Trains magazine began their Map of the Month series in the October 2001 issue, and to date have published over 100 maps in the series. These maps cover a wide array of subjects, including freight and passenger railroads, both in the past and the present. The staff at Kalmbach is now in the process of making these maps available to registered subscribers online, downloadable in PDF format. Currently over 30 of the Maps are now in the reference section of this website.
I am putting this list of the maps together so people can find maps they are looking for, or subjects of interest, in their collections at home. As well I am supplying links to the maps in the reference section. This leadoff post has a chronological list of the complete series, while successive posts will cover two maps each, with a paragraph or two describing each map.
1. Tonnage changes at the rail Capital 1971 - 2000
October 2001 issue, pages 72 and 73
http://trn.trains.com/Railroad%20Reference/Railroad%20Maps/2010/04/Chicago%20tonnage%20by%20railroad%201971%20and%202000.aspx
2. Union Pacific Railroad, trains per day
November 2001 issue, pages 86 and 87
3. C&O in the West Virginia coalfields
December 2001, pages 72 and 73
http://trn.trains.com/en/Railroad%20Reference/Railroad%20Maps/2010/04/Chesapeake%20and%20Ohio%20in%20the%20West%20Virginia%20coal%20fields.aspx
4. Conrail’s predecessors
January 2002, pages 65, 66 and 67
1. Tonnage changes at the rail Capital 1971 - 2000
October 2001 issue, pages 72 and 73
http://trn.trains.com/Railroad%20Reference/Railroad%20Maps/2010/04/Chicago%20tonnage%20by%20railroad%201971%20and%202000.aspx
The first Map of the Month consists of two maps on facing pages. Page 72 features a map showing the lines radiating from Chicago, and detailing tonnage figures for 1971-1972. The second map is nearly identical, but the tonnage figures are for 1999-2000. Along the bottom of the pages is a chart comparing the 18 separate rail lines shown on the maps.
2. Union Pacific Railroad, trains per day
November 2001 issue, pages 86 and 87
7. Traffic over the Divide
April 2002, pages 62 and 63
http://trn.trains.com/Railroad%20Reference/Railroad%20Maps/2010/03/Railroad%20traffic%20over%20the%20Continental%20Divide.aspx
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8. Southern Pacific’s Lucin cut-off
May 2002, pages 66 and 67
9. Coal plants of the Northeast
June 2002, pages 68 and 69
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10. Passenger-train decline, 1960-1971
July 2002, pages 62 and 63
11. Chicago & North Western system, 1930
August 2002, pages 72 and 73
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12. Main lines of North America
September 2002, pages 56 and 57
13. Locomotive production, 1972-2001
October 2002, pages 64 and 65
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14. Steel mills of the U.S. and Canada
November 2002, pages 70 and 71
15. Pocahontas profiles
December 2002, pages 56 and 57
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16. Southeastern power plants
January 2003, pages 64 and 65
http://trn.trains.com/Railroad%20Reference/Railroad%20Maps/2010/01/Southeastern%20Power%20Plants.aspx
17. CSX predecessors
February 2003, pages 52 and 53
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18. PC vs. Conrail
March 2003, pages 60 and 61
19. Classification yards
April 2003, pages 42 and 43
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20. VIA Rail Canada atlas
May 2003, pages 40, 41, 42 and 43
21. Western winners
June 2003, pages 28 and 29
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22. NS transformed
August 2003, pages 50 and 51
23. BNSF predecessors
September 2003, pages 52 and 53
http://trn.trains.com/Railroad%20Reference/Railroad%20Maps/2010/03/BNSF%20Railways%20predecessors.aspx
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24. Western power plants
October 2003, pages 62 and 63
http://trn.trains.com/Railroad%20Reference/Railroad%20Maps/2010/03/Western%20power%20plants.aspx
25. Amtrak night and day
November 2003, pages 62 and 63
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26. Auto plants of North America
December 2003, pages 48 and 49
27. BNSF’s hub and spoke
January 2004, pages 56 and 57
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28. NS predecessors
February 2004, pages 56 and 57
29. Great Lakes ports
March 2004, pages 64 and 65
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30. BNSF crew districts
May 2004, pages 50 and 51
31. High-speed passenger corridors
June 2004, pages 58 and 59
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32. Union Pacific traffic
July 2004, pages 64 and 65
http://trn.trains.com/Railroad%20Reference/Railroad%20Maps/2010/03/Union%20Pacific%20trains%20per%20day.aspx
33. The big intermodal lanes
August 2004, pages 62 and 63
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34. Iowa abandonments
September 2004, pages 68 and 69
http://trn.trains.com/Railroad%20Reference/Railroad%20Maps/2010/03/Evolution%20of%20Iowas%20rail%20network.aspx
37. Brand name trains
December 2004, pages 70 and 71
http://trn.trains.com/Railroad%20Reference/Railroad%20Maps/2010/01/Branded%20passenger%20trains.aspx
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38. NYC facilities, 1960
January 2005, pages 60 and 61