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