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Pere Marquette Railroad Herald

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Heralds are "logos" or "slogans" used by railroad companies and displayed on their equipment.

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[edit] Fair use in Pere Marquette Railway

It is believed that use of this image qualifies under fair use because:

The image depicts the official logo for the company described in the article.
The image is a low resolution, black and white version of the official logo.
Use of the image on Wikipedia does not hamper or dilute the copyright owner's use of the image.
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