The Grizzly Northern is a 1930’s/1940’s steam era road and its current herald, like many others of the time, includes the name and a slogan, contrary to modern logo design standards.
I haven’t had the herald produced in a decal version for application to motive power and rolling stock, since it’s colours, without a surrounding background, would not standout against the most common GNRy rolling stock colours e.g. box car red, blacks, greys etc or locomotive black. It’s also a bit too complex.
I really would like a herald similar to the Great Northern or the Algoma Central, with a simple colour scheme, without the slogan, wrapping Grizzly Northern around the circumference and with the bear on the mound in the centre. Any suggestions as to software, colour schemes etc welcomed!
My logo for the Rochester and Richmond is in my avatar. I just used Microsoft Word - text for the letters, and the drawing functions for the circle and lines. For the letters I found I could align them so they flowed together. The rocket in the logo is made from arrowheads of the appropriate size. After I had the decals printed I realized why the slogan was familiar -it’s from the Rock Island railroad! Ooops!
My RR herald for the Wishram Oregon & Western is my avatar. The RR runs through Oregon’s High Desert area with the “3 Sisters” being a prominent mountain backdrop. Hence, the three mountains and stylized WOW represented in the herald.
Below, it is applied to one of my lokey cab sides.[C):-)]
Thanks, Jumijo! It wasn’t difficult to do, particularly - I used a very old (2000) edition of Microsoft Publisher, as I do with all of my decals. The WordArt feature is especially handy for this sort of thing.
