Growing up in the Midwest in the 70s, railroad companies were plentiful before consolidation and mergers started. And at least in the OH/MI/PA area, a lot of the railroad overpasses above streets and freeways had that rail company's name or logo emblazoned somewhere on the bridge.
But once the mergers occurred a lot of those logos and names were replaced or simply just painred over/eliminated from the bridges altogether.
I'd like to begin a thread for photos of what overpass signage still remains in the wild of RR companies -- past/present, still in business/long gone.
To start, here is a railroad bridge over the US-42/224 freeway in Lodi, Ohio, built in the 50's. Originally it was owned by the B&O, and the logo was embedded(?) Into the side of the center.pillar...until.CSX took it over. Then they slapped on a CSX-logo sign over it that is now badly faded:
US-42
https://maps.app.goo.gl/TDJpYUMYuPRFTgLq5
Any other RR bridges with surviving vintage signage that you care to share?
Two in MN:
Former Soo Line overpass (now a trail) on Carlton CSAH 61/former US 61 near Moose Lake: https://www.google.com/maps/@46.4593608,-92.7545656,3a,28.3y,48.66h,92.18t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spPXcDrghTLahSrWdJxlqPw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
North Shore Scenic Railroad in Knife River, on Lake CSAH 61/old US 61: https://www.google.com/maps/@46.9419334,-91.7930299,3a,46y,1.82h,103.43t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sU5VUAuxnYPZrrnoxkGpq8w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
The Belmont Subway (US 99) in Fresno still has a Southern Pacific logo.
https://flic.kr/p/2oytY4r
The Rio Grande logo survives on this early 1930s bridge over SR 51 (old US 91) in Springville, UT:
(https://i.imgur.com/DNexNIO.jpg)
Bent KCS logo on this bridge on old US 71 north of Anderson, MO.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.7166361,-94.420554,3a,47.1y,179.33h,104.27t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sgZmxK_e_2604-VV4wH4JAg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu
This bridge in Attalla, AL, along the ATN, retains some partially-painted over and faded Seaboard System logos on the side of which, which undoubtedly replaced the original L&N ones:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.018752,-86.0851365,3a,75y,179.56h,97.85t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sBjyrmGB5nUk_aiYa9vxAFg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
Further south on the ATN, in Irondale, this bridge of theirs still retains the old SAL heralds on it:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.5369559,-86.7104025,3a,75y,351.51h,92.51t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1svnPe4fELO8yt5D0VOi1ZAA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
Not entirely what you're looking for, but this bridge along the CSX Lineville Subdivision in Chelsea, AL, still retains the original ACL branding painted onto it:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.3470428,-86.6391863,3a,39y,242.43h,92.16t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smDzdRtdjuWigfEYLPY10Ig!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
Further south on the Lineville Sub, this bridge in LaGrange, GA, still retains the old SCL logos on the sides:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.0297486,-85.0339076,3a,37y,93.73h,93.53t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1slR_txlzL035Q4nBfIYhVdg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
I seem to recall coming across a bridge somewhere here in Alabama with some old CSX logos on it, but, for the life of me, I cannot recall where that was.
Again, not entirely what you're looking for, but this one in Nashville, TN, seems to retain some old L&N branding and an advertising slogan painted onto it, though heavily faded:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1696665,-86.7828327,3a,40.8y,342.42h,94.69t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sT2SzjgkNzEOk2V3DSDThCw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
I can honestly say I have not seen L&N branding on many of their (former) bridges.
This bridge in downtown Durham, NC, still retains a pair of old Southern Railway heralds on it:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9926201,-78.8992935,3a,39.4y,28.8h,90.45t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sLSxPsOFA4O-TuGVTGRqkzg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu
This abandoned bridge along a former N&W line in Durham also still has some worn-out N&W branding painted on the sides of it as well:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0055286,-78.9032686,3a,41.4y,105.52h,95.1t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTxZ2HDIujQvucIc0Kf-WzQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
Speaking of the Norfolk & Western, this bridge along US 23 near Delaware, OH, on the NS Sandusky District retains some painted-over N&W logos on it, which I'm guessing probably replaced some PRR Keystones at some point:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.3545508,-83.0740054,3a,48.3y,20.73h,93.25t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sDbgdLZgsufD4ZSsH28rGaw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
Again, not really a sign, but the SAL had their branding cast into the side of this bridge in Tallahassee, FL:
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.4375106,-84.2732629,3a,42.9y,288.91h,91.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sDULd-GbZZioXUuzGO11dyQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
This bridge in Waycross, GA, used to have the ACL's branding painted on the side of it, which the SCL later painted over with their own branding, before it was painted over in plain white, I'm guessing by CSX, at some point, though both are showing through now:
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.2118066,-82.3554184,3a,58.4y,297.51h,94.31t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1snu7CILrrBLPWlXyuFbqhoA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
CSX also used to have their own logo mounted to signs on the bridge, but that's since disappeared as well:
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.2118114,-82.3554248,3a,15y,313.38h,102.98t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s4pMWUG9BIlC0j8-E_y7y8A!2e0!5s20130501T000000!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu
Further north along the CSX Jesup Sub in Waycross is this bridge with some old Seaboard System branding still, in much better shape than the example above on the ATN's line in Attalla:
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.2174682,-82.3487708,3a,86.9y,143.23h,91.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxUgci69Y1rUJrFqMJHzlIA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
This bridge in Savannah, GA, along the Savannah & Old Fort Railroad, also still retains some ACL branding painted onto it:
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.0650759,-81.08796,3a,75y,121.74h,98.04t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0FTYi7OBiQzqabg2JBL63g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
This abandoned bridge in Atlanta, GA, assuming it still stands, along what used to be the A&WP's Belt Line, still retained the branding of the A&WP on it:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.7205595,-84.4078393,3a,75y,182.16h,97.42t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sRjvHrJK0rHi3EhIicw8tHQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu
This one also does as well:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.7196455,-84.3933785,3a,75y,177.83h,94.91t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sUgOSbFRD1UvHxsU7Gf1MTg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
Going to the other side of the country and into the state of Montana, the MRL often likes to proudly display their branding on the sides of their bridges as well, I've noticed. Here's an example from Livingston, MT:
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.6627538,-110.5611374,3a,29.5y,276.33h,92.4t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sW5TL5onQp3CFbFZCbwMYJg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
Missoula:
https://www.google.com/maps/@46.8699112,-113.9820541,3a,75y,212.69h,86.47t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s4EmRJCH8B4Oq_i_sc-D46g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
https://www.google.com/maps/@46.9177024,-114.0743685,3a,75y,207.38h,92.36t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1seGTzaUWExRnV5VFXMc-ZOw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
https://www.google.com/maps/@46.9390169,-114.1232549,3a,75y,342.96h,95.84t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s8j1YA3dzVhA8iMNTPvhsUA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
I-90 near Superior, MT:
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.1263858,-114.7940914,3a,44y,337.76h,98.11t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srLILdvYfhF3QINnXkSt76Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
In Fostoria, OH, the former NKP (now NS) and B&O (now CSX) cross at grade just east of Ohio 18. Both logos are embedded in the RR bridges over the road.
From the north: https://maps.app.goo.gl/bG3FVh2DGUhXH7fz8
From the south: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Q9FV8btFBeSMCK368
In Northville Township, MI, the former C&O crosses over Northville Road: https://maps.app.goo.gl/GfWguZ6bmwKLPNX69
A mile north, the same line crosses over Six Mile Road: https://maps.app.goo.gl/KVPSEySDKyE863BE8
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 12, 2023, 11:30:18 PM
The Belmont Subway (US 99) in Fresno still has a Southern Pacific logo.
https://flic.kr/p/2oytY4r
That is one slick overpass adornment. Glad that one has withstood the test of time.
Quote from: thenetwork on October 13, 2023, 08:07:55 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 12, 2023, 11:30:18 PM
The Belmont Subway (US 99) in Fresno still has a Southern Pacific logo.
https://flic.kr/p/2oytY4r
That is one slick overpass adornment. Glad that one has withstood the test of time.
The bad news is that the structure is being razed to make way for the High Speed Rail. It was part of the Fresno Road Meet tour route for several reasons.
Erie with their name in tile over US 46 in Clifton
https://maps.app.goo.gl/87im69FVmE4ekyG26
They also stamped their name into the concrete on NJ 17 Rutherford/E Rutherford
https://maps.app.goo.gl/jDThPM8eJW9q2kCm7
And this side now has ads painted on it
https://maps.app.goo.gl/QMVNmiQKwqMBiAZ46
Not sure how vintage this Arkansas Missouri Railroad sign is, but the overpass itself is certainly vintage.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/1cm9hkNVYvdpuxvHA (https://maps.app.goo.gl/1cm9hkNVYvdpuxvHA)
From a Bridges thread back in 2022: The CSX overpass on the Clarksburg Freeway (US-50) in West Virginia is a head-turner. The B&O logo appears to be unique, incorporating the C&O ampersand that was only used for a few years by the C&O/B&O before becoming the Chessie System. (For the record, the C&O never used this ampersand in its logo).
(https://www.alpsroads.net/roads/wv/us_50/err2.jpg)
(https://www.alpsroads.net/roads/wv/us_50/wrrc.jpg)
Looking back the other way, you might get the impression that this is one of the oldest freeways in the nation. Actually, only the portion of the overpass above Sycamore Street was constructed in 1937.
(https://www.alpsroads.net/roads/wv/sycamore_st/srr.jpg)
Quote from: Dirt Roads on October 13, 2023, 01:05:00 PM
Actually, only the portion of the overpass above Sycamore Street was constructed in 1937.
When was the rest of the bridge opened?
Aside from the US 50 example in Clarksburg, there's one other that springs to mind in West Virginia:
WV 61 at Deep Water has Virginian painted on it. VGN merged into N&W in 1959. https://maps.app.goo.gl/o6ab5Gmhuw3n39Eb6
When I first moved to WV in 2003, "Western Maryland" was still quite prominent on the bridge over US 219/US 250 at Elkins but it's faded badly in the last couple years to the point where it is no longer legible: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Gr4KnqsXupYPPaA3A
At Washington, PA, B&O logos are still there over I-70 but they are extremely faded at this point: https://maps.app.goo.gl/dz2EBNSKgK7qpsW77
Quote from: bugo on October 13, 2023, 03:52:01 PM
Quote from: Dirt Roads on October 13, 2023, 01:05:00 PM
Actually, only the portion of the overpass above Sycamore Street was constructed in 1937.
When was the rest of the bridge opened?
Circa 1960 based on dates for adjacent bridges on/over US 50.
Southern Pacific signage on the Santa Clara Street (historic US-101) underpass leaving downtown San Jose:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.331966,-121.9028893,3a,42.6y,259.66h,96.45t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sA9TD6gwNGx923ivLaWBUZg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
Cahill Station is directly on the left from this photo.
Quote from: MikieTimT on October 13, 2023, 08:59:11 AM
Not sure how vintage this Arkansas Missouri Railroad sign is, but the overpass itself is certainly vintage.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/1cm9hkNVYvdpuxvHA (https://maps.app.goo.gl/1cm9hkNVYvdpuxvHA)
Definitely appears to be a newer one, the A&M didn't get their SD70ACes (seen in the right-hand photo) until 2013.
Some of these are just text and not logos, but Spartanburg, South Carolina (Hub City) still has the Atlantic Coast Line (https://maps.app.goo.gl/sBGPJWLGmyzMhsaR6), the Clinchfield (https://maps.app.goo.gl/PKcvv5rHMV6S2kDw5) and the Southern (https://maps.app.goo.gl/6FDQc4zwpVGAr1FJ8). Two parallel bridges across N.C. 226 in Marion, N.C. have the Clinchfield (https://maps.app.goo.gl/pZoN5dR2j4kinLKZ8) on one side and the Southern (https://maps.app.goo.gl/VoUdaRanLS42NHf69) on the other. Raleigh, N.C. has the Seaboard Air Line (https://maps.app.goo.gl/oabN9EVefrsrU1E46), and Monroe, N.C. still has a logo for the short-lived Seaboard System (https://maps.app.goo.gl/zu771DqNZzBpmJ4j8).
Quote from: cowboy_wilhelm on October 13, 2023, 09:27:53 PM
Raleigh, N.C. has the Seaboard Air Line (https://maps.app.goo.gl/oabN9EVefrsrU1E46)
Almost certainly located on the S Line.
Quote from: cowboy_wilhelm on October 13, 2023, 09:27:53 PM
and Monroe, N.C. still has a logo for the short-lived Seaboard System (https://maps.app.goo.gl/zu771DqNZzBpmJ4j8).
Looks like it's patched over an old SCL logo as well.
I-85 also used to have a bridge over it that CSX was still using and retained the old Clinchfield branding, but sadly, it appears it has since been removed.
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.0308881,-81.8594962,3a,41.6y,102.59h,93.18t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sKsablf9QJf5UYvwKVL9XuQ!2e0!5s20221101T000000!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
Quote from: Dirt Roads on October 13, 2023, 01:05:00 PM
Actually, only the portion of the overpass above Sycamore Street was constructed in 1937.
Quote from: bugo on October 13, 2023, 03:52:01 PM
When was the rest of the bridge opened?
Quote from: Bitmapped on October 13, 2023, 04:02:10 PM
Circa 1960 based on dates for adjacent bridges on/over US 50.
The rest of the overpass was completed along with the original section of what's now known as the Clarksburg Freeway, which opened about 1959 (the USGS map shows that section of the Clarksburg Freeway as completed in 1958). Back in those days, folks called it the Clarksburg Expressway, but it ended just east of the Elk Creek bridge. The western portion of the Clarksburg Freeway wasn't completed until 1977, when Corridor D was extended eastward from Wolf Summit. That finally opened up this underpass. US-50 wasn't signed on the Clarksburg Freeway until Corridor D was extended. For the record, Corridor D was finally completed in 1978 when the fourlane was connected to Exit 119 on I-79 between Clarksburg -and- Bridgeport.
Here's the other canopener in downtown Durham: South Roxboro Street canopener (US-15/501 one-way northbound):
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9926269,-78.899359,3a,36.3y,40.96h,90.22t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCOPjqmnpStsu6C_bupKhRA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
Approaching from the south (normal flow of traffic), you get a pair of Southern logos on the overpass, but from the north it switches to a pair of Seaboard logos:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9930619,-78.8989556,3a,44.1y,220.56h,97.39t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sZZD-QESreF1efo2fYUC81w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
The other bridge is for the Ramseur Street offramp from The Downtown Loop.
I'm pretty sure that all of this trackage now belongs to the North Carolina Rail Road (which is operated by Norfolk Southern). But the Seaboard owned the old Durham and Southern, which crossed over in East Durham Yard to the north side of the NCRR corridor. From there, the Seaboard connected both to the old Durham and Northern (now the Joyland subdivision) but also ran through Downtown Durham (still on the north side of the NCRR corridor) and connected to the privately-owned Durham Belt Line. (For the record, the NCRR has mostly a land grant right-of-way, whereas the Seaboard right-of-way has deeded properties). Thus this weird double two-fer.
Frisco logo on the BNSF bridge over MO 366 in St. Louis County (https://maps.app.goo.gl/bFsfbES61n3k2bga6)
Not a logo but the old Frisco name is carved in a bridge over MO 30 in the St. Louis area (https://maps.app.goo.gl/P37xZ2UZQBuUT63B9)
There are old Missouri Pacific signs over Chippewa Street (https://maps.app.goo.gl/jh5WmJRCdJ2uaKKy9) and Gravois Avenue (https://maps.app.goo.gl/2rRJ84ecg4fokf8F9) in St. Louis, MO
Faded Missouri Pacific logos with 'Route of the Eagles' over Kingshighway (https://maps.app.goo.gl/2rRJ84ecg4fokf8F9) in St. Louis, MO.
Pennsylvania Railroad logo carved into the abutment of a bridge over IL 3 in East St. Louis (https://maps.app.goo.gl/Qx2KaG3BiitJw4Fu8)
May still be a B&O logo over IL 3 in East St. Louis (https://maps.app.goo.gl/Pj5MdQyviE2iCmCC8)
Old Chicago Northwestern logo on an abandoned overpass over I-72 west of Springfield, IL (https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZbvDVeBJso7ypuFH7)
Northen Pacific name (https://maps.app.goo.gl/qSNJ2TB6Vidpgf1VA) on a bridge in Bellevue, Washington. The bridge is being "restored" for a trail, and they've removed all remaining traces of the name which was already bleeding through another paint job.
A little further north on the same line: Northern Pacific logo in Kirkland. (https://maps.app.goo.gl/pnqdyjHnbyTA8hok7) This has been repainted as part of the conversion for the trail.
Tacoma Dome Station Sound Transit Sounder line: Milwaukee Road logo before (https://maps.app.goo.gl/M6WgBNMh5YwA8S7s5), restored. (https://maps.app.goo.gl/NprBBtyfZALEf9Fi8)
Burlington Northern logo above Interstate 82. (https://maps.app.goo.gl/8MWKhDepSqygYFjd7) The newest logo is already outdated and has been removed or lost above most other I-82 crossings except for this one.
The Western Pacific Overpass on eastbound I-580 still has a vestige marque approaching Tracy:
https://flic.kr/p/2hJCL5d
In Pittsburgh, the Wabash trestle over I-376 has Norfolk and Western (https://maps.app.goo.gl/qAgZkpG3CnRRUqxg9). (A lower, abandoned RR bridge below that has no such logo.)
The days of this Pittsburgh & West Virginia (https://maps.app.goo.gl/gp5n1fYW9CRm7FVh9) bridge (with an N&W shield on the other side), over PA Route 51, are numbered. This is because of the upgrading of the nearby I-70 interchange (https://www.i-70projects.com/projects/I-70-at-sr-51-interchange), where associated improvements to about a mile of 51 include widening.
Quote from: Dirt Roads on October 13, 2023, 01:05:00 PM
From a Bridges thread back in 2022: The CSX overpass on the Clarksburg Freeway (US-50) in West Virginia is a head-turner. The B&O logo appears to be unique, incorporating the C&O ampersand that was only used for a few years by the C&O/B&O before becoming the Chessie System. (For the record, the C&O never used this ampersand in its logo).
(https://www.alpsroads.net/roads/wv/us_50/wrrc.jpg)
While trying to look up the B&O logo on the overpass in East St. Louis, I found that the B&O logo on the Clarksburg Freeway overpass is actually from 1937 to 1944 and not the infamous one that uses the ampersand from the C&O font. The C&O didn't get control of the B&O until 1963. Thus, I am back in the hunt for the missing logo.
It appears that the B&O logo on the overpass in East St. Louis is this one (which was used in the 1950s and 1960s, sans "Linking 13 Great States with the Nation"):
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2d/Baltimore_and_Ohio_Herald.png)
Quote from: DTComposer on October 13, 2023, 04:39:06 PM
Southern Pacific signage on the Santa Clara Street (historic US-101) underpass leaving downtown San Jose:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.331966,-121.9028893,3a,42.6y,259.66h,96.45t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sA9TD6gwNGx923ivLaWBUZg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
Cahill Station is directly on the left from this photo.
Now known as San José Diridon Station.
What is this supposed to say? I can make out "Southern" but that's about it.
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.7739837,-78.6557891,3a,55.5y,330.46h,107.23t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sdqcFYqH3aRFAv5pnbiAwag!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
A favorite of mine that has been gone for over 10 years now was the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge over I-65 (originally built for US 52) in Lebanon, Indiana. It served well; I wish the PRR logos could have been saved somehow.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/NkXpmra4MgF2zRUh7
I remember a B&O logo being on the RR bridge over I-95 at the northern city limit in Wilmington DE -- this would be about 1/4 mile south of (what is now) the US 202/DE 202 interchange.
I grew up near there and saw it a lot as a child. I do not know if it is still there, since I don't go up there much anymore, and I haven't really been looking since I have been driving (35-40 years) -- need to pay attention to the road.
What I see in post #25 above here looks familiar so it could have looked like that.
Quote from: bugo on October 16, 2023, 11:34:04 AM
What is this supposed to say? I can make out "Southern" but that's about it.
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.7739837,-78.6557891,3a,55.5y,330.46h,107.23t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sdqcFYqH3aRFAv5pnbiAwag!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
Probably Southern Railway.
There's an overpass with Santa Fe branding in Williams, AZ on Historic Route 66 -- complete with an ad.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/gGKzq37JUZ5yBECH6
Quote from: freebrickproductions on October 16, 2023, 01:58:07 PM
Quote from: bugo on October 16, 2023, 11:34:04 AM
What is this supposed to say? I can make out "Southern" but that's about it.
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.7739837,-78.6557891,3a,55.5y,330.46h,107.23t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sdqcFYqH3aRFAv5pnbiAwag!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
Probably Southern Railway.
It's abbreviated: SOUTHERN RY
Quote from: kphoger on October 16, 2023, 05:09:27 PM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on October 16, 2023, 01:58:07 PM
Quote from: bugo on October 16, 2023, 11:34:04 AM
What is this supposed to say? I can make out "Southern" but that's about it.
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.7739837,-78.6557891,3a,55.5y,330.46h,107.23t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sdqcFYqH3aRFAv5pnbiAwag!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
Probably Southern Railway.
It's abbreviated: SOUTHERN RY
Old photo from the other side and description: https://www.facebook.com/olderaleigh/photos/a.1014461058646179/3159354110823519/?type=3 (https://www.facebook.com/olderaleigh/photos/a.1014461058646179/3159354110823519/?type=3)
Quote from: Dirt Roads on October 15, 2023, 04:07:27 PM
Quote from: Dirt Roads on October 13, 2023, 01:05:00 PM
From a Bridges thread back in 2022: The CSX overpass on the Clarksburg Freeway (US-50) in West Virginia is a head-turner. The B&O logo appears to be unique, incorporating the C&O ampersand that was only used for a few years by the C&O/B&O before becoming the Chessie System. (For the record, the C&O never used this ampersand in its logo).
(https://www.alpsroads.net/roads/wv/us_50/wrrc.jpg)
While trying to look up the B&O logo on the overpass in East St. Louis, I found that the B&O logo on the Clarksburg Freeway overpass is actually from 1937 to 1944 and not the infamous one that uses the ampersand from the C&O font. The C&O didn't get control of the B&O until 1963. Thus, I am back in the hunt for the missing logo.
It appears that the B&O logo on the overpass in East St. Louis is this one (which was used in the 1950s and 1960s, sans "Linking 13 Great States with the Nation"):
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2d/Baltimore_and_Ohio_Herald.png)
There are some railroad overpasses along the CSX line in Delaware that have the B&O logo. I know one is located along DE 3 northeast of Wilmington just north of the I-95 interchange.
Quote from: Dirt Roads on October 13, 2023, 01:05:00 PM
From a Bridges thread back in 2022: The CSX overpass on the Clarksburg Freeway (US-50) in West Virginia is a head-turner. The B&O logo appears to be unique, incorporating the C&O ampersand that was only used for a few years by the C&O/B&O before becoming the Chessie System. (For the record, the C&O never used this ampersand in its logo).
(https://www.alpsroads.net/roads/wv/us_50/wrrc.jpg)
Quote from: Dough4872 on October 17, 2023, 07:53:07 PM
There are some railroad overpasses along the CSX line in Delaware that have the B&O logo. I know one is located along DE 3 northeast of Wilmington just north of the I-95 interchange.
Wow. That is the same old B&O logo (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7808074,-75.5062675,3a,33y,342.49h,93.06t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s5BC_6aX2u5oalDu4ocYKiw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu) as shown above on the Clarksburg Freeway. Going southbound on DE-3, the logo is significantly more faded that northbound (posted).
Old Southern Railway logo on US 15/360 near Keysville, VA:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.0623045,-78.4705997,3a,75y,356.39h,88.69t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sGqfpIZdrsfMr-387KyTIAQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
Red River Valley & Western Railroad over I-94 near Casselton, ND. (https://www.google.com/maps/@46.8741302,-97.2214218,3a,25.1y,229.82h,99.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sB-WIwlsLGCxot196LF2uhA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu)
Center St/US 321 BUS in Chester, SC:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.708337,-81.2177108,3a,25y,319.28h,91.93t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1skH3teHdoTwAAiHleO3q31A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu (https://www.google.com/maps/@34.708337,-81.2177108,3a,25y,319.28h,91.93t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1skH3teHdoTwAAiHleO3q31A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu)
Pinckney Rd/SC 9 in Chester, SC:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.7040698,-81.2397001,3a,21.2y,84.09h,102.33t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sapTYdT_urIrJditksBRRMQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu (https://www.google.com/maps/@34.7040698,-81.2397001,3a,21.2y,84.09h,102.33t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sapTYdT_urIrJditksBRRMQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu)
These are quite common on old Seaboard Air Line trackage in the Carolinas.
Quote from: cowboy_wilhelm on October 13, 2023, 09:27:53 PM
Monroe, N.C. still has a logo for the short-lived Seaboard System (https://maps.app.goo.gl/zu771DqNZzBpmJ4j8).
Was about to include this in my post until I noticed you had already done it.
I wonder how common these old Seaboard System badges are on overpasses? There can't be very many of them because of how short-lived they were.
Quote from: index on October 19, 2023, 09:05:20 AM
Quote from: cowboy_wilhelm on October 13, 2023, 09:27:53 PM
Monroe, N.C. still has a logo for the short-lived Seaboard System (https://maps.app.goo.gl/zu771DqNZzBpmJ4j8).
Was about to include this in my post until I noticed you had already done it.
I wonder how common these old Seaboard System badges are on overpasses? There can't be very many of them because of how short-lived they were.
I know there's a pair in Attalla, AL, and a pair in Waycross, GA, which I've linked earlier in the thread, but that brings the total known up to three.
There are still some C&NW logos in the Chicago area:
Metra UP-Northwest Line over the Kennedy Expressway (https://maps.app.goo.gl/fEdqxsqHC6GXjXou9)
Metra UP-North Line at Ridge & Emerson in Evanston (https://maps.app.goo.gl/wft9RcUjwG2i4NHa7)
KCS over Lakeshore Dr. where you go under the south end of Deramus Yard in Shreveport:
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.5257764,-93.8242182,3a,75y,241.74h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sbVOnfT4Y5LmaTJRyVxK1Xg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&entry=ttu
Former Cotton Belt/current UP mainline and yard over US 79B/AR 7 in Camden, AR.
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.5877645,-92.8273215,3a,75y,65.75h,93.99t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sSdTfkj0eNg1Qt69tmipD-Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&entry=ttu
UP shield in Riverside, CA, along the old alignment of US 60/395.
http://www.floodgap.com/roadgap/395/old/u13/#img_21
Seaboard System sign in Petersburg, VA.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/xqd5jFhmqD7k16Wm6
There used to also be one in downtown Richmond, but I can't find it on GMSV.
Quote from: Takumi on October 23, 2023, 01:42:07 PM
Seaboard System sign in Petersburg, VA.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/xqd5jFhmqD7k16Wm6
There used to also be one in downtown Richmond, but I can't find it on GMSV.
The ones that I remembered in Shockoe Valley are still there (barely).
The first one is looking eastward at the famous Triple Railroad Crossing: https://www.google.com/maps/@37.5319645,-77.4316967,3a,15.3y,117.56h,91.04t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sjdvC9dlg1FQQMQiLSw6ySA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu
The second one is nearby on Dock Street, looking westward: https://www.google.com/maps/@37.5323841,-77.43099,3a,75y,275.74h,100.39t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spuGMSFGtN3LMXBBo0_35uw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
The third one on Main Street (US-60) looking westward from Main Street Station is faded beyond recognition: https://www.google.com/maps/@37.5340551,-77.4295955,3a,41.9y,333.67h,95.99t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYjo1M8S8BLHk4NEoKosndQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
And, the fourth one is looking eastward on Broad Street (US-250): https://www.google.com/maps/@37.5369251,-77.4274844,3a,37.8y,133.22h,92.02t/data=!3m9!1e1!3m7!1szX9eAzo6u1C2QFAmwB0feQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!9m2!1b1!2i39?entry=ttu
For the record, I've worked at each of these railroad locations on four different projects spanning three decades (indeed, there were a few projects that overlapped). One of those projects was also working on the parallel C&O Old Main Line (Chessie System) that runs along the east side of Main Street Station. The Chessie logos were collector items and most of them got pulled down (illegally) by railfans soon after the CSX merger. I don't remember ever seeing any Chessie logos on any the the parallel bridges.
The wikipedia article for the Soo Line has this picture.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soo_Line_Railroad#/media/File:Soo_line_camden_bridage_approach.jpg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soo_Line_Railroad#/media/File:Soo_line_camden_bridage_approach.jpg)
I know this because I drove under that very bridge and decided to look up the Soo Line when I got home.
Unfortunately the signage on the bridge no longer exists.
My all time favorite was the railroad trestle that spanned the I-376/Parkway West in Pittsburgh.
It was for the Norfolk & Western Railroad -- There was a big sign hung on the trestle facing inbound I-376. I believe at one time it lit up in neon lettering.
It has been taken down in recent years.
Quote from: thenetwork on October 26, 2023, 03:12:56 PM
My all time favorite was the railroad trestle that spanned the I-376/Parkway West in Pittsburgh.
It was for the Norfolk & Western Railroad -- There was a big sign hung on the trestle facing inbound I-376. I believe at one time it lit up in neon lettering.
It has been taken down in recent years.
It looks like it was still there (mostly) back as recent as 2014 (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.410677,-80.0731086,3a,47.1y,280.58h,93.4t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1synycefXHPzLnJiuwVktOkA!2e0!5s20140801T000000!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu) (and mostly gone by Late 2015 (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4107029,-80.0731198,3a,43.4y,276.01h,90.76t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sdfDOu7lQA0DC5I0aQPRLmA!2e0!5s20151101T000000!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu)). Same thing in the opposite direction. (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4109663,-80.0740125,3a,75y,153.32h,97.63t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s1ZAw-cN46JlR7o5ZOK_3FQ!2e0!5s20151101T000000!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu)
I've actually driven over this trestle in a hy-rail truck. This line was originally the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad (a subsidiary of the Wabash), and a key part of the Alphabet Route. The N&W leased both the Wabash and the P&WV starting in 1964. So these signs would have been installed on a railroad owned by [somebody] other than the Norfolk and Western Railway. Which was the Pennsylvania Railroad, that controlled the Wabash after the latter went into receivership. When I got involved, this line had been sold by Norfolk Southern to the new Wheeling and Lake Erie (which was also part of the Alphabet Route).
I discovered that I caught a vintage B&O logo carved into the concrete of a railroad bridge in Lorain, Ohio, back in June.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53293451858_d8dbec0e5a.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2pcmSwf)
Here are two underpasses with N&W "hamburger" logos I drive under somewhat frequently on OH 18 between Norwalk and Wellington. This line was part of the original Wheeling and Lake Erie and is now part of the new Wheeling and Lake Erie. It was leased by the Nickel Plate in the 40's, became part of N&W in 1964, and then was sold by NS to the new W&LE in 1990.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1888855,-82.4107826,3a,75y,186.08h,93.31t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1skZ-pNSinDyoJ4zUorEGaPg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1695205,-82.2747958,3a,75y,264.27h,104.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s68cQWO7l88lLfX89JEdxCw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
This one isn't an overpass, but rather a bridge, but it has a company logo on it and you can see it easily from old US 89:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.0800304,-112.406614,3a,77.7y,254.32h,90.34t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sIE_af7gnHkZeklegHe45LQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DIE_af7gnHkZeklegHe45LQ%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D103.55351%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53429147442_b8f4fb880f_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2ppmm6h)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53430229043_f1c0d1e231_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2pprTBz)
Stretching the topic a bit. You never said the bridge had to be over a road!
This is the BNSF bridge over the Duwamish Waterway south of Harbor Island in Seattle, under the notorious West Seattle Bridge. Retained as part of the bridge is the heritage Northern Pacific logo.
Centerra Parkway (I hate that name. We all know you're really CR 5), on the east side of Loveland.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/CNy7BAfLoTc7LahVA (https://maps.app.goo.gl/CNy7BAfLoTc7LahVA)
Norfolk and Western logo on an overpass over I-55 near Staunton, IL:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/EWznAWjUyB6c5E6t5
Norfolk and Western logo over Eldorado Street (former US 36) in Decatur, IL
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Gbh4Wt1YYXzxFust7
ICRR over I-55 near Edwardsville, IL
https://maps.app.goo.gl/3ZZqd27zG53iJUoV6
ICRR over former US 66 near Litchfield, IL
https://maps.app.goo.gl/cHpRSY7Rn7yM45rq9
Burlington Northern logo over I-57 near West Frankfort, IL
https://maps.app.goo.gl/aDW683ZmRcbue1KP6
ICRR over I-55 at Springfield, IL
https://maps.app.goo.gl/ash867Z6SZ3dDZRN9
ICRR over Stevenson Drive at Springfield, IL
https://maps.app.goo.gl/bEAGVaFSXevTCqF76
ICRR over I-55 at Springfield, IL
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Hira52PucGVBJ7QXA
Quote from: freebrickproductions on October 19, 2023, 01:54:15 PM
Quote from: index on October 19, 2023, 09:05:20 AM
Quote from: cowboy_wilhelm on October 13, 2023, 09:27:53 PM
Monroe, N.C. still has a logo for the short-lived Seaboard System (https://maps.app.goo.gl/zu771DqNZzBpmJ4j8).
Was about to include this in my post until I noticed you had already done it.
I wonder how common these old Seaboard System badges are on overpasses? There can't be very many of them because of how short-lived they were.
I know there's a pair in Attalla, AL, and a pair in Waycross, GA, which I've linked earlier in the thread, but that brings the total known up to three.
Apex 1 (https://maps.app.goo.gl/SZvRvUzP1DnTDLoq5), Apex 2 (https://maps.app.goo.gl/nSSM79nYwq1GfyKx8), Cary (https://maps.app.goo.gl/xmQDksZC4Zhj33Ly9), Franklinton (https://maps.app.goo.gl/NeMNotRMfaf3PPzy7), and Henderson (https://maps.app.goo.gl/QWpwDgbtPFCQ1M9D6), N.C.
Pretty old Seaboard engraving (https://maps.app.goo.gl/zsGRWcTTYJS2tFtNA) in Charlotte.
CSX logo near Charlotte (https://maps.app.goo.gl/aPui3pvhGAEV5vpz8). Don't see that often.
Quote from: cowboy_wilhelm on January 04, 2024, 09:01:35 PM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on October 19, 2023, 01:54:15 PM
Quote from: index on October 19, 2023, 09:05:20 AM
Quote from: cowboy_wilhelm on October 13, 2023, 09:27:53 PM
Monroe, N.C. still has a logo for the short-lived Seaboard System (https://maps.app.goo.gl/zu771DqNZzBpmJ4j8).
Was about to include this in my post until I noticed you had already done it.
I wonder how common these old Seaboard System badges are on overpasses? There can't be very many of them because of how short-lived they were.
I know there's a pair in Attalla, AL, and a pair in Waycross, GA, which I've linked earlier in the thread, but that brings the total known up to three.
Apex 1 (https://maps.app.goo.gl/SZvRvUzP1DnTDLoq5), Apex 2 (https://maps.app.goo.gl/nSSM79nYwq1GfyKx8), Cary (https://maps.app.goo.gl/xmQDksZC4Zhj33Ly9), Franklinton (https://maps.app.goo.gl/NeMNotRMfaf3PPzy7), and Henderson (https://maps.app.goo.gl/QWpwDgbtPFCQ1M9D6), N.C.
Pretty old Seaboard engraving (https://maps.app.goo.gl/zsGRWcTTYJS2tFtNA) in Charlotte.
CSX logo near Charlotte (https://maps.app.goo.gl/aPui3pvhGAEV5vpz8). Don't see that often.
Speaking of CSX logos, here's one that's faded into a ghost. This was nailed up over an existing B&O logo (still peeking around the edges). US 42/224, west of Lodi, OH.
From the south: https://maps.app.goo.gl/EbQXYLmkVizgdcA9A
From the north: https://maps.app.goo.gl/krFWMBnw5fEBTkhq7
Old "ALEXANDER R.R." sign on I-40 bridge (probably subsumed into Norfolk-Southern at this point) - Statesville NC
https://maps.app.goo.gl/5u8jH8nyePuqVsEi7 (https://maps.app.goo.gl/5u8jH8nyePuqVsEi7)
Oklahoma country legends Cross Canadian Ragweed patterned their logo on the old Cotton Belt logo. Great band. I hate modern Nashville country, but these guys are awesome. Cody Canada was heavily influenced by Pearl Jam and Nirvana, and you can hear it in the music.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53453723422_bebfcd5633_z.jpg)
Here's one of their more popular songs: