Railroad Overpasses With RR Company Logos -- Surviving VIntage Signs

[bugo]

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

[ErmineNotyours]

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.

[zachary_amaryllis]

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

[TheCatalyst31]

Norfolk and Western logo on an overpass over I-55 near Staunton, IL:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/EWznAWjUyB6c5E6t5

[adt1982]

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

[cowboy_wilhelm]

Monroe, N.C. still has a logo for the short-lived Seaboard System.

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, Apex 2, Cary, Franklinton, and Henderson, N.C.

Pretty old Seaboard engraving in Charlotte.

CSX logo near Charlotte. Don't see that often.

[catch22]

Monroe, N.C. still has a logo for the short-lived Seaboard System.

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, Apex 2, Cary, Franklinton, and Henderson, N.C.

Pretty old Seaboard engraving in Charlotte.

CSX logo near Charlotte. 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

[Katavia]

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

[bugo]

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.



Here's one of their more popular songs:

[ErmineNotyours]

Union Pacific logo over OR-213, NE 82nd Ave in Portland, Oregon.

[mgk920]

I don't know if it is still there, but before it was taken over by CN in late 2001, the first non-airport related anything that one saw as he/she drove out of ORD was the Wisconsin Central Ltd (railroad) sign on their mainline bridge over I-190 (both directions).

Also, even through the company hasn't existed since the 1990s, the Fax River Valley Railroad sign is STILL THERE on their bridge over E Wisconsin Ave (WI 96) (both directions) here in Appleton, WI.

Mike

[catch22]

Ex-B&O (now CSX) on the south side of Avila, IN.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/oHQ2yfsv1KnbGTmm9

[Scott5114]

A bridge over I-240 in Oklahoma City with the old Santa Fe logo on it (looks like it was in the process of being replaced last summer when GSV went through).

[Big John]

I don't know if it is still there, but before it was taken over by CN in late 2001, the first non-airport related anything that one saw as he/she drove out of ORD was the Wisconsin Central Ltd (railroad) sign on their mainline bridge over I-190 (both directions).

Also, even through the company hasn't existed since the 1990s, the Fax River Valley Railroad sign is STILL THERE on their bridge over E Wisconsin Ave (WI 96) (both directions) here in Appleton, WI.

Mike

The one by ORD now says CN on both sides: https://maps.app.goo.gl/XXY4uWQFBu7LSq2u6

[ET21]

Chicago/Northwestern over the Kennedy

Norfolk/Western over 111th/Harlem in Worth IL

[ilpt4u]

IL 56/Butterfield Rd in Warrenville under the former EJ&E/now CN https://maps.app.goo.gl/6pvNuysc1Zy5E5se7

Saulk Trail in Richton Park under the former Illinois Central/ICRR now CN https://maps.app.goo.gl/65AV61sYiznduecU6

[Icyhot1111]

US 12/Rand Rd in Lake Zurich, IL under the former EJ&E (CN now) https://maps.app.goo.gl/jrnrg37CmkPX7tQr7

[mgk920]

I don't know if it is still there, but before it was taken over by CN in late 2001, the first non-airport related anything that one saw as he/she drove out of ORD was the Wisconsin Central Ltd (railroad) sign on their mainline bridge over I-190 (both directions).

Also, even through the company hasn't existed since the 1990s, the Fax River Valley Railroad sign is STILL THERE on their bridge over E Wisconsin Ave (WI 96) (both directions) here in Appleton, WI.

Mike

The one in Appleton, WI:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/t9p7YQ9LVsF8DsR78

It was originally Chicago and Northwestern ('CNW'), sold to shortline FRVR in he very early 1990s.  by the late 1990s it became part of Wisconsin Central and WC was bought by CN in 2001.  I'm VERY surprised that CN has not yet 'armor plated' that bridge support due to its modern geographic nature - due to late 20th century abandonments, EVERYTHING rail related to the left (ie, Green Bay) is now only 'back door' accessible by way of a foreign country (Sault Sainte Marie, ON CANADA).

Mike

[mgk920]

I don't know if it is still there, but before it was taken over by CN in late 2001, the first non-airport related anything that one saw as he/she drove out of ORD was the Wisconsin Central Ltd (railroad) sign on their mainline bridge over I-190 (both directions).

Also, even through the company hasn't existed since the 1990s, the Fax River Valley Railroad sign is STILL THERE on their bridge over E Wisconsin Ave (WI 96) (both directions) here in Appleton, WI.

Mike

The one in Appleton, WI:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/t9p7YQ9LVsF8DsR78

It was originally Chicago and Northwestern ('CNW'), sold to shortline FRVR in he very early 1990s.  by the late 1990s it became part of Wisconsin Central and WC was bought by CN in 2001.  I'm VERY surprised that CN has not yet 'armor plated' that bridge support due to its modern geographic nature - due to late 20th century abandonments, EVERYTHING rail related to the left (ie, Green Bay) is now only 'back door' accessible by way of a foreign country (Sault Sainte Marie, ON CANADA).

Mike

Over the past few weeks (since I last drove it), CN removed those signs, replacing them with nothing.



Mike

[kphoger]

Since we're on an Illinois kick...

Not sure if this has been mentioned yet, or if it even qualifies, but...

ELGIN JOLIET & EASTERN RY, Route 171, Joliet

[roadman65]

https://www.instagram.com/p/DHbK_z2Rs23/?igsh=MXJvdWE5aDBjajg1dw==

[TheCatalyst31]

More Illinois stuff
- Santa Fe logo over ILL 50 (Cicero Ave) in Chicago
- Very faded Illinois Central Gulf logo over US 30 in Matteson

[RobbieL2415]

Not a company logo but this RR overpass has been signed for this now-defunct company for as long as I've been alive:
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.410735,-73.5349844,3a,20.4y,319.91h,100.33t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s3UOZWeQGr0YReLpBAqqi2A!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-10.331081434164815%26panoid%3D3UOZWeQGr0YReLpBAqqi2A%26yaw%3D319.91357410490696!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDMxOS4yIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

[freebrickproductions]

Not a company logo but this RR overpass has been signed for this now-defunct company for as long as I've been alive:
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.410735,-73.5349844,3a,20.4y,319.91h,100.33t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s3UOZWeQGr0YReLpBAqqi2A!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-10.331081434164815%26panoid%3D3UOZWeQGr0YReLpBAqqi2A%26yaw%3D319.91357410490696!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDMxOS4yIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

I mean, Conrail technically still exists, but looking around on Google Maps some it appears that line was given to CSX upon the 1999 split of Conrail.

[Bitmapped]

There are Pennsylvania Railroad keystones carved into the concrete on an underpass on the US 30/US 250/OH 3 bypass of Wooster, OH at https://maps.app.goo.gl/Fp4zh7rbSr3tQCcR6.

A couple miles east, there are also Pennsy keystone on some concrete fascia on the bridge over OH 3/OH 83. It looks like the concrete was strictly added for decorative purposes as all the other supports are steel beams: https://maps.app.goo.gl/FqdqjqChLFP2XpV48