We are wondering what you think about this....

[MasonJar]

For the earlier modelers, Global Lines would make more sense to me.

Railroads would tend to use Lines in a transportation corporate name to encompass many different companies under one umbrella and lines could still be used in present day operations.

The back story could be similar to the New York Central. It was organized as a group of connecting lines into one large railroad and over time, due to its exponential prosperity, would buy out larger lines.

I liked the Seattle Mariners Compass design presented earlier, but I would stick to something simpler so that it would be easier to print out decals. Remember, conservative was the order of the day back then, so companies wouldn't go out on a limb graphically as they would nowadays.

Even a simple font with the corporate name would suffice. Remember, ordinary is more believable in modelling than extraordinary.

Global Lines has the ring of a holding company, rather than an actual railroad. There are exceptions though, like Seaboard Air Line.

I like the more intricate logos for the older lines - nowadays you see units with the minimum of effort - usually just names and numbers get updated, Many locos and rolling stock carry original paint with new info simply stenciled over. Compare with things like:

   

   

   

So how about this for the older/earlier era:
   

Andrew