Looked at UP's website and found the C&EI logo (the oblong-shaped logo used prior to absorption of the C&EI by the L&N/MP) shown. It is hard to believe that has UP rights (or at least exclusive rights) to this logo -- would not CSX have rights to it as well? This now begs the question, let us assume UP allows you to use the C&EI logo -- must you also get permission from CSX before actually using it? That question asked, what about rights to such "predecessor" roads at the Chicago Attica & Southern? This was part of the C&EI and was spun off years before the UP ever even considered that C&EI might become part of its empire. (The CA&S used a swastika for an emblem -- and no, this was years before the swastika took on a more sinister connotation.) Can the UP lay claim to this logo? In reading the UP's website (_http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/licensing/index.shtml_ (http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/licensing/index.shtml) ), it states: "Union Pacific controls the use of all modern and historic logos from Union Pacific and constituent railroads, including logos that are not pictured on this Web site." Well, that statement leaves a lot of room for interpretation -- and possible litigation. Bill Shapotkin The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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