doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 29/09/2026If we can just move the lettering a bit closer to the symbol… 090
doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It’s busy, I’ll give you that 😥 So CIE basically took the LT roundel and made it fly, which is ironic as this map predominantly shows land transport 😬 250
doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Take my 5p and give me a ‘Time Table’! For the pink and orange, are we talking M100 Y60 versus M60 Y100 (or similar), or are they actual specials? I’ve never really taken the time to examine the ‘Lazy S‘ Selnec logotype but it’s rather spectacular in all its mid-twentieth century italic glory 0111
Reposted by doublearrow.co.ukMike @mikeyashworth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026How’s that for a van?! @doublearrow64.bsky.social 0181
doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Lovely running-in board at Warrington Bank Quay, complete with Rail Alphabet 2 and Rail Symbol 2 4292
doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 23/09/2026New signage on facia outside Macclesfield (obvs); much better than the old monstrosity but shame about the red symbol on dark background, no good for colour blindness, need to make these white 0100
doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Important because sensory overload is prevalent right now; that said, some TOCs have been much better than others with CIS but there has to be a joined up approach under GBR 0101
Reposted by doublearrow.co.ukTits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Excellent sticker on the side of a bus which does actually serve* Millwall football ground * except on match days specifically around kick off and finish times, which is very much TfL’s way of saying, welcome aboard, except *you lot* 1151
doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Been there for a while now, I think; better for sure than the old version but the ’r’ and the ‘t’ are drifting apart, admittedly they would be very close using standard Rail Alphabet spacing but there you go (also wondering if that’s a negative symbol) :) 250
doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The random angularity of the ‘glitch‘ works against not only (a) the horizontal lines of the train, but also (b) the very specific, carefully thought-out angles of the Rail Symbol, indeed a poorer visual foil for the Symbol one would be hard-pressed to find 0100
Reposted by doublearrow.co.ukhahlen.bsky.social @hahlen.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Even Amtrak doesn’t wrap a train in the flag. Sure they use a lot of blue and some red and white stripes, but it’s fashioned into a cohesive livery. This is just…embarrassing. 143
doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Crummy signage here in Macclesfield which should really just say ‘Platforms 2 and 3’ with the stairs pictogram (and the symbol according to Wayfinding 3.0); the trouble with dozens of TOCs implementing signage is that it’s all pretty rubbish with no incentive to do it in a joined up way 5120
Reposted by doublearrow.co.ukJ. Ackley @j-ackley.bsky.social · 13/09/2026It's the insecurity of that gets me. The only other country I've seen with flag trains is the USA... 272
doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Or go back to the drawing board and not be affected or constrained by (a) the red, white and blue of an incidental and divisive flag, (b) an ill-conceived and jumped-up organisational name (which shouldn’t really be seen anywhere near a train), and (c) harmful political posturing based on illusion 1284
doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 13/09/2026It was within reach but I think that someone who doesn’t get it seems to be making the decisions 080
doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 12/09/2026. . . flic.kr/p/2sAe6H3 (Callum Radford) 10100
Reposted by doublearrow.co.ukIan Dinmore @tarkaman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026and the full route map...@railarchive.org.uk 181
Reposted by doublearrow.co.ukMike @mikeyashworth.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Cover to the Open Day in July 1979 at British Rail's Stratford Traction Maintenance Depot at Stratford in London. The once mighty works site is now covered by HS1 works inc. Stratford International, the Westfield shopping centre & 2012 Olympic works. @doublearrow64.bsky.social ↘️ flic.kr/p/2szcNft 0103
doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 06/09/2026An excellent illustration of the age old phenomenon/conundrum of people wanting their ’bit’ of the railway system to matter at the expense of the overarching branding philosophy; still happening today with, for example, line names and some NR stations still using those tired station identifiers 180
doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Managed to get a close-up of a GBR/NR tabard today and it’s not good news on the symbol front; might be RS3 looks like they’ve given it an outline/contour which makes it a bit thick, not unlike…etc 290
doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Railfreight Petroleum decals on an MGR, ahem Still not sure why the depth of the white band on Network SouthEast locomotives couldn’t have matched the rolling stock Superb photograph though! :) 3110
doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Got lost for hours at the weekend visiting Paul B’s zenfolio; as they say, nostalgia is not what it used to be Also the Network SouthEast brand compares favourably with the current GBR look; of course it’s 40 years old, let’s not forget #SplashOfRed 0101
Reposted by doublearrow.co.ukrgmayne.bsky.social @rgmayne.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Combine both your interests with this... www.flickr.com/photos/petej...flickr.com117 EX Oct1987The British Telecom DMU (116 or 117?) at Exeter St.Davids, October 1987 0122
doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 26/08/2026That looks like GBR signage with Rail Alphabet 3; no excuse for the fare zone bit which is a vestige of SWT signage meaning the main white bit is almost certainly an ‘over-vinyl‘ (vinyl will be the end of me) 2130
doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Dear Rail Delivery Group, please stop trashing your brand assets (and become acquainted with Rail Symbol 2) Also, Helvetica? Really? #frightening 4150
doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Can’t wait to get my hands on one of these 1110
Reposted by doublearrow.co.ukMarkonthemaps (Mark Ovenden) @markonthemaps.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Book launch ahead! Love #maps #railways #design? Know people who do? Search "Mapping Britain's Railways" & "Ovenden" for new #BritishLibrary title out 18/08/26. 1st with every #TrainOperatingCompany & newest #GreatBritishRailways maps, plus historical ones. #transit & #cartography lovers must-have! 5577
doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 13/08/2026The 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? 490
doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Almost 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 :) 1151
doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 06/08/2026A 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 070
doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 06/08/2026That website has some real treasures, including this beauty replete with very tightly tracked Helvetica Medium header 2141
doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 05/08/2026And a lovely Merseyside map for good measure; has the look and feel of a Bernard Slatter creation but no attribution on the map itself… 0110
doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 02/08/2026There 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 180
doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Not 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 260
doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 01/08/2026As 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 😩 0100
Reposted by doublearrow.co.ukbrownncream.bsky.social @brownncream.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I remember when these monitors went up @doublearrow64.bsky.social. So high tech to my eyes, in their bright yellow cases. Photo from The Sheffield Star. 1132
doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Complete array of AC traction at Crewe this morning: 90002, 87002, 86101, 89001, 90001 with lots of dodgy Falcon Grey 1170
doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Hard to believe that the Up Fast at Crewe still has wooden sleepers in 2026 5365
doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Common 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 train 3273
Reposted by doublearrow.co.ukJack Kirby @jdk653.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Just came across this cracker. imagearchive.stockport.gov.uk/Home/Photogr...imagearchive.stockport.gov.ukStockport image archive - Stockport Council 051
Reposted by doublearrow.co.ukMike @mikeyashworth.bsky.social · 26/07/20261965 edition of the British Railways yearbook showing the organisation on the change of the cusp to British Rail - already seen here on the uniform of the telephone user. #railways #transport @doublearrow64.bsky.social 2151
doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Not 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 1100
doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Never really thought that running-in boards needed a symbol, doesn’t add anything to the message whatsoever #LessIsMore 2151
