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The 'snail' came in 'left hand' and 'right hand' versions so that the upper 'wing' always pointed towards the front of the loco or cab of the bus/lorry.

 

Once came across a poster in a derelict station building, still pasted onto the timber poster board. Had a big tear in it but thought it rather odd as it was headed with a large black snail printed the 'wrong' way round. Shortly afterwards the building it was in was torched by vandals. :(

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Same applied, Minister, to almost all steam engine tenders - though there was a very occasional exception on a handful of grey (but not green) ones! Carriages and wagons, naturally, always had the standard left-facing one.

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hi

 

i'm at the Cork Show- i'm told here that a German man in the German embassy designed the flying wheel logo, most likely the Holland bus and it could be still used in Austria!

 

eoin

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Hi

 

Well now isn't that interesting, there must me some truth in my Cork man source!

 

If it was designed by a German, this would logical lead to German insignia, whom they took it from the Romans, and the Romans took it from........

 

Eoin

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