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Map needed
Posted by ClinchValleySD40 on Thursday, June 24, 2004 2:52 PM
Does anyone know where I can get a map of the railroads in the SE USA? I'm particularly looking for Tenn, VA and WVA but will take what I can get. I prefer it to be a large wall mount kind of thing for the train room.
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Posted by cherokee woman on Thursday, June 24, 2004 2:58 PM
Clinchvalley,

Have you tried your local library? Also, USGS might be able to help you.
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Posted by DSchmitt on Thursday, June 24, 2004 9:44 PM
DeskMap has a US railroad map and also some states or regions. Unfortunately it appeasrs the only map covering the SE is the US map.

http://www.deskmap.com/railroad.html

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 24, 2004 10:31 PM
Try www.historicrail.com -they have many poster maps of all regions.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 24, 2004 10:40 PM
Steam Powered Atlas has editions for both the Southern States and Southeastern States. I think they should have the coverage you need. I am not affiliated with them in any way but they do good maps.

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Posted by ClinchValleySD40 on Friday, June 25, 2004 1:01 PM
Thanks for the information. Just what I needed.
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Posted by rrnut282 on Friday, June 25, 2004 2:24 PM
I took USGS state maps and cut along the state lines and pasted them together to have a map that was roughly 6'x6'. The downside is that there is more than just railroads on them.
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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Friday, June 25, 2004 6:59 PM
You can get arieal photo's at www.terraserver.microsoft.com

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 28, 2004 12:39 AM
Actually, I find TOPO maps better for railroad mapping, but the ones I found were 1985'ies (lol) and had alot of abandoned trackage.
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Posted by Puckdropper on Monday, June 28, 2004 1:05 AM
The local tourism board of the state may provide you with a highway map with the railroads on it. This will hopefully give you some idea of what's there. (Some maps test your rail knowledge, though.)

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