Freightliner at Carstairs c/o Stephen Menzies ACIRO (Photograph: Henry Zaremba)

A couple of things, Captain, your lovely platform photo shows the triple flash upside-down, and I suppose the grey parallelogram should really be narrower than (ten thirteenths of) both the blue and red; small things but I’m slightly obsessive

Before the 507s. A 503 at West Kirby. 📷 me

Worth the journey. ⁦doublearrow.co.uk⁩ ⁦GBR Signage⁩ #railalphabet2

Slough - where worlds collide ⁦doublearrow.co.uk⁩ ⁦GBR Signage⁩ #railalphabet2 and Network South East

Scrapping an electric train that kept several lorries off the road each day, nice one 🙄

doublearrow.co.uk Lea Worrall Avanti West Coast And from the South of England, today’s offering of name board clutter.

They’re old and apparently would have needed major overhauls; better to bin them off [and get some new ones]

Good morning everyone. As was usual, the Crewe Works open days were superb affairs, giving the general public a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes. One of the undoubted stars of the 1984 open day was 56133 'Crewe Locomotive Works', seen here just after the naming ceremony 😉👍

Just Tom Baker (90 today!) in a railwayman’s get-up shortly after British Rail rebranded

If nothing else this diagram of the London Boroughs is glorious

RIP sweet childe

A digital facsimile of the forerunner to Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert’s Heath/Rail/BAA Alphabet; Airport by Revolver Type leaning heavily into the lettering devised in 1961 by Matthew Carter for Colin Forbes’ signage at the Oceanic Terminal (T3) at London [Heathrow] Airport

One of the very few examples of the original version of the Airport Alphabet. More info about the design process of our digital version coming soon.

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Richmond station is a treasure trove of proudly-displayed ⁦doublearrow.co.uk⁩ posters of yesteryear. The GatEx adaption is particularly special! 1/2

Ah yes, the (upside-down!) chonk (don't ask!)

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