Re: Orange/yellow paint

["Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com>]

Will the advertising be painted on to the train or simply be printed and
have a slot for the plastic on the side? Interesting they haven't thought of
advertising on the trains before...they could even put ads inside the train
like State Transit does to their buses. I'm sure it'll make stacks!

Hubert
4/8/1999 4:41pm


David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
37A7028C.1172A668@ozemail.com.au">news:37A7028C.1172A668@ozemail.com.au...
> Mr Simpson wrote:
>
> > WhaleOilBeefHooked wrote:
> >
> > > Hubert Lam wrote in message <7o6n6o$dia$1@news1.mpx.com.au>...
> > > >Just out of curiousity...
> > > >
> > > >What the heck is the orange/yellowish paint that CityRail is painting
on
> > > the
> > > >S/K/R/V supposed to be? I know the yellow "front" on the
outer-suburban
> > > >Tangaras are supposed to distinguish them from suburban Tangaras, but
this
> > >
> > > Why is it there to distinguish between suburban and outer-suburban?
> > > SillyRail decided their corporate livery was to contain a yellow band
across
> > > the front of the train. This decision merely happened to co-incide
with the
> > > introduction of the 'G' sets - it is there for no other reason than
the fact
> > > that it is now THE colour scheme.
> > >
> > > DaveP
> >
> >   exactly.. there is now (well it kinda old now:P) an official corporate
colour
> > scheme
> > which includes the yellow front (see also the endeavours, that also
conform) and
> > the pinstripes
> > along the sides at the underframe. As i'm sure you're aware the body
side bit
> > changed a few
> > times during the refurbs from a blue stripe with a logo in the middle of
the
> > motor cars only,
> > to just a logo in the middle of the motor cars, to logos at the No 1
ends of all
> > cars.
>
> Inside Story:
> The yellow stripe has been incorporated into the corporate image as a high
visibilty
> stripe to allow easier sighting (like a safety vest for trains), so that
people on
> the track can see them coming easier.  Expect to see yellow stripes on
standard
> tangaras soon!  Also, expect to see advertising on the sides of trains
soon (in much
> the same way as QR CityTrain's EMUs)
>
> --
> David Johnson
> trainman@ozemail.com.au
> http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/
>
>