helpful of someone to put double yellow lines alongside these Silver Stumps.

No doubt to prevent damage to car doors when exiting your motor.


Anyone care to hazard a guess at the unit cost?

Silver Stump Watch - King's Cross

Beautiful, a veritable host of Silver Stumps.



A shame they don't take into account mopeds or motorbikes...

Silver Stump Watch - Waterloo

Nice - Just where people want to walk.

 
What a great blessing for the visually impaired.