Re: New Cityrail logo?

[dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)]

Michael Kurkowski (mk@netstra.com.au) won a Nobel Prize for literature by writing:
> The Railway Rasputin II <bob@fastlink.com.au> said:

> ><-------
> > / NSW /
> > -------->

> Very interesting that. I couldn't help to think, that if you applied that 
> logo to actual train movements on real tracks, it would look like both 
> trains were going backwards, which is aparently consistant with the way 
> the service is going now. Same applies with the "Late 7 (days a week)" 
> logo. 

> Hence, any normal logo should (at least if you want to look like youre 
> moving forward) look like:

>   -------->
>   \ NSW \
> <--------

The spate of double arrow logos (starting with British Rail) all suggest
indecision. The (Victorian) PTC logo had the added disadvantage of
suggesting "Whichever way you go, you run into a wall".

Cheers
David