Here is a quiz that is a bit different. For anyone looking for our usual Christmas Quiz, it can be found here.
The above seasonal message is composed of letters from the logos of past or present operators, brands or, in one case, an aspiring future operator of trains. All past, present or aspiring train operators served, serve or hope to serve at least one London terminal.
If you can identify one of the letters as belonging to a train operating company then put your answer in a comment below. But we do not want more than one correct answer from each person. The aim is to see if a collaborative effort can identify all the answers and, if not, how well our readers can do. As there are multiple versions of the same letter, please reference them using these numbers:
If you think you know more than one answer it might make sense to provide the answer that you think other people will find the most difficult.
As this is a shared effort, there will be no prizes awarded. Happy hunting.
12 East Midlands Railway EMR
8 Great Western Railway GWR, although it’s not too far off from the Réseau express métropolitain https://rem.info/en #034638 vs the slightly brighter and less saturated #0a493e for the GWR logo.
6 c2c
2 Eurostar
9 Caledonian Sleeper (hopefully)
11 Chiltern Railways
4. NXEA, NXEC possibly?
[We were thinking of the TOC but this is also a valid answer – Concord]
10 Thameslink (I hope!)
9 avantI west coast
[Incorrect, although Diamond Geezer gave the correct answer a little earlier – Concord]
Cheat page – https://nr.whoosh.media/app/nationalstatus
It’s my own work!
Correct so far: 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
To be answered: 1, 3, 5, 7, 13, 14
#14: South Western Railway, I hope.
#3: Gatwick Express?
Ths is very sneaky!
13: Arriva R[a]il London.
#13 Grand Central by arriva
[One guess each please – your #14 Stansted Express was incorrect. This wasn’t the answer anticipated for #13, but is valid – Concord]
Impressive progress. Just 1, 5, 7 remaining.
@Concord
GRAND CENTRAL is capitalised
arriva is a company that uses a different font
the a appended to a rail in 13 is for the TOC railLondon – sneaky Joey
Surprised at your easy starter being left
the last two are going to be ones we have all seen and kicking ourselves for not associating
“one case, an aspiring future operator of trains”
1 Heathrow Express
7 is the Operator of Last Resort, in the form of DOHL.
# 5 Evolyn (Eurostar competitor)
That was a fun day (just over) thanks to Concord.
Now if only had the talents for the other one
Well done everyone – that’s everything identified.
1 H Heathrow Express2 A Eurostar
3 P Gatwick Express
4 P National Express
5 Y Evolyn
6 C c2c
7 H DOHL - DfT OLR Holding Ltd
8 R Great Western Railway
9 I Caledonian Sleeper
10 S Thameslink
11 T Chiltern Railways
12 M East Midlands Railway
13 A Arriva Rail London
14 S South Western