Story - Railroad Emblem Shapes

Compiled by Le Roy Barnett

SHAPES OF EMBLEMS (Like Union Pacific Shield, Chessie Kitten, Sante Fe Cross)

  • Ann Arbor

    • Key (T,AA&NM), then flag

  • Chicago & North Western

    • Circle with diagonal bar through it

  • Detroit & Mackinac

    • Circle

  • Detroit & Toledo Shore Line

    • Tilted parallelogram

  • Detroit, Toledo & Ironton

    • Circle with four-sided star

  • Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic

    • Split parallelogram

  • Grand Rapids & Indiana

    • Oval

  • Grand Trunk Western

    • Maple leaf, then skewed square

  • Pere Marquette

    • rectangle

  • Soo Line

    • oblique parallelogram

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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