This may be a silly question, but I have wondered for a while:
What is the significance of "5" on so many of Bachmann's logos?
Does it refer to the 5 scales offered by Bachmann? (N, HO, On30, O, Large)
Hopefully, curiosity won't kill this cat...
Regards,
Jonathan
Is that a 5 or a stylized B ?
Jim
It is one of those logos that can be read two ways. If you look at the red center it does look like a five, but if you look at the gold border around the five it is a B.
I see it now, sort of. That is one super-stylized "B". Thanks for setting me straight, Jim.
Jonathan
Bachmann has been around a long time and the "B" is probably derived from the old German gothic script which is very fancy stuff.
When I studied German in college I had trouble doing some of the reading selections because of the alphabet which had an extra letter or two. For example there is a letter that resembles a "B" but is actually a double s sound.
The Gothic alphabet is still used today - the title of the New York Times is in Gothic script.
Actually, it was originally going to be used for the ill-fated Bachman-Turner Overdrive/Jackson 5 reunion tour. :P
Seriously, you're not the only person to wonder that... It took me quite a few years in my youth to realize it was actually a "B." (I will not comment as to whether it was before or after I graduated from high school. ;) )
Later,
K
Woody the old form of German scrip is called fraktur and that "B" shaped letter is called ess-zett and is used as a double S . John II auf Wiedersehen.
I never saw the "5" before! it has always looked like a "B" to me..
I actually to look at it for a second before I could see this mysterious 5! :)
(http://scotlawrence.smugmug.com/photos/797761473_3o8gV-O.jpg)
I suppose that could be a 5 on the inside..
but the main part of the logo is quite obviously a B IMO..
jonathan,
you are probably the only person who ever thought it was a 5! ;)
Scot
Scot,
Actually, the logo you posted? THAT is the very first Bachmann logo, I've seen, that really looks likes a "B". Nice Graphics. Every other logo I've seen is so cartoon-like, they were obvious "5s" to me.
Sorry to cause such a fuss. Perhaps that fact that I'm mostly colorblind, has kept me from seeing the logo like everybody else does. I can't see the numbers in the colored dots, either. Thank God, Steam engines are mostly black (sans weathering).
I was happy to let this thread die, as soon as Jim pointed out the "B" I couldn't see.
Regards,
Jonathan