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  Re: Train company logos
 
(...) Actually PNLTC was first to publicly change thier logo to a FF as I remember, we (NGLTC) where working on the SR version for ourselves. They beat us to the punch. jt (...) (22 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Train company logos
 
(...) Hmmm. Their first logo wasn't based on a FF as far as I know. I'm pretty sure that yours and the GMLTC's predate their Spokane, Portland, and Seattle one. Why did you guys choose to use a FF? JOHN (22 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Train company logos
 
We used the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway (URL) we still don't have any Spokkaner's in the club :( SteveB (...) (22 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Train company logos
 
(...) Yeah, but not initially-- when did you switch? JOHN (22 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Train company logos
 
I think late 1999. I think Jeremy Rear had the idea of using this fallen flag. SteveB (...) (22 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Origin of the Fallen Flag idea for LTC logos (wasRe: Train company logos
 
(...) Uh, must have been an implanted memory... (...) Okay, in a shocking display of amnesic modesty, *I* was the first to create a FF logo for an LTC (GMLTC). I don't remember how I came up with the idea-- I thought I had gotten it from JT, but the (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Origin of the Fallen Flag idea for LTC logos (wasRe: Train company logos
 
(...) Ya, the rivet counters would, anyway. (not that there's anything wrong with that!) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Origin of the Fallen Flag idea for LTC logos (wasRe: Train company logos
 
It would be nice to have the origins of the LTCs written. I find myself telling the tale of how "it all started" when I'm visiting other clubs etc. Like our ancestors way back in the verbal history days. Reminds me of the scene in the last MAD MAX (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)

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