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  2. Chessie (mascot) - Wikipedia

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    The Chessie image continued to appear in advertising until 1971 when passenger train travel was consolidated under Amtrak. When in 1972 the C&O merged with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Western Maryland Railway, the newly formed holding company was named the Chessie System after the popular image. C&O itself had been popularly called ...

  3. O. Winston Link - Wikipedia

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    Ogle Winston Link [1] (December 16, 1914 – January 30, 2001), known commonly as O. Winston Link, was an American photographer, best known for his black-and-white photography and sound recordings of the last days of steam locomotive railroading on the Norfolk and Western in the United States in the late 1950s.

  4. Wisconsin Central Railway (1897–1954) - Wikipedia

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    Wisconsin Central entered receivership in 1932, declared bankruptcy in 1944, and finally re-emerged from administration in 1954 as the Wisconsin Central Railroad. It was entirely merged into the new Soo Line Railroad in 1961, [ 1 ] which acquired the Milwaukee Road in 1985 and was absorbed into the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1990.

  5. Wisconsin & Michigan Railway - Wikipedia

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    The railway also purchased the railroad property of the Peshtigo Lumber Company of Peshtigo, Wi. [3] The W&M Railway was conceived in 1893 by John N Faithorn, a railroad tycoon from Chicago, Il. His idea was to build a railroad connect the iron-rich Upper Peninsula of Michigan, with the steel mills in cities using both railroads and lake ...

  6. Category:Railroad logos - Wikipedia

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    File:Logo of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.png; File:Logo of the Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway.jpg; File:Logo of the I and M Rail Link.png; File:Logo of the Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad.png; File:LogoMetroLigero.png

  7. Clip art - Wikipedia

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    Examples of computer clip art, from Openclipart. Clip art (also clipart, clip-art) is a type of graphic art. Pieces are pre-made images used to illustrate any medium. Today, clip art is used extensively and comes in many forms, both electronic and printed. However, most clip art today is created, distributed, and used in a digital form.

  8. Charleston and Western Carolina Railway - Wikipedia

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    The result was a 341 miles (549 km) railroad network covering most of western South Carolina. In 1897, the Atlantic Coast Line took control of the C&WC and operated the railroad as an independent company. The C&WC operated passenger train service between Augusta and Port Royal, with a major transfer stop at Yemassee, South Carolina.

  9. List of Wisconsin railroads - Wikipedia

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    Washburn & Northwestern Railroad: W&NW 1887 1905 White River Railroad: Washburn & Northwestern Railroad: W&NW 1902 1910 N/A Watertown and Madison Railroad: MILW: 1853 1858 Milwaukee, Watertown and Baraboo Valley Railroad: Waupaca – Green Bay Railway: GB&W: 1907 1921 Green Bay and Western Railroad: West Range Railroad: 1889 1897 Mineral Lake ...