City and other railroad maps

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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I apologize if this is a terrible question.

I have looked a lot of places, and I can not find detailed city (Eugene, Oregon) railroad maps. In fact, I can’t even find any railroad maps. I can only find road maps which lack considerable detail when it comes to the railroads.

Thanks in advance for your help,

Bob L. Young

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Bob
First welcome to the forums.check the hotspots section in this web site.also check the 2000 sept issue of trains.hope this helps.
stay safe
Joe

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Greetings Bob,

One place you might want to try online is Microsoft TerraServer webpage. It allows you to search for aerial photos of almost anywhere in the United States, but is also allows you to view topographical maps which almost always show rail lines.

If you are looking to purchase something Delorme Atlas’s which I believe are available for every state are quite detailed and show railroads. Or a Street Atlas CD is available from Delorme with maps of the entire US where it can be zoomed in to see more or less detail.

Keith Schmidt
www.geocities.com/kaschmidt626/index.html

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You can also go to Map Quest’s web site to down load city maps, however, you have to zoom in to get any detail such as railroads. The zoomed in portion only covers a small area.

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Sometimes those maps are inaccurate, saying a railroad is the Pennsylvania, when in fact it’s NS.

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If you have any specific questions maybe I could answer them.

I’m also in the Eugene, OR area.

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Thankyou all for the suggestions and information. I am slow to get around to things, but I will use this information to pursue my quest.

Thanks, and anymore information that you wi***o send my way will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again,

Bob

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Inaccuracy is a problem on more than just railroad name. Several paper maps available for the Chicago area will often continue to show railroads that were abandoned a long time ago.

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Hello- I’ve had sucess in finding railroad maps both old & new at loc.gov . This is the libary of congress go into maps & then railroads ; locations are by states & also, dates . Good hunting ! ! - Phil[8D]