CSSHEGEWISCH The Rand McNally maps were always interesting, I was unaware that they went that far back. Two interesting tidbits that I noticed: no through route on the Rio Grande west out of Denver and the Key West Extension is still operating.
The Rand McNally maps were always interesting, I was unaware that they went that far back. Two interesting tidbits that I noticed: no through route on the Rio Grande west out of Denver and the Key West Extension is still operating.
The D&SL "Moffat Route" to Craig had been in service for about 20 years by the time of this map, but apparently that dead end route didn't make the cut. The short Dotsero cutoff mentioned, that joined it to the transcontinental network, was completed 3 years after this map.
aricatI have a Rand McNally World Atlas 1967 Imperial Edition which shows railroads in all 50 states.
I have a Hammond World Atlas from 1953 that also includes rail lines - in fact, it shows no highways. It's also got railways illustrated from around the world, but I've never really looked closely at those pages.
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I've also noted that the map depicts the mileage between Detroit and Chicago to be identical for both the NYC as well as the Wabash, don't think that is true.
And, it also shows the mileage between Buffalo and Chicago to be shorter routed south of Lake Erie than the route north of Lake Erie, and it just seems I've always been told that the northern route was shortest? (or was that just Buffalo-Detroit?)
This map is intended for informational consumer use only by whoever purchased the map in 1931. It is interesting and probably got the mileage from the Official Guide or the railroads themselves. I would certainly not consider these maps to be geographically accurate. Neither were maps pubished in the Official guide either. They might have shown every railroad station of the railroad but were far from geographically accurate. Rand McNally did publish an atlas of individual states which were both geographically accurate and showed all railroads and who owned the trackage. I have a Rand McNally World Atlas 1967 Imperial Edition which shows railroads in all 50 states.
tree68 Deggesty You may also have noted that the map is not quite accurate in its location of some junction points, such as the junction of the line from Salisbury-Asheville with the line from Bristol-Chattanooga-Memphis. Most of the maps in my 1957 Official Guide suffer the same fault.
Deggesty You may also have noted that the map is not quite accurate in its location of some junction points, such as the junction of the line from Salisbury-Asheville with the line from Bristol-Chattanooga-Memphis.
Most of the maps in my 1957 Official Guide suffer the same fault.
Note that it is a 'nominally straight line' map - the railroads between end points are anything but straight, as such it cannot be geographically accurate.
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tree68Most of the maps in my 1957 Official Guide suffer the same fault.
I've often wondered if map makers didn't insert "error bombs" into their work just to catch copy right violators who might duplicate their work and claim it as their own?
Showing non-existent towns, or errors on railway details for maps distributed exclusively for highway use, stuff like that.
In Virginia, the RF&P is shown as "SAL, ACL". This will never do! Also, the C&O, north out of Gordensville, is shown tying into the RF&P at some unidentified point rather than the Southern mainline in Orange.
But, it is a neat map! Thanks for posting.
DeggestyYou may also have noted that the map is not quite accurate in its location of some junction points, such as the junction of the line from Salisbury-Asheville with the line from Bristol-Chattanooga-Memphis.
BaltACD CSSHEGEWISCH The Rand McNally maps were always interesting, I was unaware that they went that far back. Two interesting tidbits that I noticed: no through route on the Rio Grande west out of Denver and the Key West Extension is still operating. Key West extension was destroyed by Hurricane in September 1935.
Key West extension was destroyed by Hurricane in September 1935.
I understand that the name "Dotsero" comes from its being the beginning point (.0) of a survey what was then known as the Grand River.
You may also have noted that the map is not quite accurate in its location of some junction points, such as the junction of the line from Salisbury-Asheville with the line from Bristol-Chattanooga-Memphis.
Johnny
Seems that UP was nothing more then a Regional Bridge line back then
Interesting map. Thanks.
Norm
Found the following, thought some of you might enjoy:
http://nrhsoldnorthstate.weebly.com/uploads/8/3/1/6/8316405/national-1931.jpg
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