What's in the name. I

What's in the name. I like WIR and nickname it the "WIRE" 

Are you open to alternative names.

MRS in St Louis is the Manufacturers Railway, so how about the MRW or the WHM Could be put into a herald fairly easily with an italic text. 

Whats in a name

Greg

Its your road so pick the name that brings up the fondest memories for you

Don

West Haven Industrial Railway

West Haven Industrial Railway (WHIR)

I just thought that I would

I just thought that I would throw it out there.

Maintentance

The maintenance crews are soo good at their job the locos just make a faint whirring sound. 

I like it.

It could also be Westhaven.

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I was thinking of something

I was thinking of something along these lines, but maybe more circular a graphic. The reporting marks WHIR would suggest a whirlwind of activity (like Bugs Bunny's buddy, the Tasmanian Devil) - something that I would like to advertise as a railroad.

@Mike

I like that graphic but wonder if it is too modern. The layout is set in the 70s. I like where you are going though. 

It is a modern looking logo,

It is a modern looking logo, but I was thinking that if you put it in a circle, kind of like the Piedmont Northern logo, it would work.

Buzz saw?

Maybe just use a MoPac herald with different letters? ........DaveB

I think Don's. . .

Playing with Excel text boxes

W and H show my CT bias. Maybe something like these could be good.

DrJolS

Just ...

WESTHAVEN

My two cents. Following along. Great subject. 

New Haven inspired

Nit - Picking

Greg,

I like your New Haven inspired logo, and I can see how you could like it very much.

I just wonder a bit, based on nothing approaching real knowledge of graphics or the New Haven.

Ir your two letters are from the same font, what I wonder means nothing. But I notice that all the main bars of the W  are roughly the same width, which is not true of the H. Also, the serifs on the W are smaller than those on the H. Can you keep the same total width of the H but reduce the length of its serifs, and make the vertical bars of the H narrower and make the horizontal bar of the H fatter? It might make the logo look more balanced.

Whether you follow my suggestions or not, that logo will look good.

DrJolS

Ditto

I have a similar reaction to DrJoIS.  I really think the New Haven inspired logo is very appealing.  But the H looks like it would if you had started with a proportional space font (so the H started narrower than the W) and just made the H wider.  If this wasn't created from scratch, but done from an existing font, I suggest finding a font you like that is a fixed width font as the starting point.

Here is one site with a whole lot of free slab serif fonts.  Most are proportional spaced, but there are a few that are fixed width:

http://www.1001fonts.com/slab-serif-fonts.html

-Ed

Fonts

I agree with the statements made. I was just playing with what I had. I did find a font inspired by the NH but it wasn't quite right with the W either. Thanks for the link to the fonts. I will play more with this idea and see what I can come up with. I think I'm on to something that does what I want and gives a nod to the old 4x6 we had when I was a kid.

West Haven has certainly become a two word name which begs the question are there a Haven, East Haven etc... I can see some more modelling dollars going to Bill Brillinger for more custom decals. 

noodling around with this...

so I've discovered that there are a lot of wonky variations on the NH logo, but here are some ideas I was toying with for you...

Kicking logos.

I knew it.

Bill seems to be doing the work before I even ask him. That's service. 

Seriously, that's exactly what I am looking for Bill. We'll have to talk.

Era and Locos

Set in the 70s. Mostly first generation diesels. It's a tight budget shortline. Running mostly leased locos from CP. Have to have at least one done in the home road. I hear Atlas might be bringing out their RS11 again.