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Re: Pics: LTC logos and their derivatives
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Fri, 9 Nov 2001 15:29:23 GMT
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In lugnet.trains.org, Kevin Wilson writes:

Here are 2 logos for the Pacific Great Eastern (Prince George Eventually..)
now BC Rail

The new one's pretty ugly. Looks like it was designed by a committee of
government drones or something. But the old one...

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=82061

This one would look sharp in *many* colors, I think. (printed in white on a
dark background as a transparent sticker, printed in black on a light
background as a transparent sticker, printed in orange on a green boxcar as
a transparent sticker, orange thread on a white shirt, black or blue thread
on a white shirt, orange thread on a dark green shirt, orange thread with
green fill behind it on a white or black shirt, and so on)

And the change from Pacific Great Eastern /Rwy. to Vancouver Lego(r) Train
/Club (the part after the slash is the part in reversed letters at the
bottom of the circle in each case) seems a natural.

This is an easy transformation. Looks like a winner! Just need some artist
to sharpen it up and enlarge it and replace the letters... Not all that
uncommon a font, it looks like a chunky Arial almost, but with some
stylistic diffs.



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  Re: Pics: LTC logos and their derivatives
 
(...) Just as a note... a good real life herald had this feature. These were stenciled on to the sides of things.. boxcar red/brown boxcars, black coal cars (usually in white)... grey or tan or yellow MOW cars (usually in black), and so forth. So (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.trains.org)

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  Re: Pics: LTC logos and their derivatives
 
Dean Husby wrote in message <3BEB4456.CAC0C4CC@a....bc.ca>... (...) Here are 2 logos for the Pacific Great Eastern (Prince George Eventually..) now BC Rail (URL) Lego Kits & Custom models: (URL) Lego parts store: (URL) Lego auctions: (URL) Guild of (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.trains.org)

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