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Trains in Towns Among other cools things on the Big Map Blog are a series of 19th century aerial views of US cities from the library of congress. They might be useful if you want to know what Billings Montana looked like a hundred years ago, but I mostly enjoyed the small trains that invariably appeared drawn in all the maps. And by enjoyed I mean created a tumblr with 30+ images of mini map trains. I realize this level of fascination with transportation maps is usually associated with being autistic or German, but seriously these trains are great. Check them out at Trains in Town. Posted by Nicholas Danforth at 12:59 PM