#trainbow

[valtionrautatiet-official]

A TGV in a special rainbow livery for the 50th anniversary of Stonewall. From the SNCF website.

[onio-da-possum]

Some worms are woke and gay this is because they are awesome and do not care what others feel

[nederlandsespoorwegen]

Geen trainbow trein maar wel een klm trein. Ik denk dat we onze prioriteiten flink moeten bijstellen

[nmbs-sncb-official]

New Tumblr blog dropped whuut

[uomminecraftsociety]

4. Transpennine Express

Image obtained from: https://mediacentre.tpexpress.co.uk/news/tpe-unveils-unity-train-as-it-launches-tpe-week-of-inclusion

Transpennine Express has, quite similar to Metrolink incorporated its pride logo into its pre-existing livery and it does it oh so well. The main colour of the TPE is blue, with a purple triangle at the bottom so it has kept that, while adding in the remaining pride colours, making it not overcrowded in colours. The colours appear slightly muted, but that lends well to the general design of the Transpennine livery.

Time for a few criticisms. Firstly, this is the first of the designs which isn't so much of a trainbow as it is more of a carriagebow. Most TOCs implement something smaller like this and I feel like it is a half commitment. I won't bring it up every time, but seeing as it is the first, I will raise it here.

Secondly, I always felt that TPE out of all TOCs should embrace the trans community, purely based on their name. For reference, I have attached the TOCSU Phase 1 Part 4.

Part 4 of shipping the different British Train Operating Companies. Transpennine Express is transmasc and he has been in a deep and loving

Now I realise that realistically TPE would never realistically embrace the trans community to the level that I think they should purely because if they did, the sad state of the country and the current politics in the UK would result in people going on about "culture wars" and the "woke brigade". That being said, this design seems to really push the progress pride colours into one corner. The point of progress pride is it is meant to increase visibility of certain communities but there is not much visible by one small corner of what is already a rather small trainbow. If you are going to help improve the visibility, you should commit to it.

7/10

[general-hugss]

Freight trainbow!!!

[nikisketch]

Sheldon riding a train on a rainbow—a trainbow!

[nmbs-sncb-official]

Trainbow spotted in Mechelen, working S1 to Antwerpen-Centraal!

Everyone you know where to be!