File:British Rail - colour reversed logo.svg

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DescriptionBritish Rail - colour reversed logo.svg	English: The British Rail 'double arrow' logo, in white with a Flame Red background. Flame Red is based on the definition in British Standard BS381C, where it is identified by the number 593 and the names Rail Red and Azo Orange. It is considered notoriously difficult to reproduce accurately on computer screens.
Date	January 1965
Source	Tobyclifton redrew it according to the British Rail Corporate Identity Manual.
Author	Double Arrow design - British Rail Design Research Unit staff member Gerry Barney. This file: Tobyclifton
Other versions	Logo of National Rail - Used by the organization that superseded British Rail, and is based off this logo. Black logo, transparent background. Flame Red logo, transparent background. Logo in Flame Red colour, with company name. Logo, with company name, all in black.
SVG development InfoField	The SVG code is valid. This logo was created with Inkscape, and then manually edited .

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	13:33, 5 January 2023	283 × 177 (3 KB)	XAM2175	Reverted to version as of 20:20, 30 July 2017 (UTC) Neddyfram's version excessively darkens and desaturates the colour, which in fairness is probably correct for a faded and/or weathered instance seen today, but not correct to the source definition
	15:52, 22 May 2021	283 × 177 (563 bytes)	VulcanSphere	Code cleanup // Editing SVG source code using c:User:Rillke/SVGedit.js
	20:52, 15 August 2019	283 × 177 (3 KB)	Neddyfram	Reverted to version as of 20:50, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
	20:51, 15 August 2019	283 × 177 (3 KB)	Neddyfram	Uploaded wrong file
	20:50, 15 August 2019	283 × 177 (3 KB)	Neddyfram	Changed colour to reflect the true logo colour more accurately
	20:20, 30 July 2017	283 × 177 (3 KB)	Tobyclifton	I noticed that this had the incorrect aspect ratio for the background. I redrew it according to the BR Corporate Identity Manual. I think that the colour may not quite be right yet.
	16:13, 1 October 2016	91 × 66 (732 bytes)	Whistler	More accurate version of the logo.
	15:18, 20 December 2015	432 × 216 (2 KB)	AxG	Aligned the lines
	11:52, 20 May 2006	432 × 216 (3 KB)	Cbuckley	Reverted to earlier revision
	11:51, 20 May 2006	432 × 216 (2 KB)	Cbuckley	Reverted to earlier revision