An approximate period guide to help you choose your Station nameboard livery.
Circa 1865 ~ 1930 - Black Letters on White board.
Note: Terminus station nameboards in the mid to late of this period sometimes had nameboards that matched the station building and coinciding trim colours i.e.. Smooth Cream, Mission Browns, Dark Greens, Whites and (light & dark) Reds. The main board would be painted the main colour of the building and the letters painted in the high light colours of the station.
Circa 1930 ~ 1960 - White Letters on Black board.
Circa 1960 ~
Station Nameboards now varied in colour schemes from this period onwards particularly in country and regional areas. Colour scheme were mainly based off the colour scheme the individual station was painted.
Suburban Livery had been introduced during this period in Brisbane, the majority of Suburban Brisbane station nameboards were painted with Yellow (Gold) letters on a Blue board. |
