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A good start would be historical topographic maps from the USGS.  They are (or should be) availble on line for free.   I believe the whole country was done in the 1940s.    The track arrangements might not be exact, but they are typically pretty close.  Sanborn fire insurance maps are also a good place to look (these are a bit harder to come by, search around for state colleges/universities, they sometimes have historic document collections). I assume that a UP railroad historical society exists somewhere, they might have archives that may be able to help (typically they want you to join, but it is almost always well worth it).   On google earth you can typically find where tracks once ran.  Street view allows you to get a close up of the buildings which will help clue you in to the track arrangements.  Those ads likely have addresses associated with them, so you can at least get a start with the street address (does not always work, as the post office sometimes changes these things/google does sometimes get it wrong).
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