File:Chessie System Logo, July 1980.svg

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Description	This is a Chessie System Railroad logo from July 1980. Scanned from Chessie System Corporate materials dated July 1980 and traced in Adobe Illustrator CC 2022.
Author or copyright owner
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Chessie System Corporate materials dated July 1980
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Chessie System
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	to serve as the primary means of visual identification at the top of the article dedicated to the entity in question.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	Any derivative work based upon the logo would be a copyright violation, so creation of a free image is not possible.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	This is an accurate recreation of the company logo from 1980, depicting the logo used until the railroad's merger in 1986. It will be used only once to represent the company.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The use of a low resolution image of an organization's logo in the article about that organization will not impact the commercial viability of the logo.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Chessie System//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chessie_System_Logo,_July_1980.svgtrue

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