Trackside Guide for Other Cities?

[Anonymous]

I'm with you Bruce. Been looking for a Memphis Trackside Guide for some time now.

[peterjenkinson1956]

i enjoy the trackside guides very much...i live in australia and enjoy reading about other cities and following the different railroads across the page...when i visit america i use the maps as guides.... i must agree with one of the forum members and say too much european..i like the articles about the railroads of central america etc however if i wanted european railroads i would buy european magazines...i would love to see more articles about modern railroadsand less about old stuff, if i wanted steamers and articles about the old days i would buy classic trains...Q.how many times does classic trains have articles about double stackers..peter

[Anonymous]

I, too, have really enjoyed the Trackside guides in Trains. I would like to see at least 2 a year done for US and Canadian cities. I like seeing what is going on in cities around the country that I'm not familiar with, but I'd also like to see guides done for cities close to me. Places like Oakland/Fremont or Sacramento/Roseville. I'm really hoping that this is not a series that has gone by the wayside.

[spbed]

Just go to Mapquest. Ask for maps. Put in Spokane Wa & hit the enter key. When the map comes up hit the 2nd bar from the top on the right & find the tracks & you are in biz. Good hunting. [:D]

QUOTE: Originally posted by saraiva

I am looking for the tracplan of Spokane area to model GN in HO scale. Can anyone please help me?

[spbed]

MHO opinion is that LAX or Colton would have been a far greater choice then Cinncy. [:D]

[TheS.P.caboose]

Talking about the Colton area, in August, 1992 CTC Board had an article about the West Colton Yard, complete with track map inside the yard.

For Los Angeles, I think Sam Pottinger's STEEL RAILS WEST PRESENTS: may have a Los Angeles rail map and guide. Unfortunately I don't has any website information about how to get the address for this guide.

[spbed]

Thanks for your assistance but I was saying Trains Magazine should have done articles on such a key area as LAX [:)]

QUOTE: Originally posted by TheS.P.caboose

Talking about the Colton area, in August, 1992 CTC Board had an article about the West Colton Yard, complete with track map inside the yard.

For Los Angeles, I think Sam Pottinger's STEEL RAILS WEST PRESENTS: may have a Los Angeles rail map and guide. Unfortunately I don't has any website information about how to get the address for this guide.

[Anonymous]

To everyone: there are a lot of interesting things to see in every part of this country, along with some of the webpages that people are introducing to check out; but I checked in with a Steam Railroad group to see if there were any maps of any of the old roads, and this is where they told me to go look:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtm/rrhtml/rrhome.htm. Check it out and maybe you all will find the answers to all of or most of your questions.

ralph zimmer [e-mail]

[shanson2]

Ralph Zimmer suggested a Library of Congress link, but it's broken. Sorry folks.

I checked again, and the URL was changed. For Library of Congress railroad maps, try:

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/rrhome.html

[Anonymous]

Did a Trackside Guide/Hot Spot ever get printed for Toledo?

[Anonymous]

Actually one should obtain is the City maps produced by Rand McNally, very helpful and
you may find more locations not found in a typical guide.