Those arrows must be very difficult to draw consistently, how complicated does it need to be? (Typeface looking majestic as expected)
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Those arrows must be very difficult to draw consistently, how complicated does it need to be? (Typeface looking majestic as expected)
Today's #BRNostalgia remembers #Euston as it was in loco-hauled days back in 1990 when engines were regularly stabled inside the station between duties. paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p651486993/e... #railways #photography #nostalgia
Today's #BRNostalgia shows an HST full house at #Paddington in May 1990 when the fleet was still powered by 'Valenta' engines - hence the clag... paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p651486993/e... #railways #photography #nostalgia
British Rail : Principal Passenger Network : poster map : March 1976. Still one of my favourite posters; the brilliantly bold map of British Rail's Principal Passenger Network this example issued in March 1976. The design is that by Bernard Slatter of BR's Central Advertising Services and published by the British Railways Board. The outline of the UK and eastern Ireland is in white (Éire in grey) and showing in red lines the geographical Principal Passenger railway lines and stations. The sea is in blue/turquoise and shows BR's major ferry services. The top banner is in Rail red with the BR double arrow logo and "Passenger Network" ranged right.
Still one of my favourites : March 1976 British Rail "Principal Passenger Network" poster map that, for years, graced my bedroom wall! The map design will be by Bernard Slatter of BR CAS - overall it just looks so bold, so clear & so cleanly corporate. @doublearrow64.bsky.social
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No n, just ‘Clapham Jct.‘!
Looks like it’s here…
flic.kr/p/2iuq5Q6 (Jonathan Hazan)
That’s a lot of Rail Alphabet…
Do we know where it is?
Rules are(n’t) there to be broken…
“Yeah, just stick it on top of a V, it’ll be fine.”
I suspect your version is suspect :)
1959 BR Southern Region symbol using the BR totem with the word SOUTHERN in the bar & surmounted by a stylised figure of a guard, whistle in mouth & flag held high to denote 'ready to depart'.
1965 British Rail corporate identity with double arrow symbol on a red rectangle, British Rail on black background and a black line boxed rectangle below with "Southern Region" in black on white.
The Southern were, I think, a little like the Western in that by the late '50s "standards" were slipping & they liked to fiddle with the totem identity. I often wonder if these Regional versions helped propel the desire for a new 'single' idendity to help bring the Regions to heel.
This device is crazy…
*doesn’t* obvs
FWIW I don’t hate RA3 but why the heck didn’t they do that hooked l and straight-legged R to start with? Either RA2 is fine or it isn’t (plus I expect it cost a small fortune just to make the ‘accessibility’ adaptation)
Yes but I never doubted it :)
Such a different universe from the British Rail symbol, perhaps one day heraldry will be a thing of the past?
Not sure RA3 will get anywhere near signs although its mere existence almost certainly guarantees that it will!
This has to be red stripe Railfreight in its truest form. The class 58, the final class of loco to be built at Doncaster Works.
58019 passes through Crewe with a rake of MGRs, doing what it was built to do.
#Class58 #Bone #RedStripeRailfreight #Crewe #BritishRail
11 new stations added to the Mainline Station Heritage Artefacts Collection and 5 updated thanks to 4 contributors. Highlights include some splendid floor tiling at Lancaster (© @railwayheritage.bsky.social). Inspired to submit a station artefact(s) yourself? Info on how to is in the link.
Avanti West Coast absolutely nailing new signage at Warrington Bank Quay, when it’s done properly it’s superb
(FWIW I can’t think of another railway example where a logo is deliberately stretched to achieve parity on an angle in that way)
You’re optimism is refreshing :)
Someone should probably have mentioned that a logo applied to a corrugated surface needs some optical adjustment so it does all go pear-shaped (or on this case egg-shaped)
With the clock I suppose at no point is it ever pretending to be an actual symbol, it’s just a creative interpretation of what it originally stood for, namely two-way traffic arrows on parallel lines (a bit like the Gatwick Express symbol that splits in two so the top part could take off maybe?)
Bee Network-(sub)branded signage at Manchester Oxford Road. I don't think I've seen this before. Firstly - inevitable given the politics. Secondly - another blow to the idea that Great British Railways is bringing back any kind of 'national' branding to the network.
Get the [red] symbol off all those lift shafts; it’s not a bauble
Better :)
On the other hand, the legend (an unfortunate term in this case) has refreshingly been centred on lowercase x-height and the symbol is actually the right size relative to the text (unlike the new Great British Railways branding)
I do wish they would’t; also the symbol should now only be on running-in boards and not on every repeater
#OnThisDay 20 years ago the first edition of the London Railway Atlas was published. My first attempt sprawled across my bedroom wall 37 years ago, but it was another 15 years before I'd have another go on a computer, and was shocked when the publisher said yes to the samples @crecyrail.bsky.social
Makes more sense, perhaps it’s just an evolution?
