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What Railroad Symbol sticks out in ur mind the best

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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 4, 2004 9:39 PM
Lehigh Valley RR. Flag and black diamond logo. Erie Lackawanna diamond. SP Sunset logo...

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 7:00 PM
Lehigh New England
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 6:45 PM
My choices would have to be Chessie, Mopac eagle and buzzsaw, and UP wings.
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Posted by oskar on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 2:41 PM
I would say the chessie kitten logo,,SBD ''Z'' logo ( the red yellow with white lettering) FURX,GCFX (color) CN zebra, CP's one light

that's all I think




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Posted by jokestre on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 2:24 PM
Drgw-- Mainline Thru The Rockies, Royal Gorge Route etc....
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Posted by lonewoof on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 1:28 PM
I've got to vote for the big gold "SR" & "The Southern Serves The South" herald...

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Posted by locomutt on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 11:41 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by swajet

definitely the Chessie cat logo and the Conrail "can opener"


For Conrail,I always heard that was "a broken wheel,on a broken rail".

Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 11:12 AM
Ms Chessie, for sure.

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 10:01 AM
I grew up on Long Island. So LLRR, Metro North and the Pennsylvania Railroad.

MTA - Going your way.....
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 10:00 AM
FURX First Union Railroad leasing
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Posted by ajmiller on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 9:45 AM
How about the Great Northern?

I also liked the lettering on Reading hopper cars. The Reading & Northern coppied the look.
see
http://www.readingnorthern.com/photos/general_1-3.jpg
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 9:42 AM
definitely the Chessie cat logo and the Conrail "can opener"
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 8:34 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by csxengineer98

the gonrail logo....opps..i mean conrail
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HA!

HA!

I can always count on you for an early morning laugh.

MY favorite symbol, which is no virtually gone CP rail's Script wrirng on the side of Freight cars and locomotives.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 2:17 AM
I don't see anyone standing up for the wonderful D&RGW and their "Route Through the Rockies" symbol, so I guess I will. Plus I am still a fan of the old UP "Overland Route" shield symbol
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Posted by csxengineer98 on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 12:22 AM
oh yea... another one that poped in my mind....the SP golden pig service on the TOFC trailers.... the pic of a pig with a smile and whereing an engineers hat...got a nice pic of one on a passing train back when i was about 14.... shocked the hell out of me it came out clear being the train was moving at about 45..and i was about only 20 feet from it...
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Posted by tpatrick on Monday, November 1, 2004 7:53 PM
I like the big yellow Erie diamond on a black Berk or Pacific tender. It looks good with wings on a diesel, too.
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Posted by locomutt on Monday, November 1, 2004 7:20 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by trainheartedguy

Ok. Fallen Flags here:
Chessie, the cat sillowette creating the "C" for Chessie on teh orange and yellow paint
B&O logo. the Capitol dome, just look at the eligance of the logo on a freshly painted E or on the streamlined P7 pacifics. That was classy.


I'm with thg on this;but I would have to go further back into the history.
It would be the 'old' C & O,with the "Chessie" and the slogan "sleeps like a kitten"

The B & O Capitol Dome was good,with the "Capitol Route"[:)]

Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!

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Posted by choochin3 on Monday, November 1, 2004 5:07 PM
The Amtrak pointless arrow[:D]
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Posted by railman on Monday, November 1, 2004 4:58 PM
When I went down by the old Pigs Eye Yard a few years ago, I remember a big cut of the Railboxes. They are still kicking.
Course, what symbol sticks out? The angled rectangle of the Milwaukee logo. I once squeezed one of these onto the set of our high school musical many years ago.
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Posted by Junctionfan on Monday, November 1, 2004 4:55 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by csxengineer98

QUOTE: Originally posted by AntonioFP45

Next Load, Any road!

Anybody remember: RAILBOX during the 70s and early 80s?
THOSE THINGS WERE E V E R Y W H E R E !!!!!!!!! Now of course, just like the old cowl units, they're virtually gone.

The colors & logo should be "permanently etched" in the memories of you railfans over the age of 35!
railbox? just about gone? hardly!!!! they are still eveywhere.... and its just not railbox...thier is railgon too.... in fact not to long ago..the train i was running had a block of brand new railbox boxcars.... about 20 of them... and the next night thier was another block on the same train of brand new ones....
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Railbox is still around. In addition to ones with the traditional RBOX reporting marks, there are ones with CNA and SP too. Railgons still have GONX and some have CSXT reporting marks as well.
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Posted by cpbloom on Monday, November 1, 2004 4:51 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by kolechovski

Certainly the Conrail logo....*sigh*...I miss the Big Blue.


I do too but I would have to give it to the sleeping kitten. Chessie System logo will always stand out.
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Posted by kolechovski on Monday, November 1, 2004 4:14 PM
Certainly the Conrail logo....*sigh*...I miss the Big Blue.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 1, 2004 4:00 PM
Guilford's "G", MEC's "Pine Tree" ,and Amtrak's "Pointless Arrow".
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Posted by csxengineer98 on Monday, November 1, 2004 2:35 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by AntonioFP45

Next Load, Any road!

Anybody remember: RAILBOX during the 70s and early 80s?
THOSE THINGS WERE E V E R Y W H E R E !!!!!!!!! Now of course, just like the old cowl units, they're virtually gone.

The colors & logo should be "permanently etched" in the memories of you railfans over the age of 35!
railbox? just about gone? hardly!!!! they are still eveywhere.... and its just not railbox...thier is railgon too.... in fact not to long ago..the train i was running had a block of brand new railbox boxcars.... about 20 of them... and the next night thier was another block on the same train of brand new ones....
csx engineer
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Posted by railman on Monday, November 1, 2004 1:58 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by AntonioFP45

Next Load, Any road!

Anybody remember: RAILBOX during the 70s and early 80s?
THOSE THINGS WERE E V E R Y W H E R E !!!!!!!!! Now of course, just like the old cowl units, they're virtually gone.

The colors & logo should be "permanently etched" in the memories of you railfans over the age of 35!


Railbox rules!
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 1, 2004 12:18 PM
The Rock Island medalion or the big R on the blue and white units. Long live The Rock!!!
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Posted by AntonioFP45 on Monday, November 1, 2004 10:54 AM
Next Load, Any road!

Anybody remember: RAILBOX during the 70s and early 80s?
THOSE THINGS WERE E V E R Y W H E R E !!!!!!!!! Now of course, just like the old cowl units, they're virtually gone.

The colors & logo should be "permanently etched" in the memories of you railfans over the age of 35!

"I like my Pullman Standards & Budds in Stainless Steel flavors, thank you!"

 


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Posted by JoeKoh on Monday, November 1, 2004 10:43 AM
Has to be the chessie kitty.one of the few good cats I know besides mookie.
stay safe
Joe

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Posted by Junctionfan on Monday, November 1, 2004 10:41 AM
CN "wet noodle" scheme and "zebra stripes'" too.

Also BN, Santa Fe, Ontario Northland (chevrons), and CP Rail with the triangle.
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Posted by vsmith on Monday, November 1, 2004 10:32 AM
Santa Fe Cross and Warbonnet

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