Re: New Cityrail logo?

[The Railway Rasputin II <bob@fastlink.com.au>]

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its crude but it looked like that.

rgds





Graham Smith wrote:
> 
> The L7 logo is a cleaner variation of the logo from the original
> establishment of the Public Transport Comission of NSW under Philip Shirley
> which had the letters NSW topped and tailed by arrows. That came with the
> horrible blue and white colour scheme. Some say the system hasn't been the
> same since, but I couldn't possibly comment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> 
> Graham Smith
> 
> Dave Proctor <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
> Ii1C4.946$M74.790052@news0.optus.net.au">news:Ii1C4.946$M74.790052@news0.optus.net.au...
> > Hubert Lam wrote in message
> <38d89e0b$0$18552@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au>...
> > >"L7" has been around for as long as i remember...same with the State Rail
> > red/orange L7.
> > >
> > >Interestingly, when Tangaras were introduced, the "L7" and the
> > banner-stripes under bottom deck
> > >windows on it was actually red and yellow. Why would that be? One example
> > could be seen on D6110
> > >(attached to D6258-N5258-N5257)
> >
> > The L7 was originally much larger and a less acute angle. It was displayed
> > in either two shades of blue or, if both L & 7 were the same colour, then
> > one (I think it was the bottom) was a series of lines.
> >
> > When the candy colour scheme was introduced, the colours were changed to
> an
> > orange and yellow colour. It was eventually flattened out (angles made
> > sharper) to get the design that we have today.
> >
> > When CityRail changed their colours to blue and yellow, the colours on the
> > L7 were changed accordingly.
> >
> > L(ate)
> > 7(days a week)
> >
> > was (is) a common addition to the logo.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >