Any one know if there are any detailed railroad maps that show sidings, yards, spurs etc.
N.D.
For most people’s use, try looking at SPV’s Rail Atlasses for a given state (rough scale of 1" = 20 miles)… They do fairly well with an occasional mistake/blunder locating active and abandoned lines. For a little more detail, try looking at a USGS quad sheet for a given area. Anything more dtailed than that and you wind up looking at railroad cadastre which can cost $40-50 a sheet whether you are qualified to purchase it from the railroad or get the 1920 version out of the national archives (Archives-2, Rockville, MD)… Your local GIS agency (example: county assessor)may have something, but most likely it’s junk not worth the paper it’s printed on.
Thanks you helped me alot!!!
N.D.
Here’s another idea. Check out www.terraserver.com
There you will find topo.maps, plus aerial photos of anywhere in the U.S. Great site!
Todd C.
Thanks I will have to check it out!!!
N.D.
Anyone familiar with the I.C.C. valuation maps that were done in the 1920’s that covered just about everything in RR erxistance at the time. I have only seen a few in my day and I understand that they may have gone to the Library of Congress. I would like to see a source for these.
All ICC Val Maps that have survived plus land schedules, field notes, photographs, etc. are at National Archives II at College Park/Rockville, MD. (University of MD campus in a HUGE building)…You’ll need a vendor to pull and copy the stuff (Archives staff is small, getting smaller and VERY territorial)…If you’ve got $$$ to spend, talk to Cyndy Gilley at Do-You Graphics in Woodbine, MD (www.do-you.tv) to pull what you’re looking for. Also take a look at Archives’ David Pfiefer “Reference Information Paper - 91” that is posted on the web under the National Railway Locomotive & Historical Society website.
Maps are mostly 1914-1919
Archives II also has BLM/GLO filing maps for railroads built after 1870, mostly West of the Mississippi including many that were never built.