-------- Original Message -------- Subject: US Railroad Maps Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 15:47:36 +1300 From: "Brian Marshall" <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ I am aware that there are lists of US state authorities that produce highway and transportation maps (thanks Carlos Diaz for your very useful listing). I am wondering if there is a similar listing for US railroad maps. In the map collection at the University of Auckland Library (New Zealand), we have only a handful of railroad maps, dating from the late 1930s through to the early 1950s, for companies such as Illinois Central Railroad, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, New York Central, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Union Pacific Railroad, and Southern Pacific Lines. Thinking that we might update our collection, I started to do a Google search for some of these names - it seems that many of the companies have disappeared, have been swallowed up by other companies, and so on. Is there a listing of railroad companies that produce these maps, preferably with email addresses, similar to Carlos Diaz's listing for highway maps? Also, we would welcome any current duplicate railroad maps that libraries in the US may have for disposal. Best wishes, Brian Marshall Subject Librarian- Geography & Environmental Science University of Auckland Library Private Bag 92019 Auckland, NEW ZEALAND Telephone: 64 - 9 - 3737599 extension 88452 Fax: 64 - 9 - 3737568 Web: http://www.auckland.ac.nz/lbr/geog/geogsubj.htm "It is not good for the soul to travel faster than the trot of a camel".