Railroad Map Shapefiles - 1950

From: "Heather Luna" heather.luna@intelligentdirect.com

I am trying to create a map of the U.S. with all the railroads and ownership labels for the year 1950. Do you know where I might be able to obtain a shape file of this to use in GIS? ...

—Heather Luna, Cartographer, Irvine, CA

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