AJG3
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Last one I saw was in April 1988 on the G&SWR; I cannot recall exactly, but think it was either at Stewarton or Dunlop.
What's a BR totem?
That’s nice.One of these....
That’s nice.
I wish it was!If that's yours I may do you a swap Mr Cowley
I doubt there are many "originals" in situ at stations as most will now be adorning the walls of enthusiasts houses up and down the country.
have I got the colours right?
pale blue - scottish
maroon - London midland
Green - southern
NE - browney red
Western purple
I know southern EMU's were green. did other regions have regional liveries on carriages?
BTW, it wasnt only totems that were in regional colours. all signage matched.
Were there any totem signs for other than station names on platforms?
I'm happy to be corrected but I think NE were orange and WR chocolate with also black used at certain locations Ken.
There was NE region and E region. they were merged.I'm happy to be corrected but I think NE were orange and WR chocolate with also black used at certain locations Ken.
I wouldn't have thought so for the Dartmouth line. It transferred in working order in 1972, way after the 'BR blue' era had started.Did any of the early preserved railways retain the original signs? I’m thinking of ones that passed straight into private ownership like the Bluebell/Dartmouth Steam Railway etc?
Yes you’re right. I’ve just been looking through the Cornwall Railway Society website at photos of the line from the early 1970s, and although there’s plenty of evidence of various enamel chocolate and cream signage there’s definitely no totems left.I wouldn't have thought so for the Dartmouth line. It transferred in working order in 1972, way after the 'BR blue' era had started.
Totems didnt appear overnight, either - plenty of Southern stations went from bullseyes to black on white, for example. Horsted Keynes still had them when the electric service ended (just checked a photo online).I wouldn't have thought so for the Dartmouth line. It transferred in working order in 1972, way after the 'BR blue' era had started.
In which case when the Bluebell was saved would they have been considered “Too modern”?Totems didnt appear overnight, either - plenty of Southern stations went from bullseyes to black on white, for example. Horsted Keynes still had them when the electric service ended (just checked a photo online).
Seeing the line closed in 1962, no - and I've not seen any evidence of the tangerine era. The railway uses maroon ones as part of the 50s image but that isn't strictly correct, of course.Keighley & Worth Valley may be a good shout Mr C. Taken over by the preservationists around 1967/68(ish?) can't imagine the new British Rail corporate image black on white signage on any of its intermediate stations....
Well, bullseyes were pre-war - no idea how much of the present green signage at HK is original.In which case when the Bluebell was saved would they have been considered “Too modern”?
Almost like preserving a First sign now.
The E and NE only merged after the former regional colours etc had been replaced by the "corporate identity", which for signage was black on white everywhere.
The last survivor in signs I recall was, of all unlikely places, at Plaistow. On the Underground District line but had been a BR station until about 1960 when the ones alongside the LT&S were transferred to the Underground. It was a "This Side Up" overhead sign, over the stairs..............