accurate map needed of A&A RR

[Anonymous]

I would like to get a map, preferably online, however it's not a necessity - but helpfull - which shows the entire route from Arcade to Attica, including sidings, there lengths and types of industries? Asking for too much? I figure that would be a likely starting point?

I would appreciate any and all help on this matter. In advance Thank You!

Colin P. King

[jrbarney]

Colin,
I culled these article citations from the Index of Magazines, using the ARA's reporting mark:

Tourist line pioneer Trains, April 1992, page 56 Arcade & Attica used steam to haul passengers ( ARA, "INGLES, J. DAVID", NEW, TOURIST, YORK, TRN )

The Arcade & Attica RR, large room Model Railroader, September 1978, page 78 ( ARA, RAILROAD, "RUSSELL, HAROLD W.", SHORTLINE, TRACKPLAN, PROTOTYPE, HO, MR )

Arcade & Attica Railroad NMRA Bulletin, November 1974, page 18 ( ARA, "O'NEIL, TOM", RAILROAD, PROTOTYPE, BL )

Arcade & Attica - Photo Study NMRA Bulletin, November 1974, page 23
( ARA, PHOTO, RAILROAD, "TURK, HOWARD", PROTOTYPE, BL )

You should be able to get photocopies of the Trains and Model Railroader articles from Customer Sevice at http://www.modelrailroader.com. And, you can get photocopies of the Bulletin articles from http://www.nmra.org/library/. Other possible sources include local Chambers of Commerce, local historical societies, railroad atlases for the ARA's era, and Coast & Geodetic Survey quadrangle maps.

And, if you haven't already done so, try a "Google" search.

Bob
NMRA Life 0543

[Anonymous]

Thank you Bob [:)]

[jrbarney]

Colin,

Glad I could be of some help. We're all children of Abraham.

Here's a link to a 1925 era online SE quadrangle map for Arcade:
http://historical.maptech.com/getImage.cfm?fname=arca25se.jpg&state=NY
The Maptech site has the other quads for Arcade, as well as for Attica and the other towns along the line. By the way, if you make a field trip to establish "ground truth" and to visit the historical society, you can get an excellent meal at the Glen Iris Inn in nearby Letchworth State Park (It's just north of Portageville at the southern entry to the park).

Don't know what the current quadrangle maps show, but we used to buy our quadrangles at hunting goods stores such as ***'s, although they are available elsewhere.

Bob
NMRA Life 0543

[jrbarney]

Colin,
Just in case you haven't already looked there, here a link to the "fallen flags" site:
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/misc-a/misc-a.html
Scroll down to the ARA and check the dates of the photos, if you're looking for equipment before it became a tourist railroad. I haven't looked, but you may be able to educe some of the industries by examining the background of the photos.

And, finally, if you haven't checked satellite imagery, go to the TerraServer.com site to see what they have:
http://www.terraserver.com/
Their images give the date they were captured, and, depending on the resolution, you might be able to detect abandoned roadbed.

Bob
NMRA Life 0543

[joseph2]

Here is a link to the railroads website www.anarr.com .There is a discussion thread on it at railroad.net Joe G.