Trackside Guide for Other Cities?

[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.

[Anonymous]

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

[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]

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]

[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.

[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]

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

[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?

[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.

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

[Anonymous]

I was told that the "Trackside Guide to Memphis" was accpeted for publication, but has been delayed for a number of reasons. My encouragement would be to do 2 a year in certain months; that way we know when they are coming and can anticipate it. I always look to see if a trackside has been published in my back issue collection if I am visiting the area soon. Course, I would like to see "Hot Spots" come back (2 page profile) because they meant alot to me also. Hope the new TRAINS editor picks up on publishing these old gems series in the issues in the future.

[Anonymous]

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?

Steam Powered Video puts out a Pacific Northwest edition oftheir Atlas books which covers the Spokane Area including the Great Northern Hillyard and the mainline from Newport into Spokane. Also look at Microsoft Streets & Trips so you can follow the right-of-way through Spokane.

[Anonymous]

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?

[Anonymous]

Anyone who thinks Railpace started the Trackside Guide criteria obviously doesn't know about Chicago Railfan/Publisher John Swajkart who has had trackside guides for Chicago, Kansas City, and St. Louis guides available for the last 10 years. The Chicago Chapter National Railway Historical Society owns a copy of John's Trackside Guide to Chicago that dates before Amtrak.

[Anonymous]

I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE GUIDES FOR ALL CITYS THAT HAVE A YARD WETHER BIG OR SMALL UN LESS ITS E ST LOUIS ILL THE ONLY SHOTS AROUND THERE ARE NOT FROM CAMERAS BUT CHICAGO ST LOUIS CALGERY ALBERTA AND A LOT OF OTHER PLACES NEED GUIDES THERE IS A LOT OF HOT LINES

[cnotp1]

Chattanooga,TN..........or the home of the Chattanooga Choo-Choo.
5 NS lines and a CSXT main.

[Anonymous]

I enjoy the Trackside Guide in your magazine. At times it does seem like a lot of reading, but the photos are great. As for everyone who wants to see their town or city in the next issue: be patient! I'd love to see Florida in Trains as a Trackside Guide, but all we have is the Jacksonville area as a multi-rail center and compared to other areas, I know I'll be waiting a looong time to see this area in the Guide.

[kevarc]

New Orleans would be great. I have been looking over my 30+ year collection of Trains Mags, and N.O. has really been ignored.

[saraiva]

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

[Anonymous]

Toledo would be neat also.

[Anonymous]

I reckon Pittsburgh is as good a place as any to start.

Only problem is, there are so many other spots worthy of mention.

I'll be an old man before we even get close to covering them all.

What about an entire issue devoted to this topic? Too much?

Cheers
Roscoe
Brisbane AU

[wcaudle]

I have utilized trackside guides for many years now. Having been raised in the Pacific Northwest, I used to wonder about railroading around the country. These guides are very good. I have used them for Rochelle IL and Fostoria OH, in addition to several cities. I use the "Hot Spots" along with the city guides. As I enter my latter part of my working career, I have moved to Texas, where the trains are like Nebraska, fast and furious. I have been to Amarillo a few times, and if you want sheer numbers and varieties, then that is the place to be, besides North Platte. Historically speaking, it is on Route 66, so there is plenty of nostalgia to go along with the 125+ trains per day. You get the double-track ATSF main from LA to Chicago, the Red River Sub - Ft. Worth & Denver (heavy coal train activity), the Boise City OK Sub, and UP trains running on all segments, hauling coal, grain, and various freights. You will see all the big diesels, along with an occasional Geep, but the horsepower through Amarillo is awesome.

[emdgp92]

As a Pittsburgh-based railfan, I'd appreciate a Guide! Even though I know a few locations, I'd like to see what you all think!

[Anonymous]

http://www.wvrail.railfan.net/westend.html Here is an excelent trackside guide to CSX's mountain subdivision between Grafton Wv and Cumberland Md.

[Trainspotter]

A trackside guide for Montreal is more or less essential since it is Canada's rail center. At Dorval, for example, you'll see 75-100 trains per day, including: CN, CP, VIA, AMTRAK and Montreal suburban runs. 4 track mainline and absolute railwayness on all sides. And two huge yards in Montreal.

[Anonymous]

Here's another vote for trackside guised for greater Pittsburgh, and for the Montreal-Toronto corridor. As a Pittsburgh native who lived in Montreal for a decade, I can vouch for the potential attraction of both -- particularly if photos of industrial rail service in the East Pittsburgh / Turtle Creek valley are included. To this reader and occasional traveller, ANY major metro trackside guide makes for fascinating reading!

[Anonymous]

I agree with the request for trackside guide to other cities. I commute to and From San Francisco on BART daily Just eastof the TransBay Tube Bart crosses the large and growing larger intermodal facilities and railyard in Oakland, CA. I would very much like to see these properties given the same excellent treatment in the magazine as was recently done for Chicago and New York.

[Anonymous]

There's already a trackside guide for Chicago. Go to:
http://www.dhke.com/CRJ