Trivia: Biggest BR sign/logo on the network?

[mjmason1996]

Hi all,

This may have been done before, please alert me If so. What's the biggest BR logo you've seen on the network? I reckon the one on the front of Lime Street could be a contender.
Thanks.

 

[Mills444]

The one above Gatwick airport station.

 

[Trackman]

The one above Gatwick airport station.

That it is not going to be beaten!

 

[mjmason1996]

That it is not going to be beaten!

I know .. never heard of that one before and just looked it up

 

[zwk500]

The Lime Street one looks like it beats the Milton Keynes Central one, but yeah Gatwick's going to win unless there's something that's very well hidden.

 

[Mills444]

That it is not going to be beaten!

Haha thread closed.

In all seriousness is their maybe one on the roof of one of the rail houses ?

 

[thenorthern]

Other large ones still in existence include Stafford and Tamworth but I think the one one the roof of Gatwick Airport is the largest.

 

[Horizon22]

Isn't part of the roof changing as Gatwick Airport station gets redeveloped?

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

How big approximately, has anyone tried to measure them?

Are there any the wrong way round, depicting running on the right?

 

[snowball]

Are there any the wrong way round, depicting running on the right?

The only wrong-way-round ones I've ever seen were on Sealink ferries, which had right-way-round ones on the starboard side and wrong-way-round ones on the port side, so that the top arrow always pointed forward.

 

[Towers]

No idea if it's as big as Gatwick's, but I'd suggest Signal Point, Swindon, as surely featuring somewhere near the top of the list!

 

[edwin_m]

I know .. never heard of that one before and just looked it up

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According to the distance measure it's about 37 metres end to end.

 

[DelW]

The only wrong-way-round ones I've ever seen were on Sealink ferries, which had right-way-round ones on the starboard side and wrong-way-round ones on the port side, so that the top arrow always pointed forward.

Well, that's a surprise to me! I'd always thought that all Sealink logos were reversed, to reflect the fact that ships normally pass port to port, i.e. "drive on the right". Maybe I only ever saw them from the port side .

 

[zwk500]

Well, that's a surprise to me! I'd always thought that all Sealink logos were reversed, to reflect the fact that ships normally pass port to port, i.e. "drive on the right". Maybe I only ever saw them from the port side .

They are. Bjt it's a convention on a vehicle that the 'left' side of a flag/logo is placed on the leading end, as the flag would display when the ship is underway

 

[DelW]

They are. Bjt it's a convention on a vehicle that the 'left' side of a flag/logo is placed on the leading end, as the flag would display when the ship is underway

Ah, right, having looked at some old photos, I think I've understood it now .

 

[Gathursty]

This begs the question what is the smallest:

I think Middlewood as I can only think the BR sign is within a fingerpost at the A6.

It's probably going to be a country halt or some hidden urban one.

 

[Mills444]

This begs the question what is the smallest:

I think Middlewood as I can only think the BR sign is within a fingerpost at the A6.

It's probably going to be a country halt or some hidden urban one.

The one on your ticket? Although whether that is a real BR logo is debatable.

 

[zwk500]

This begs the question what is the smallest:

I think Middlewood as I can only think the BR sign is within a fingerpost at the A6.

It's probably going to be a country halt or some hidden urban one.

The smallest will be those on pedestrian or cycleway signs, other than those at the bottom of posters etc.

 

[The Planner]

Gatwick is cheating though. Birmingham International has a couple of sizeable ones.

 

[Gathursty]

The smallest will be those on pedestrian or cycleway signs, other than those at the bottom of posters etc.

Indeed and furthermore I can't recall Middlewood having a totem pole at all so that pedestrian sign 'is' the BR sign.

I think some stations don't have a double arrow at all but that may have changed since I was last at some of them:
Gilfach Fargoed
Manors
Dunrobin Castle

Would need someone to confirm for me.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Are there any the wrong way round, depicting running on the right?

Milton Keynes Central, if you're inside the station rather than outside.

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

I should like to see variations on the symbol, not in lot of colours, but perhaps a depiction of the station throat at Waterloo? I use the symbol myself in my diary to indicate train travel.

 

[mrcheek]

Since the question has been answered for the largest official logo, maybe we should move on: Is there anywhere on the network where the track layout, viewed from the correct angle, resembles an even bigger BR logo?