New England Trackplans

[Anonymous]

Atention:
Made a mistake on the URL address to the NARA research area.
It is as follows: http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/

Sorry !

Daniel

[Anonymous]

If you can make the trip, go to College Park, MD to the NARA (National Archives and Registration Administration) and get copies of track plans from all over the nation. Visit the NARA site: http://www.archives.gov/

Click on the yellow button "Search", type in this number "587535" (the ARC identifier number). It'll take you to the info page. Here's a summary of that page:

Title of document: Revised Railroad Valuation Maps, ca. 1920 - ca. 1960

Location: Cartographic and Architectural Records LICON, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-C), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001 PHONE: [phone], FAX: [phone], EMAIL: [e-mail]

Scope & Content: This series consists of revised right-of-way and tract maps, station maps, profiles, and related indexes. Also known as detailed land maps, they usually are in the form of annotated blueprints measuring 25 by 54 inches. The series coverage is nation wide and the map sheets contain information on land acquisition (grantor and grantee information) and engineering details such as the layout of track and the locations of roads, buildings, and bridges.

For anyone who is looking for PRR or PC track plans, also visit the Pennsylvania State Archives at: http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/railroadPRRlandmaps.htm
You'll find a list of track plans, etc on microfilm available to copy.
Again, you have to go there to get them.

Anyone in need of Boston and Albany track plans (more like schematics to me), with curvature and grades of the main line, from Rensselaer, NY to Boston, see: http://www.zekedev.com/sites/boston_line/index.cfm

The Maptech site is good too but lacks detail that I'm looking for.

In fact, does anyone have info on the track plans (detailed with industry spurs) of the Framingham, MA area?

I'm planning a model layout of the Framingham Wye (plus North yard and Nevins yard) in Massachusetts, during the 50-60's period, including the Saxonville Branch and Medfield Junction. Any detailed track plans are welcomed.

See pictures of Framingham at: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/
Click in the keyword "Framingham" in the sites search machine.

Note:
The right-of-way of the North yard in Framingham was under NYNH&H and then NYC ownership during the 50-60's - not sure of when NYC took over NYNH&H's right-of-way in that area. Any source (NYC or NYNH&H) will work.
And, B&A sold out to NYC in the same period. So, NYC had right-of-way between the mid 50's to 60's, before being consolidated under PENN CENTRAL..

SO, until I can make a trip to Maryland and Pennsylvania, if anyone has material that can be sent by e-mail, I surely do appreciate it.

Daniel

[bandmjim]

Try terra server, try this link for Burnham jct. http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/image.aspx?t=1&s=10&x=2329&y=24743&z=19&w=1

Search around by name or zip code for other areas of interest, some cases don't zoom in enough to get detail, but a good overview... Jim

[pcarrell]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jrbarney

Ansgar,
While not the perfect solution to your query, you might also want to view the
historic USGS quadrangle maps for New England at Maptech's Web site :
http://historical.maptech.com/index.cfm
Hope this helps, too.
Bob
NMRA Life 0543

OH thats GGGOOOOOOODDDD!!!!!!!!

Another one to be bookmarked!

[jrbarney]

Ansgar,
While not the perfect solution to your query, you might also want to view the
historic USGS quadrangle maps for New England at Maptech's Web site :
http://historical.maptech.com/index.cfm
Hope this helps, too.
Bob
NMRA Life 0543

[pcarrell]

You might have some luck by searching for some of the towns, junctions, and short lines along the way. Pics and maps of junctions and branches are probably going to be most plentiful. Only problem is that some of the info might be date specific, i.e., this is what the yard looked like in 1940.

An example of this is the Belfast & Moosehead Lake RR that interchanges with the MEC at Burnham Junction. If you look at this link and scroll down you will see a great photo of the area taken from overhead. If you scroll further down to the bottom of the page you will see links to trackplans for all the major towns, including Burnham Junction.

http://cprr.org/Museum/BMLRR/

This next link will give you some maps and some satalite photo's. This stuff is obviously quite current and up to date.

http://local.live.com/

Hope this helps.

[Anonymous]

Hello folks,

where can I find New England Trackplans (BAR, Guilford (MEC))?
The Maine orthophotos from homepage http://megisims.state.me.us/website/orthomap/viewer.htm haven't a good resolution, you can hardly see the tracks an yards.


with kindest Regards from Germany

Ansgar