This nostalgic UP shield is starting to show its age as it’s still in the original paint applied to it by the Pacific Car & Foundry back in September of 1980. While this logo was once a smooth ... (more)

Worn from the weather and the hot Texas sun, the old AT&SF logo and station sign at McGregor continue to witness the passing of BNSF freights and Amtrak passengers in 2013.

A Helper unit waiting its next run form Pittsburgh to Altoona.

The new Box Car logo of CSX is lightly painted on the side of a 3000 numbered series engine sitting in Brunswick Yard as it sits in the trailing position of an eastbound coal train.

With its 8-ft diameter Santa Fe “circle-cross” herald looking almost as good as the day when it was applied to this waycar, this familiar form of the Santa Fe logo hasn’t changed too much si... (more)

Southern still serves the South

The iconic logo of the former Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway.

Rolling down the mainline of G&O's Knoxville & Holston River Railway, a trio of EMD's pull scrap cars toward the interchange, as seen from the cab window of an SW1500. Photo taken with permission.

With the merger of the Gulf Mobile & Ohio (GM&O) to the Illinois Central on August 10, 1972, a new railroad name would be created, thus the Illinois Central Gulf was born. Along with a new name w... (more)

Standard Railroad of the South
Built by the American Locomotive Co. Richmond Works in 1919, the logo of ACL 1504 still adorns one of the few USRA designed steam engines that remains in... (more)

B&O I-5 caboose No. C-2075 was assigned to work train service in Rowlesburg, WV when I shot this view of the logo on Aug. 17, 1975. If I recall correctly, within a couple years, it caught fire an... (more)

True Colors While the logo and name on the side of this locomotive has changed, its true identity is starting to show through as the famous more)

The EMD logo on the "new" trucks of IC 6071 still shows as a testament to the first SD40 ever manufactured.

Pointless Arrow Also known as the “inverted arrow”, Amtrak’s first logo could be see alongside locomotives and passenger cars beginning in 1971 and was synonymous with Amtrak until ... (more)

Penn Central
The worm logo, as it came to be called by observers, made its debut on Feb. 1 1968 with the creation of Penn Central Transportation Company. Ten years in the making, this... (more)