Story - Heralds & Emblems of Michigan Railroads

Trademark, device, logotype)

Compiled by Le Roy Barnett

HERALDS & EMBLEMS OF MICHIGAN RAILROADS (Trademark, device, logotype)

  • Ann Arbor

    • Key (to northern Michigan), then flag with two large "A's"

  • Detroit & Mackinac

    • Turtle, and then Mackinac Mac (mascot)

  • Detroit, Toledo & Ironton

    • Compass or starburst design

  • Grand Rapids & Indiana

    • Trout

  • Grand Trunk Western

    • Maple leaf (from Canadian parent)

  • Lake Shore & Michigan Southern

    • Mail pouch

  • Michigan Central

    • Oval shape (similar to its owner)

  • Soo Line
    • Dollar Sign monogram

Bibliography

The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:

  • [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
  • [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
  • [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
  • [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
  • [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI

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