Talk:Caledonian Railway

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[edit] Caledonian Railways Logo

I don't know just how easy it would be to get a picture of the Caledonian Railways Logo, but it surely deserves some mention that it is surprising that they got away with using the Royal Arms of Scotland as their insignia. The Lord Lyons office is usually pretty strict about such things. Douglasnicol 21:45, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

well there is a copyright question, but all the five Scottish railway co. logos appear on the Science Museum's The Pre-grouping Railways, Part three. ISBN 0-11-290432-7. Which is Crown Copyright. Pyrotec 22:29, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Well there is that, but I also mean that I don't know how the Caley got away with using the insignia in the first place. :) Douglasnicol 13:15, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

I should have said on the front cover. One author I read this month, mentioned brazenly expropriating the Royal Arms; I believe it was Heap and van Riemsdijk (above), but if so I can't find it. Next week, I'll try and find it. The Caledonian Railway was a well disguised English company, not Scottish although it behaved like it was, (well the majority of the shareholders and the controlling Board were). I'm not sure if that is how they got away with it.Pyrotec 17:37, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Main Line and Route Maps

I strated to create a route map for the main line, however it does not appear that it will work for the main line in its entirety. I have created a new page at Caledonian Railway Main Line which ultimately will replace the Main Line section in this article. You will see that the route map for the Carstairs to Greenhill Junction section (being made contiguous by include the relevant portions of the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway and the Wishaw and Coltness Railway. This is most defintely work in progress as the route templates for the Carstairs to Edinburgh; and the Carstairs to Carlisle route maps still require to be constructed. I welcome help with this activity. --Stewart 23:25, 10 August 2007 (UTC)