A short but highly detailed documentary by [Krzysztof Tyszecki] explores the split-flap display system in place at the Łódź Kaliska train station in Poland as well as the efforts needed by the staff ...

Standing in the Gare du Nord train station in Paris in 2012, Dorrian Porter was transfixed by a sign. The station’s arrivals and departures board—a classic split-flap analog sign that constantly turns ...

The iconic split-flap board at 30th Street Station was removed this past weekend, but with any luck a new (and similarly noisy) board will take its place. While the novelty of the original, vintage ...

This article originally appeared on PlanPhilly. As Philadelphia mourns the pending loss of Amtrak’s beloved clackety departure board at 30th Street Station, one local business has stepped into the ...

Philadelphia's famous Solari split-flap board, the centerpiece of 30th Street Amtrak station, is officially departing. Crews were spotted at 30th Street Station on Thursday night beginning to ...

That familiar sound has grabbed the attention of people passing through the doors of 30th Street Station for nearly two generations. The Amtrak station's split-flap train status board is famously ...

LED and LCD displays are a technological marvel. They’ve brought the price of televisions and monitors down to unheard-of levels since the days of CRTs, but this upside arguably comes with an ...

Passengers and history buffs worried about the fate of the iconic split-flap schedule board at Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station got a new reason to hope Monday. According to U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle, ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Changes are underway at 30th Street Station as the iconic split-flap board was removed Saturday night. The historic schedule board, with its distinctive whirring, click-clacking ...

The nostalgic flap signs that once filled Penn Station and train stations around the world are now being brought back by a Philadelphia-based company, Oat Foundry. Specializing in “cool,” unique ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Action News has learned that the iconic split-flap signboard at 30th Street Station will be removed from the train station this weekend. Work was done late Thursday to remove ...

Image Caption: At around 100 sq. ft and 42,000 flaps, Oat Foundry's custom-branded Split Flap board can accommodate over 1,500 characters. The display's modular design allows it to be scaled for a ...