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Midland railway station signs

Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 2:29 pm
by JMORG
Hi guys,
One of our members has asked for me to make some Midland railway station signs for his garden railway. Does anyone have any pictures of a typical Midland station sign for reference??
Butterley folk?

Re: Midland railway station signs

Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 2:41 pm
by philipy
When you say station signs do you mean station nameboards, or the Ladies, Booking Office, Cross the Line by the footbridge, type?

I have a book called Midland Style published by the HMRS back in 1975. It details all the signage of the Midland and its constituents - letter shapes and sizes for different types of sign, etc.I'll happily scan relevant pages and email them if you can let me know what you want.

Re: Midland railway station signs

Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 3:21 pm
by JMORG
Sorry I meant nameboards! I've seen pictures of Butterley station but I just needed clarification...
Pictures would be very much appreciated!

Re: Midland railway station signs

Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 3:56 pm
by philipy
Can't help with Butterley but this is the standard Midland nameboard for Gloucester.
I've had to reduce it to hit the forum size limit, if you want a slightly better resolution version, PM me an email address.
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Re: Midland railway station signs

Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 7:04 pm
by Soar Valley Light
Known in many quarters as 'Running in' boards, the details Philip has posted are typical for Midland stations, usually only one per platform and usually on the first half of the platform on the approach side - hence 'Running In' boards!

Andrew

Re: Midland railway station signs

Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 9:29 pm
by JMORG
Cheers guys, your help is very much appreciated!