TOC Names

djhedge · Post by **djhedge** » Tue May 02, 2006 9:41 pm

I think SWT would be better as South Western Trains

jpantera · Post by **jpantera** » Wed May 03, 2006 9:29 am

Elojikal wrote:
jpantera wrote:
Elojikal wrote: It just seems very old fashioned and a bit passe and tries to hanker back to a bygone golden age that never actually existed.

Thats a contradiction if I ever heard one 'an age that never existed'
By omitting the crucial word "golden" you are altering the context!

Maybe so but I guess the age of the railway was better than the present so saying it never existed is debatable

Elojikal · Post by **Elojikal** » Wed May 03, 2006 11:53 am

What are you on about.

Would you rather I phrased it "tries to hanker back to a halcyon era that never actually existed"just so you can stop mincing my words.

jpantera · Post by **jpantera** » Wed May 03, 2006 12:57 pm

Elojikal wrote:What are you on about.

Would you rather I phrased it "tries to hanker back to a halcyon era that never actually existed"just so you can stop mincing my words.

Hey chill out fella! just trying to stress the point that there was a better time in the history of railways than at present, if some people refer to it as the "golden age" then so be it.

Elojikal · Post by **Elojikal** » Wed May 03, 2006 7:23 pm

Sorry the tone was lost in the post. It was a sort of confused throwing the arms up in the air "what are you on about?"

skipperdipper · Post by **skipperdipper** » Thu May 04, 2006 4:37 pm

jpantera wrote:
skipperdipper wrote:Merseyrail, a name thats been around since the 30's or there about. The only exception is when Arriva renamed it Arriva Trains Merseyside and when MTL called it Merseyrail 'Electrics'. Livery's a bit dull, although we're promised our new trains will have silver, yellow and blue!

Rob
When are these new trains coming? They have just spent 51 million on the old ones so I cant see it being anytime soon.

They are due any time between 2010-2015, probably Class 376's.

Rob

charlierc · Post by **charlierc** » Fri May 12, 2006 3:43 pm

GNER and LNER are great names.

First [insert company name here] is bad as they don't have taste in company names and liveries.

Electricfox · Post by **Electricfox** » Sat May 13, 2006 11:33 am

Anglia was quite good, and the livery was nice, certainly better than 'one' and it made more sense on the platform announcements too.

But I too miss the days of Network Southeast, with the toothpaste trains and the occasional Jaffa cake.

nestfilms · Post by **nestfilms** » Sat May 13, 2006 12:41 pm

the best, or at least the most unusual, has to be
"The London Necropolis company"

Anonymizeruk · Post by **Anonymizeruk** » Sat May 13, 2006 2:25 pm

mattvince wrote: Good ones:

GNER - Again, retro, even more than Southern, but modern at the same time. Using Century Gothic makes it look classy.

I agree - I do like GNER. The name is descriptive, and the livery is simple.

One small point though - the typefaces used are actually FuturaBook, and FuturaXtraBlack (for the emboldened letters)

Cheers

Gaz

thomascairns · Post by **thomascairns** » Sat May 13, 2006 3:55 pm

GNER is the best name IMO, I've found that Tw Cen MT is very close to the real font.

Pompeyfan · Post by **Pompeyfan** » Sun May 21, 2006 9:25 am

i liked wessex. shame really