Here’s a Slogan game that makes you think. A lot of these slogan appears on HO 40’ boxcars…
Don’t Stand Me Still.
Route Of The Robert E. Lee
3.West Point Route.
4 Around-not through Chicago.
6.Main Line of Mid-America
7.The Natchez Route
The Dixie Line
The Shawmutt Line
Cotton for the looms of West Point.
Spans The World
12.Follow The Flag!
14 The Alton Route
15.Route of the Whippet.
Geez, the only one I can get is “Mainstreet of the Northwest”, Northern Pacific of course. Kev
“Route of the Whippet.**” ?? That would be the Rutland, of course!
“Spans The World”
This has been stenciled on some of the PRR LCL cars.
The WABASH Flag!
Grand Trunk Western?
That’s all I got from memory — [:$]
Regards, Ed
Two of the slogans were used by railroads that are still in existence under their same names, while one slogan was used by two different railroads, neither of which exist today. Can anyone identify those railroads?
is Elgin, Juliet, and Eastern
is Illinois Central
is Wabash (someone already mention that)
is Northern Pacific (also mentioned before)
must be the Alton railroad… what else would it be?
#8 is the Louisville & Nashville.
1. Don’t Stand Me Still! 
MDC/Roundhouse -modified doors
2. Route Of The Robert E. Lee 
Athearn RTR
4. Around-not through Chicago 
Athearn RTR
5. The Good Track Road 
MDC/Roundhouse
6. Main Line of Mid-America 
Athearn BB
8. The Dixie Line 
Accurail
13. Main Street of the Northwest 
Athearn BB
Unfortunately, 50-foot cars were mixed. Show us another models.
#10: I assume they are talking about West Point, Georgia, where the big Kia automobile assembly plant is now. That used to be a big cotton town.
West point is also on the Alabama border. So it might have been an Alabama railroad.
I have never heard this slogan, but I am going to guess CENTRAL OF GEORGIA, although there might have been a local lline I am unaware of.
Please let me know if I am correct.
-Kevin
My guess would be Atlanta & West Point
Wayne
That is an obviously better guess than mine.
I am sure I could research it online, but it is more fun to kick ideas around.
-Kevin
A&WP was #3 - West Point Route.
http://canadianfreightcargallery.ca/cgi-bin/image.pl?i=awp38011&o=awp
Guys, I will reveal the road names Sunday 6/21.
#3, “The West Point Route” was used by both the Atlanta & West Point RR and the Western Railway of Alabama. Together they functioned as The West Point Route, becoming a part of the Family Lines and eventually a CSX component.
#7, “The Natchez Route” is the Mississippi Central, one of the two railroads on the list that still operate under their name that was in use during the era of the slogan. The other would be Canadian Pacific and “Spans The World”.
#8, “The Dixie Line” was originally used by the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis. When the NC&StL became a part of the Louisville & Nashville around 1957, L&N continued the use of the slogan.
#9, Pittsburg(no “h”) & Shawmut. A coal hauler in western Pennsylvania.
#10.“Cotton for the Looms of West Point” was the slogan of the now defunct and ripped up Chattahoochee Valley Railroad which was a shortline that did as the slogan said, serving the mills of West Point, Georgia.
Thanks for the recall of a time when railroads weren’t ashamed of who they were or what they did.
You can’t forget “Route of the black diamond”.
There are many more. What a great thread!
Thanks Brakie.
Greatest slogan ever:
Route Of The Dashing Turtle
-Kevin
Here’s the railroad
2.Seaboard.
3.Alanta & West Point and Western Ry of Alabama.
5.Grand Trunk.
7.Mississippi Central
8.NC&St.L and after the L&N/NC&St.L merger L&N.
9.Pittsburg & Shawmut
10.Chattahoochee Valley.
11.CP
12.Wabash
14 GM&O
15 Rutland.
Before I changed eras many of my 40’ boxcars had those slogans.
Larry: Thank you, this was an enjoyable discussion.
-Kevin
Why can’t we keep it going? Maybe a round 2 featuring billboard cars or some passenger equipment?
Pete