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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by cabbage [img]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sheila.capella/cabbage/cpr-coat.gif[/img] Speaking technically -I do heraldry as a small hobby . What you are looking at is a coat of arms. The Herald is the person drawing the coat of arms. The Shield is Blue and yellow -the colour of cables for DC of changing polarity. There are two dragon flies with lightening bolts to show the two buzzing bogies of an articulated loco. The shield is surmounted by a Beast made of a Frog and a Butterfly. This indicates the number of frogs that had to be kissed in order to get it to work and the hope that from this ugly mess some form of beautiful butterfly will emerge. It sniffs a dog rose -symbolising the thorns that were there when I started and the dogged determination that I have that flowers will soon bloom there. The motto is in English -standing for 'what is fated to be' -as in 'the wierd is upon me'. It also fits the look of the locos and lokeys. regards ralph [/quote] Ahh, now what makes you think that I didn't mean a "parade of heralds" as a parade persons who have drawn their own. I had to choose my words carefully, in the US the banner of a Railway is often called a herald...and as you have said...a person who participates in the origin of such monikers is also a herald. Thus a double meaning!! Thanks for the input, do you limit your heraldry to the British Isles and France? Could you find a blazon for Carrales? I think it is something like a capital F surrounded by five stars with a yellow saltire(sp) on a red background. This was told to me by my grandfather...thus I know little about it.
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