In 1987, Robert Cottingham was commissioned by the Connecticut Bank and Trust Co. to create a series of unique works depicting American railroad imagery. The following twelve panels feature historical railroad company logos, or heralds as they are referred to in railroad jargon, that were installed in Union Station in Hartford for nearly 30 years. The series marked Cottingham’s first and only public commission. 

From a series of eight lithographs each produced in an edition of 100 with hand coloring; no two works are exactly alike.