London Railway Architecture Roundabout Day Tour - Part 1 - 6th October 2025

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Plaques at various locations around the luxury Chiltern Court flats above Baker Street station.<br>[&copy; Mick Oldfield 2025]	Behind Baker Street station is the original Grade II listed Metropolitan Railway HQ, Allsop Place, note the four buffer stops with chains left and right below the top run of windows.<br>[&copy; Mick Oldfield 2025]	The sculpture of Artemis (Diana) over the door of the adjacent London Transport Catering Training Centre, which could accommodate 1,200 staff.<br>[&copy; Mick Oldfield 2025]	The Underground roundel near Queensbury station comes with a warning not to climb it!<br>[&copy; Mick Oldfield 2025]	Kilburn Park station.<br>[&copy; Mick Oldfield 2025]	Four photos taken at Kilburn Park station - a visit is highly recommended.<br>[&copy; Mick Oldfield 2025]	Maida Vale station.<br>[&copy; Mick Oldfield 2025]
Just a sample from Maida Vale station - another one worth visiting.<br>[&copy; Mick Oldfield 2025]	Elgin Mews, no cats and nothing to do with railways but featured in an episode of 'The Avengers' in 1968 'Take Me to Your Leader'.<br>[&copy; Mick Oldfield 2025]	In and around Paddington station, the collection of rails is bottom left, probably not noticed by many people who are usually in too much of a hurry.<br>[&copy; Mick Oldfield 2025]	Images from Hanwell station.<br>[&copy; Mick Oldfield 2025]	Elizabeth line class 345 345050 at Hanwell station.<br>[&copy; Mick Oldfield 2025]	The Heathrow T5 pod system.<br>[&copy; Mick Oldfield 2025]	Heathrow T5 pod 'Track plan'. See BLN 1291.2121 'Podcast' in BLN of 21 Oct 2017.<br>[&copy; Martyn Brailsford 2025]
Hatton Cross, surviving mosaic tiling of the 1932 Imperial Airways Speedbird logo, adopted by the British Overseas Airways Corporation with the 1939 merger. British Airways callsign is still Speedbird, after being chosen at the time of the BOAC/BEA merger in 1974.<br>[&copy; Mick Oldfield 2025]	Hounslow West station.<br>[&copy; Mick Oldfield 2025]	Images from Hounslow West station.<br>[&copy; Mick Oldfield 2025]	Boston Manor station.<br>[&copy; Mick Oldfield 2025]	New Piccadilly line units at Northfields Depot, taken on maximum 'zoom'.<br>[&copy; Mick Oldfield 2025]	Inside the spectacular Chiswick Park booking hall. E-BLN 1481.X.82 had an external photo of the magnificent building here.<br>[&copy; Mick Oldfield 2025]