Originally posted by topa565 [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Chris_S68 Member sinceMarch 2005 71 posts Posted by Chris_S68 on Thursday, July 14, 2005 12:21 PM Check out USA PhotoMaps: http://jdmcox.com/ A handy and easy to use front-end for Microsoft's TerraServer site. Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 8, 2005 5:13 PM This is pretty neat, thought it could be relavant....... http://terraserver.microsoft.com/default.aspx Go check it out! [;)] Reply Edit TheS.P.caboose Member sinceMarch 2005 From: Canoga Park (Los Angeles) 494 posts Posted by TheS.P.caboose on Friday, April 22, 2005 6:12 PM I usually go to maps.google.com. It's pretty good. It can be used as a street map or click on the satelite area and you can see an arial view. Regards Gary Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Friday, April 22, 2005 6:49 AM Thanks neat site [:o)][:D] Originally posted by ralph zimmer [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 22, 2005 12:30 AM Hey guys, there is another way to find a lot of information regarding trains, and railroads, etc. Go to www.RailroadData.com. I found this one by reading different things on the forums and found that It covers over 5000 different items relating to railroads, and anything associated with railroads. Check it out and have fun searching for what you are looking for. ralph zimmer ralphn9kym@aol.com (new email address) Reply Edit spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Monday, March 14, 2005 7:31 AM I use Mapquest or Yahoo maps. [:D] QUOTE: Originally posted by topa565 I'd like to know where I could find maps of local railroads. I live in the York, Pa area and i'd like to find maps of the local system to help me make a layout. I know this was part of the Conrail system and I have a large map of that system but I would like a more detailed map of the local system. Specific internet sites would be helpful. Thanks Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 13, 2005 12:36 PM topt565 send me any location you wi***o have a topo map, including the railroads, and I will email it to you directly. I have topos for the entire USA....just need a detailed location, including state, and I will send off various maps.... Reply Edit siberianmo Member sinceFebruary 2004 From: Chesterfield, Missouri, USA 7,214 posts Posted by siberianmo on Saturday, March 12, 2005 11:53 AM topa565QUOTE: I'd like to know where I could find maps of local railroads. I live in the York, Pa area and i'd like to find maps of the local system to help me make a layout. I know this was part of the Conrail system and I have a large map of that system but I would like a more detailed map of the local system. Specific internet sites would be helpful. Thanks Topa565 - Thanx for asking the question - the answers provide some great sources for the maps![tup] Really appreciate this info as I have always wondered about this, but somehow never followed up on it ...... I will use the maps for passenger rail trips between "here and there." See ya![:)] Happy Railroading! Siberianmo Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 11, 2005 10:34 PM DeLorme Topo USA makes maps for your computer which allows you to print out every railroad track in the country. You can minipulate each page with just the area you want to visit . I use it for every trip away from my local area and it really helps. I crossed the country following the Union Pacific all the way to Wisconsin from Neveda....never missed a road or railroad highlight. Check it out on the web...... Reply Edit Allen Jenkins Member sinceOctober 2003 From: United States of America, Tennessee, Cookeville 408 posts Posted by Allen Jenkins on Friday, May 14, 2004 12:04 AM Topa565, I found, in a Walmart, around the checkout isles, ('other side from the candy), topographic maps for the state the store is located. I think they are DeLorme maps,about twenty dollars. They look like road maps, however they are highly detailed, and at least identify the present owner of the railroad rights-of-way. The major roads are identified, county and secondary roads are not, but every road is there, including the electrical power transmission lines, and with extreme accuracy. These maps are updated yearly, so by contacting the publisher at http://www.delorme.com/ , you can request, for a fee, the timespan you wi***o model. Consider too, the TrainzSimmers' are using digital elevation maps to re-create the lay of the land in 3D. That's a pretty heavy learning curve, just depending on how much you want to do. Enjoy Your Mapping! Allen/Backyard Reply mudchicken Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Denver / La Junta 10,820 posts Posted by mudchicken on Thursday, May 13, 2004 11:33 PM Colorado Railroad Museum has begun to release reduced sized sets of ICC Valuation Maps (1919-1926) for interesting parts of D&RG narrow gauge empire, starting with what is now the centerpiece of the Durango & Silverton along with the Cumbres & Toltec Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 13, 2004 7:54 PM If you need a USGS Topo map of York, I can create one in the NGS Topo software for PA and either email a large JPEG to you or put it in the Files Section of http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/nshbgdiv/ Dave Kerr Moderator NS Harrisburg Division http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/nshbgdiv/ Reply Edit Valleyline Member sinceJanuary 2001 From: US 71 posts Posted by Valleyline on Wednesday, May 5, 2004 7:02 AM I swear by DeLorme's "Street Atlas 2004 USA" software for excellent maps showing RR facilities. It costs a few bucks, but it shows all US railroads in detail in addition to all of the out of the way highways and back roads to reach them. It's an excellent resource for creating computer printed maps, in a varity of scales, of unfamiliar or new territory. Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 25, 2004 3:30 PM For color arial photos try www.globexplorer.com their actual business is selling this images, so they have a water all over them, but for your purposes they may do fairly well. Also the unh site does have Pennsylvania topos, at least east of the Susquahanna, never needed them west of it. Reply Edit kgrantl Member sinceAugust 2003 2 posts Posted by kgrantl on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 12:30 PM never press enter after "tab" I have to remember this. D Cramer ,Wisconsin :http://trainsite.8m.com has a catalog available or you can go to the track chart section to see if he has something available for sale Reply kgrantl Member sinceAugust 2003 2 posts Posted by kgrantl on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 12:25 PM Dave Cramer in Wisconsin has a web-site that lists Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 11, 2004 3:35 PM If you want to find a map of the New Jersey Transit Line's go to http://www.geocities.com/transit383/njtmap.jpg Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 24, 2004 8:32 AM You can get DeLormes from Amazon for around $14ea. Get a couple and get free shipping. Beats going to Walmart. Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 5, 2004 3:28 PM Both Western Carolina U and App State in NC have en exstensive USGS map collection with several old an new copies of each. It is interesting to put them side by side and look at what has changed since the maps where done. Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 5, 2004 11:56 AM The post by Dough above reminded me of the University of New Hampshire site, listed below, that contains old USGS maps for several time frames of New England . Unfortunately, they go west only to New York. Perhaps U Penn has a similar site. http://docs.unh.edu/nhtopos/nhtopos.htm Art Schlosser Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 20, 2004 2:44 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by joseph2 Walmart has Delorme Atlases for individual states. These are a smaller version of the USGS maps and I would recommend to everyone to at least have one of your state. Good call on that, joseph2[8D]! I had completely forgotten about those! Mapquest.com will also show railroads once you zoom to a close enough level, however, these maps are not very large.[:(] Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 14, 2004 5:20 PM The Sanborn maps provide very useful period information, and, yes, they generally show track, including sidings and spurs in urban areas. They also provide info on building sizes, construction and location. Also try some of the local photo collections in the area in which you are interested. Low altitude aviation charts are also useful for rural areas. Good luck. Reply Edit joseph2 Member sinceJanuary 2003 From: indiana 792 posts Posted by joseph2 on Saturday, February 14, 2004 10:04 AM Walmart has Delorme Atlases for individual states.I have one of Indiana,it shows a lot of detail plus abandoned railroads,doesn't tell their names though.Cost $20,is in the hunting and camping section of the store. Reply Dough Member sinceMarch 2002 From: Athens, GA 549 posts Posted by Dough on Thursday, February 12, 2004 4:51 PM The University of Georgia's map collection is fairly extensive and includes the Sanborn Insurance Maps. I have never looked at them however. What would they have about railroads? I know that they go into great detail on houses, for insurance purposes, but do they include actual track? Also I have found many enginering maps on Ebay that seem to be quite extensive. And many of them are in the northeast. The one for Frontier yard was crazy. Unfortunatly, I still haven't been able to find a really good source for GA yet. Edit: Check out this link:http://www.stores.ebay.com/modelgraphicarts/plistings/list/all/dept1/index.html I don't know if they have anything next to you, but they do have some really good maps. And check back often, I just noticed that they have added a NS Alabama map...Getting closer! And it may be worth an email to see if they have some that are not listed. Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 12, 2004 2:36 AM Another good source for maps is your local library. If the library is large enough it may have a USGS map colloection. I would also check the closest college or university. Most university/college libraries have a USGS map collection for students to reference. If you're an alumni you can probably get in for free, or by paying a fee. Hope this works for you! Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 13, 2003 2:16 PM Thanks for the info Mark. I tried the terraserver site and I agree it is very tedious to use. Free is not really an issue, although free is always nice if it serves the purpose.[:)] I've been looking on Ebay but what I want is pretty specific and I don't think I'll be lucky enough to find it on there. I guess the next step will be the historical society. Thanks again. Reply Edit 12 Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
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Originally posted by ralph zimmer [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 22, 2005 12:30 AM Hey guys, there is another way to find a lot of information regarding trains, and railroads, etc. Go to www.RailroadData.com. I found this one by reading different things on the forums and found that It covers over 5000 different items relating to railroads, and anything associated with railroads. Check it out and have fun searching for what you are looking for. ralph zimmer ralphn9kym@aol.com (new email address) Reply Edit spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Monday, March 14, 2005 7:31 AM I use Mapquest or Yahoo maps. [:D] QUOTE: Originally posted by topa565 I'd like to know where I could find maps of local railroads. I live in the York, Pa area and i'd like to find maps of the local system to help me make a layout. I know this was part of the Conrail system and I have a large map of that system but I would like a more detailed map of the local system. Specific internet sites would be helpful. Thanks Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 13, 2005 12:36 PM topt565 send me any location you wi***o have a topo map, including the railroads, and I will email it to you directly. I have topos for the entire USA....just need a detailed location, including state, and I will send off various maps.... Reply Edit siberianmo Member sinceFebruary 2004 From: Chesterfield, Missouri, USA 7,214 posts Posted by siberianmo on Saturday, March 12, 2005 11:53 AM topa565QUOTE: I'd like to know where I could find maps of local railroads. I live in the York, Pa area and i'd like to find maps of the local system to help me make a layout. I know this was part of the Conrail system and I have a large map of that system but I would like a more detailed map of the local system. Specific internet sites would be helpful. Thanks Topa565 - Thanx for asking the question - the answers provide some great sources for the maps![tup] Really appreciate this info as I have always wondered about this, but somehow never followed up on it ...... I will use the maps for passenger rail trips between "here and there." See ya![:)] Happy Railroading! Siberianmo Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 11, 2005 10:34 PM DeLorme Topo USA makes maps for your computer which allows you to print out every railroad track in the country. You can minipulate each page with just the area you want to visit . I use it for every trip away from my local area and it really helps. I crossed the country following the Union Pacific all the way to Wisconsin from Neveda....never missed a road or railroad highlight. Check it out on the web...... Reply Edit Allen Jenkins Member sinceOctober 2003 From: United States of America, Tennessee, Cookeville 408 posts Posted by Allen Jenkins on Friday, May 14, 2004 12:04 AM Topa565, I found, in a Walmart, around the checkout isles, ('other side from the candy), topographic maps for the state the store is located. I think they are DeLorme maps,about twenty dollars. They look like road maps, however they are highly detailed, and at least identify the present owner of the railroad rights-of-way. The major roads are identified, county and secondary roads are not, but every road is there, including the electrical power transmission lines, and with extreme accuracy. These maps are updated yearly, so by contacting the publisher at http://www.delorme.com/ , you can request, for a fee, the timespan you wi***o model. Consider too, the TrainzSimmers' are using digital elevation maps to re-create the lay of the land in 3D. That's a pretty heavy learning curve, just depending on how much you want to do. Enjoy Your Mapping! Allen/Backyard Reply mudchicken Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Denver / La Junta 10,820 posts Posted by mudchicken on Thursday, May 13, 2004 11:33 PM Colorado Railroad Museum has begun to release reduced sized sets of ICC Valuation Maps (1919-1926) for interesting parts of D&RG narrow gauge empire, starting with what is now the centerpiece of the Durango & Silverton along with the Cumbres & Toltec Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 13, 2004 7:54 PM If you need a USGS Topo map of York, I can create one in the NGS Topo software for PA and either email a large JPEG to you or put it in the Files Section of http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/nshbgdiv/ Dave Kerr Moderator NS Harrisburg Division http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/nshbgdiv/ Reply Edit Valleyline Member sinceJanuary 2001 From: US 71 posts Posted by Valleyline on Wednesday, May 5, 2004 7:02 AM I swear by DeLorme's "Street Atlas 2004 USA" software for excellent maps showing RR facilities. It costs a few bucks, but it shows all US railroads in detail in addition to all of the out of the way highways and back roads to reach them. It's an excellent resource for creating computer printed maps, in a varity of scales, of unfamiliar or new territory. Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 25, 2004 3:30 PM For color arial photos try www.globexplorer.com their actual business is selling this images, so they have a water all over them, but for your purposes they may do fairly well. Also the unh site does have Pennsylvania topos, at least east of the Susquahanna, never needed them west of it. Reply Edit kgrantl Member sinceAugust 2003 2 posts Posted by kgrantl on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 12:30 PM never press enter after "tab" I have to remember this. D Cramer ,Wisconsin :http://trainsite.8m.com has a catalog available or you can go to the track chart section to see if he has something available for sale Reply kgrantl Member sinceAugust 2003 2 posts Posted by kgrantl on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 12:25 PM Dave Cramer in Wisconsin has a web-site that lists Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 11, 2004 3:35 PM If you want to find a map of the New Jersey Transit Line's go to http://www.geocities.com/transit383/njtmap.jpg Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 24, 2004 8:32 AM You can get DeLormes from Amazon for around $14ea. Get a couple and get free shipping. Beats going to Walmart. Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 5, 2004 3:28 PM Both Western Carolina U and App State in NC have en exstensive USGS map collection with several old an new copies of each. It is interesting to put them side by side and look at what has changed since the maps where done. Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 5, 2004 11:56 AM The post by Dough above reminded me of the University of New Hampshire site, listed below, that contains old USGS maps for several time frames of New England . Unfortunately, they go west only to New York. Perhaps U Penn has a similar site. http://docs.unh.edu/nhtopos/nhtopos.htm Art Schlosser Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 20, 2004 2:44 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by joseph2 Walmart has Delorme Atlases for individual states. These are a smaller version of the USGS maps and I would recommend to everyone to at least have one of your state. Good call on that, joseph2[8D]! I had completely forgotten about those! Mapquest.com will also show railroads once you zoom to a close enough level, however, these maps are not very large.[:(] Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 14, 2004 5:20 PM The Sanborn maps provide very useful period information, and, yes, they generally show track, including sidings and spurs in urban areas. They also provide info on building sizes, construction and location. Also try some of the local photo collections in the area in which you are interested. Low altitude aviation charts are also useful for rural areas. Good luck. Reply Edit joseph2 Member sinceJanuary 2003 From: indiana 792 posts Posted by joseph2 on Saturday, February 14, 2004 10:04 AM Walmart has Delorme Atlases for individual states.I have one of Indiana,it shows a lot of detail plus abandoned railroads,doesn't tell their names though.Cost $20,is in the hunting and camping section of the store. Reply Dough Member sinceMarch 2002 From: Athens, GA 549 posts Posted by Dough on Thursday, February 12, 2004 4:51 PM The University of Georgia's map collection is fairly extensive and includes the Sanborn Insurance Maps. I have never looked at them however. What would they have about railroads? I know that they go into great detail on houses, for insurance purposes, but do they include actual track? Also I have found many enginering maps on Ebay that seem to be quite extensive. And many of them are in the northeast. The one for Frontier yard was crazy. Unfortunatly, I still haven't been able to find a really good source for GA yet. Edit: Check out this link:http://www.stores.ebay.com/modelgraphicarts/plistings/list/all/dept1/index.html I don't know if they have anything next to you, but they do have some really good maps. And check back often, I just noticed that they have added a NS Alabama map...Getting closer! And it may be worth an email to see if they have some that are not listed. Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 12, 2004 2:36 AM Another good source for maps is your local library. If the library is large enough it may have a USGS map colloection. I would also check the closest college or university. Most university/college libraries have a USGS map collection for students to reference. If you're an alumni you can probably get in for free, or by paying a fee. Hope this works for you! Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 13, 2003 2:16 PM Thanks for the info Mark. I tried the terraserver site and I agree it is very tedious to use. Free is not really an issue, although free is always nice if it serves the purpose.[:)] I've been looking on Ebay but what I want is pretty specific and I don't think I'll be lucky enough to find it on there. I guess the next step will be the historical society. Thanks again. Reply Edit 12 Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
QUOTE: Originally posted by topa565 I'd like to know where I could find maps of local railroads. I live in the York, Pa area and i'd like to find maps of the local system to help me make a layout. I know this was part of the Conrail system and I have a large map of that system but I would like a more detailed map of the local system. Specific internet sites would be helpful. Thanks
QUOTE: I'd like to know where I could find maps of local railroads. I live in the York, Pa area and i'd like to find maps of the local system to help me make a layout. I know this was part of the Conrail system and I have a large map of that system but I would like a more detailed map of the local system. Specific internet sites would be helpful. Thanks
QUOTE: Originally posted by joseph2 Walmart has Delorme Atlases for individual states.
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