minister_for_hardship Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Dutch flying snails were the other way up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Believe it or not, the origin of that "snail", as far as I am aware, actually pre-dates ours! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Slightly nearer to Persia...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Indeed, Broithe; that's actually the 15:12 Persia to Banagher bus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murrayec Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 (edited) 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 Edited February 1, 2015 by murrayec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 This is Hungarian, I think, although it's in Linz, Austria. Similar in style, certainly. http://www.4rail.net/reference_locoseur_electric_taurus.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 The OBB (Austrian Railways) ha a similar device in the 1980s/1990s, like a simplified version of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 The OBB (Austrian Railways) ha a similar device in the 1980s/1990s, like a simplified version of it. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Found this, as well.. http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/6/6/5/4665.1080891180.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murrayec Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 I-ran that theory through earlier...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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