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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

The fate of the split-flap board in 30th Street Station – you know, the ol' clickety-clackety thing – has been up in the air for years now. The most recent spate of news came about when the latest ...

There’s little doubt about the charms of a split-flap display. Watching a display build up a clear, legible message by flipping cards can be mesmerizing, whether on a retro clock radio from the 70s or ...

PHILADELPHIA, PA — Oat Foundry announced the launch of Chroma Flap, a modular kinetic wall installation designed for architects and interior designers to create animated, color-based displays within ...