British Rail Corporate Identity 1965-1994 https://bsky.app/profile/doublearrow64.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/doublearrow64.bsky.social/post/3mtrh2r55ac2qDear Rail Delivery Group, please stop trashing your brand assets (and become acquainted with Rail Symbol 2) Also, Helvetica? Really? #frightening [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:gux2te5uht6adcli4743aiuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrh2r55ac2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/doublearrow64.bsky.social/post/3mtj2lsgjr22wCan’t wait to get my hands on one of these [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Aug 2026 10:39 +0000at://did:plc:gux2te5uht6adcli4743aiuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtj2lsgjr22whttps://bsky.app/profile/doublearrow64.bsky.social/post/3msyhcfjxzs2zThe supposed ‘InterCity 225’ brand always seemed a bit half-baked to me, ’225’ being the speed in next-to-meaningless km/h—equivalent of 140mph—which never became the maximum operating speed on the ECML anyway due to required braking distances Not really sure why #Electra was dropped?13 Aug 2026 20:11 +0000at://did:plc:gux2te5uht6adcli4743aiuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3msyhcfjxzs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/doublearrow64.bsky.social/post/3msg2bepadk2aAlmost perfect rake of Regional Railways stock behind an unidentified Class 31/4; note the Network SouthEast impostor with a lighter blue across the windows and a darker shade of blue used to paint out the red lower body stripe :) [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Aug 2026 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:gux2te5uht6adcli4743aiuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3msg2bepadk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/doublearrow64.bsky.social/post/3msg22pnehk2aA good example of what the Network Rail Wayfinding guidelines were designed to eliminate, namely the same arrow repetitively stacked on a limitless number of planks; if Cambridge South is anything to go by, I fear the GBR Wayfinding guidance will unnecessarily be taking us back in this direction [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Aug 2026 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:gux2te5uht6adcli4743aiuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3msg22pnehk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/doublearrow64.bsky.social/post/3msfmeecs522dThat website has some real treasures, including this beauty replete with very tightly tracked Helvetica Medium header [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Aug 2026 08:21 +0000at://did:plc:gux2te5uht6adcli4743aiuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3msfmeecs522dhttps://bsky.app/profile/doublearrow64.bsky.social/post/3msecnnzedk2dAnd a lovely Merseyside map for good measure; has the look and feel of a Bernard Slatter creation but no attribution on the map itself… [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Aug 2026 19:55 +0000at://did:plc:gux2te5uht6adcli4743aiuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3msecnnzedk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/doublearrow64.bsky.social/post/3mseckatza22dGreen barbed wire, anyone? #Merseyside [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Aug 2026 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:gux2te5uht6adcli4743aiuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mseckatza22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/doublearrow64.bsky.social/post/3ms44ukjtts2nThere is an almost identical photograph (featuring the tasteful steel rail symbol) in ‘Arrows of Desire’ (see pinned) which I took the moment the BBC were announcing the passing of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (midday, 9 April 2001), albeit it was before Harold Wilson and the fountains [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Aug 2026 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:gux2te5uht6adcli4743aiuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms44ukjtts2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/doublearrow64.bsky.social/post/3ms43oori3s2nNot for the first time, red chosen here when a white symbol would have been much more effective; during the fabrication of Wayfinding v3, I argued that a red symbol should only be used on a white background but it was never cast in stone #contrast #colourblind [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Aug 2026 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:gux2te5uht6adcli4743aiuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms43oori3s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/doublearrow64.bsky.social/post/3ms2357amr224As far as I can tell, Rail Delivery Group never used the correct version of the Rail Symbol and I’m afraid this ad is no different (even the National Rail logotype used a knock-off); this one looks like the negative version but I’m not convinced that it’s even that 😩 [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Aug 2026 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:gux2te5uht6adcli4743aiuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms2357amr224https://bsky.app/profile/doublearrow64.bsky.social/post/3mrpzz5ibbk2gSomeone broke the ‘w’ [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jul 2026 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:gux2te5uht6adcli4743aiuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrpzz5ibbk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/doublearrow64.bsky.social/post/3mrpbypgjhc2rComplete array of AC traction at Crewe this morning: 90002, 87002, 86101, 89001, 90001 with lots of dodgy Falcon Grey28 Jul 2026 11:17 +0000at://did:plc:gux2te5uht6adcli4743aiuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrpbypgjhc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/doublearrow64.bsky.social/post/3mrpbteopns2rHard to believe that the Up Fast at Crewe still has wooden sleepers in 202628 Jul 2026 11:14 +0000at://did:plc:gux2te5uht6adcli4743aiuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrpbteopns2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/doublearrow64.bsky.social/post/3mrmz5lbdq22oCommon sense has begun to prevail, in that the GBR 720s on the Anglia region appear to have a plain middle coach; how much longer before GBR realise that the ‘glitch‘ is also redundant on coaches 2 and 4? If only the red had extended down the length of the train27 Jul 2026 13:34 +0000at://did:plc:gux2te5uht6adcli4743aiuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrmz5lbdq22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/doublearrow64.bsky.social/post/3mrkkau2ya223Not sure I‘d appreciated how much bigger the ‘Scottie dog’ was compared to the BR symbol; I thought that might be Eastfield depot ‘building their part’ (every depot seemed to want to do that to some extent), or perhaps because it was primarily intended for use with revised blue (‘large logo’) livery [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jul 2026 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:gux2te5uht6adcli4743aiuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrkkau2ya223https://bsky.app/profile/doublearrow64.bsky.social/post/3mrdfw4q2322eShiny; happy people :) [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jul 2026 17:56 +0000at://did:plc:gux2te5uht6adcli4743aiuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdfw4q2322ehttps://bsky.app/profile/doublearrow64.bsky.social/post/3mraebb4zs22aNever really thought that running-in boards needed a symbol, doesn’t add anything to the message whatsoever #LessIsMore22 Jul 2026 12:48 +0000at://did:plc:gux2te5uht6adcli4743aiuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mraebb4zs22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/doublearrow64.bsky.social/post/3mr7stzezus2eThat’s quite the spectacle… [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jul 2026 07:36 +0000at://did:plc:gux2te5uht6adcli4743aiuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr7stzezus2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/doublearrow64.bsky.social/post/3mr342k3k7c2dEuston Arch: overrated [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jul 2026 10:38 +0000at://did:plc:gux2te5uht6adcli4743aiuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr342k3k7c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/doublearrow64.bsky.social/post/3mqx774cmoc22State of this… [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Jul 2026 21:23 +0000at://did:plc:gux2te5uht6adcli4743aiuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqx774cmoc22https://bsky.app/profile/doublearrow64.bsky.social/post/3mqtqvx55c22vNot sure the Railway200 logo was a ‘good thing‘, even if they did use Rail Symbol 2 (and ignored the basic design guidance at the same time 🙄)…17 Jul 2026 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:gux2te5uht6adcli4743aiuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtqvx55c22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/doublearrow64.bsky.social/post/3mqs6lfohuk2pIf only it was paint, vinyl is a scourge [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jul 2026 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:gux2te5uht6adcli4743aiuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqs6lfohuk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/doublearrow64.bsky.social/post/3mqrzevbax22pGenuinely thought this was AI; bewildering decision to put the crummiest version of all the Great British Railways logos on the front of the train 😩 Looks super messy, fighting with the set number16 Jul 2026 19:56 +0000at://did:plc:gux2te5uht6adcli4743aiuj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrzevbax22p