The Model Railway Club logo

[MarkSG]

It's been mentioned on the uk.railway Usenet group that the Model Rail Club has a very striking logo. The question asked there is, is it completely original or does it reference some older railway logo? And does the current logo date from the founding of the club (or shortly afterwards), or is it a more recent creation?

 

Is there anyone here who can answer that question? 

 

I have to agree that it is a very attractive logo, somewhat reminiscent of the iconography in Fritz Lang's Metropolis. 

 

[steve1]

As an ex-member, I think that it was created when the MRC was formed. It has certainly been around a long time. It was nicknamed Speedy if I recall correctly.

 

Your best bet would be to contact the MRC direct, I'm sure they would be only too happy to help.

 

https://www.themodelrailwayclub.org/

 

steve

[tc]

Hi Mark and Steve - from our Centenary magazine:

 

The Club Logo

 

The idea of a Club badge was first raised in 1923. Thoughts centred on an engine front….or was that to put on an engine front? In 1926 a design by a member of the staff of Basset-Lowke was accepted. It represented a formalised line drawing of the Greek God Hermes (or Mercury for Roman mythologists) depicted looking to the left examining a locomotive pointing towards the viewer held in his upturned hands.

 

This very Art Deco design with its silver outline on maroon remains to this day a very effective symbol. Known universally throughout The MRC as ‘Percy’ (G Percy Keen again - though christened irreverently by the members at large) it has long since been registered as a trade mark. Incidentally Hermes is also god of medicine, transport, thieves and robbers….take your pick.

 

Tom