Conrail Logo

What is Conrail's logo supposed to be? I call it the "can opener" logo.

It's supposed to represent steel wheels on steel rails....

When did the Quality scheme emerge?

I believe it was 1990 or 1991.

I think all new locomotives around then received the Conrail Quality scheme starting with the newer #6100-series safety-cab C40-8Ws, then the SD60Ms and SD60I's and so on.

Who designed the Conrail logo? And when was "ConRail" replaced with the can-opener?


ConRail logo used in early ads and planning in 1975-1976


Conrail "can-opener"

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LCJ wrote:It's supposed to represent steel wheels on steel rails....

That's correct.

Uh huh.

i dont see steel wheels on steel rails.

CRail wrote:i dont see steel wheels on steel rails.

OK. Thanks for your input.

LCJ wrote:

CRail wrote:i dont see steel wheels on steel rails.

OK. Thanks for your input.

Wondering if there was a further explaination, i dont see it, could it be clarified????

The logo was described by the agency that created it as a "stylized" steel wheels on steel rails representation. The round parts are supposed to be the wheels, the straight parts the rails.

Maybe you have to squint your eyes when you look at it.....

just whipped this up!

I guess that says it all...

But what's with the outer ring? It's basically riding on the ties (the bottom of the rail part)...

I always figured the "outer ring" as the the wheel closest to the viewer, with the smaller one being the distant wheel on its own rail -- sort of in hyperperspective.

Each "wheel" is on a rail, but both wheels have a quarter section missing (yikes!) -- and the "rails" end/begin very suddenly on the edge of the broken wheel sections.

As I stated above, it's stylized, and not intended to portray a true-to-life image.