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What's your favorite railroad emblem ?...
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 27, 2005 7:39 PM
Though I own items of Union Pacific, BNSF, Southern Pacific, etc. I'd have to say that my favorite RR emblem is that of the Western Pacific...
I like their colors and their history, and wi***hey were still around. It's gotten to be a thing with me to buy WP coffee cups, tin signs or anything else with it's emblem on it that strikes my fancy.
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Posted by Modelcar on Sunday, March 27, 2005 7:52 PM
....Here in the office suppose it is a 10" square porcelain / steel sign with Pennsylvania RR colors and keystone icon with the PRR letters inside the keystone....

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 27, 2005 8:07 PM
Chessie the Cat!
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 27, 2005 8:09 PM
Just see my signature.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 27, 2005 8:10 PM
[bow]BNSF[bow]
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 27, 2005 8:13 PM
Mopac. Both the buzzsaw and screaming eagle. The Rock Island cat wiskers is a close second.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 27, 2005 8:20 PM
Western Maryland fireball, followed by the B&O Capital Dome as a second choice.
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Posted by passengerfan on Sunday, March 27, 2005 8:24 PM
ROCKY GREAT NORTHERN GOAT
NP MONAD
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Posted by Modelcar on Sunday, March 27, 2005 8:26 PM
...Almost forgot, in addition to my PRR sign we have an embroided "throw" on my La Z boy chair here in the office...It's Chessie and her kittens....and I think that is a nice item too....

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Posted by mudchicken on Sunday, March 27, 2005 8:58 PM
Big 4
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Posted by mudchicken on Sunday, March 27, 2005 8:59 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken

Big 4


A very close second would be the Santa Fe "Chief" drumhead.
Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west
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Posted by ajmiller on Sunday, March 27, 2005 8:59 PM
I'm surprised. No one has picked CSX. That C...it's so round. And that S is sooo curvey. And the X really marks the spot.

And how about the Conrail logo before the can opener emblem. It doesn't get much better than CR over top a CNJ Statue of Liberty.

And my all time favorite are the Norfolk Southern engines in gray or beige primer. Nothing gets me more excited than seeing that NS stenciled on the side of the cab like a packing crate.
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Posted by adrianspeeder on Sunday, March 27, 2005 10:20 PM
Simple and to the point. LV black diamond.

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Posted by railman on Sunday, March 27, 2005 10:45 PM
Far and away (in my book) would be the Milwaukee Road's emblem. The early days, with the many variations of RR Name inside the white and red, then to THE MILWAUKEE ROAD we came to know so well- until 1985.
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Posted by TheS.P.caboose on Sunday, March 27, 2005 10:50 PM
The Southern Pacific and the DRGW Mainline Thru The Rockies.
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Posted by spbed on Monday, March 28, 2005 8:24 AM
For prettiness the DHRR. [:o)][:I][:D]

I also like the Chessie cat[:p][:D][:D]

ATSF war bonnets[:p][:o)][:I]

UPRR [:o)][:p][:p]



Originally posted by TheS.P.caboose
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Posted by scole100 on Monday, March 28, 2005 8:33 AM
Northern Pacific!!!! The Zen of railroading
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Posted by cpbloom on Monday, March 28, 2005 9:17 AM
Chessie System and Great Northern logos. [:)]
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 28, 2005 9:20 AM
CP Rail Multimark
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Posted by wallyworld on Monday, March 28, 2005 10:21 AM
Tough choice. My least favorite is easier . The BNSF logo looks like an aspirin trademark. I have a split decision between the RIO Grande and the orginal Santa Fe logos.

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Posted by lonewoof on Monday, March 28, 2005 11:07 AM

Remember: In South Carolina, North is southeast of Due West... HIOAg /Bill

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 28, 2005 11:16 AM
the various Southern pacific Logo's, all were great!
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Posted by SALfan on Monday, March 28, 2005 11:17 AM
Seaboard Air Line, "Thru the Heart of the South".
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Posted by ajmiller on Monday, March 28, 2005 11:20 AM
Amtrak pointless arrow. A wholly appropriate logo.

I also like how Genesee & Wyoming Inc gives each of it's rail lines a distinctive appearence that brings out their unique character. Or I guess I should say characters as in two characters like B&P or P&W or R&S.

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Posted by chad thomas on Monday, March 28, 2005 11:31 AM
SP rails into the sunset.
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Posted by motor on Monday, March 28, 2005 11:33 AM
Probably PC's worm and B&O's capitol dome.

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Posted by VerMontanan on Monday, March 28, 2005 1:06 PM
With out a doubt, Rocky the Great Northern goat. Appropriate on so many levels. First of all, mountain goats were actually visible from GN trains running along the southern boundary of Glacier National Park; Secondly, as one of the most financially stable and successful railroads (never went into bankruptcy, received very little land grant relative to most other "transcontinental" railroads completed prior to 1900), the sure-footed mountain goat represented the kind of company Great Northern was.

I also appreciate other railroads with emblems that were classic or representative of where they went: Classicly all-American: Union Pacific (and still is). What could be more appropriate for the Pennsylvania Railroad than their Keystone? Baltimore and Ohio's Capitol Dome emphasized its importance to the nation's capitol, and Western Pacific's feather reminded all of its low-level crossing of the Sierras.

The ones I am least impressed with are those that are unimaginative and arbitrary, and the best examples were merger partners with Rocky the goat, surprisingly. The words "Burlington Route" inside a square hardly is memorable, and the symbol of yin and yang has nothing to do with the railroad itself but rather randomly chosen by an NP company officer at the end of the 19th century, and is used to represent countless other entities diluting its uniqueness even more.

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Posted by locomutt on Monday, March 28, 2005 1:10 PM
My absolute favorite is Chesapeake & Ohio's, C & O for Progress.

Chessie and the B & O Capitol Dome come after.

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Posted by espeefoamer on Monday, March 28, 2005 1:28 PM
SP Sunset
Santa Fe Cross in a circle
PRR Keystone
WP Feather
Seaboard Razorback,used on Piggyback trailers
Cotton Belt's uniquly shaped emblem
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Posted by jtbredow on Monday, March 28, 2005 6:32 PM
1. Great Northern
2. SP Sunset
3. Rio Grande
4. Soo Line Dollar Sign
5. CNW

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