Make Your Own Drumhead

[Guest ___]

 

This got me thinking. What if you could make your own drumhead and place it on the front of any train you want; what would it say?

[bill937ca]

It's called a head mark or a tail mark depending on where it is placed on the train.

 

There's a plan here, but its hard to read.

 

http://www.tetsu-cafe.com/nippou/up_images/03010302522zumen.jpg

 

Photos:

 

http://nekosuki.org/landscape/index2/headmark.htm

[bill937ca]

 

This got me thinking. What if you could make your own drumhead and place it on the front of any train you want; what would it say?

 

This is different than a destination mark.  A head mark commemorates an event, an anniversary, a last run of a line or equipment or an inaugration of service.  Railways with baseball teams frequently have baseball related headmarks. JR Blue Trains usually have a head mark on the electric locomotive and a tail mark on the rear coach.

 

Of course, head marks for last runs attract platform ticket sales and ticket sales for commemorative runs which sometimes can number in the dozens, but usually with only 200-300 seats per train.

 

 

Blogged head marks.

 

New Years on the Seibu Railway.

 

http://rainbow-line.way-nifty.com/railfan/2010/01/2010-2272.html

 

Yault Swallows - Yokohama Bay Stars mid-summer baseball head marks on Tokyu Railway trains.

 

http://rainbow-line.way-nifty.com/railfan/2009/07/post-8d88.html

 

Another Seibu head mark.

 

http://rainbow-line.way-nifty.com/railfan/2009/09/post-dda3.html

 

Equipment last run on the Nagareyama line.

 

http://rainbow-line.way-nifty.com/railfan/2009/04/post-c98f.html

 

http://rainbow-line.way-nifty.com/photos/uncategorized/2009/04/30/img_6176.jpg

 

http://rainbow-line.way-nifty.com/photos/uncategorized/2009/04/30/img_6179.jpg

[bill937ca]

You can buy a Blue Train head mark mouse pad in Japan!  

 

http://www.flipclick.jp/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=3_23_219

 

[underworld]

Mine would say.....

 

 

So much Rock...

So Little time!

 

:headbang: :evil1:

 

 

    underworld 

[Guest ___]

It's called a head mark or a tail mark depending on where it is placed on the train.

 

There's a plan here, but its hard to read.

 

http://www.tetsu-cafe.com/nippou/up_images/03010302522zumen.jpg

 

Photos:

 

http://nekosuki.org/landscape/index2/headmark.htm

 

Yes, but I'm an American, not Japanese we call them drumheads down here.