GSR & CIE station nameboards

[Westcorkrailway]

11 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

Update here; Headhunters Railway Museum in Enniskillen has a number of very clean GSR enamels from (or for) doors - bilingual “Waiting Room”, “Gentlemen” etc. 

these ones???

[jhb171achill]

1 hour ago, Westcorkrailway said:

these ones???

Yup

Brand new, straight out of stores, never used.

[Westcorkrailway]

One thing on my bucket list would be to make up an entire stations worth of these signs. There is just something about the GSR signage….

 

some people have to stick with reproductions for now

 

[seagoebox]

This could also be of use in the station carpark !

[GSWR 90]

Don’t suppose anyone has a list of the letters in English and seanchló/Irish used by the GSR on its running in boards, or know the name of a similar font?

[minister_for_hardship]

On 22/4/2024 at 7:49 PM, seagoebox said:

This could also be of use in the station carpark !

This I've not seen before. Black on white enamel from the GSR, usually the other way around.

[108]

On 5/5/2024 at 3:41 PM, GSWR 90 said:

Don’t suppose anyone has a list of the letters in English and seanchló/Irish used by the GSR on its running in boards, or know the name of a similar font?

I found a free font online at fonts4free.net called Celtic Gaelige (note incorrect spelling) which is close.

Available to download free. I have no connection except as a user of this font.

[minister_for_hardship]

On 5/5/2024 at 3:41 PM, GSWR 90 said:

Don’t suppose anyone has a list of the letters in English and seanchló/Irish used by the GSR on its running in boards, or know the name of a similar font?

The GSR appeared to have used an upper case "B" (like a Latin B) on nameboards, some free fonts don't have this character.

 

[jhb171achill]

On 7/5/2024 at 7:38 AM, minister_for_hardship said:

This I've not seen before. Black on white enamel from the GSR, usually the other way around.

The font style in the English version is also highly unusual.

[minister_for_hardship]

9 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

The font style in the English version is also highly unusual.

At a guess, maybe it was a sample from a sign manufacturer that was never actually installed? The enamel around the fixing holes isn't chipped.

The wording is unusual too, a station having roadside parking, but important enough to have a dedicated attendant?

[jhb171achill]

2 hours ago, minister_for_hardship said:

At a guess, maybe it was a sample from a sign manufacturer that was never actually installed? The enamel around the fixing holes isn't chipped.

The wording is unusual too, a station having roadside parking, but important enough to have a dedicated attendant?

Indeed. Probably somewhere in Dublin or Cork, well outside actual railway premises.

[GSWR 90]

Someone mentioned to me that the English font for GSR running-in boards is Gill sans or something very similar to it. The Irish is in bunchló GC, which seems to have been a pretty standard + very gorgeous seanchló from the 19th century. It, or something similar to it, seems to have been used in at least some CIÉ carriage signs until the 1950s. You can download it here at gaelchlo.com, along with keyboard extensions which allow you to use poncanna séimhithe and other interesting things – e.g. ṁ, ı, and ⁊. There are several stylistic sets included in the font, including new and old versions of the tironian et, as well as new and old versions of 's' (ſ) and 'r' (ɼ). You don't need a licence to use the font to write in a Celtic language.

Here are some samples:

 

 

Edited June 9 by GSWR 90