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While on the hunt for old maps to feature on the blog, I came across this fantastic one from 1959 (link) that shows all Class I railroads in the USA and Canada. Railroads in North America are classified according to their operating revenue, and Class I is the highest level. Currently, there are just 11 Class I railroads in North America, but in 1959, there were at least 90 (as shown on this map) and quite possibly even more (the map seems to omit Mexican railroads).

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Other logos of note include the Long Island Rail Road (#52) – then a separate company, not part of the MTA – featuring a very harried-looking businessman (Dashing Dan) rushing to catch his train; the Union Pacific (#86), still looking much as it does today; and the Denver & Rio Grande Western (#27), which has pretty much everything you like to see in a 1950s railroad logo.

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