1950's RR map

[V&AL]

I need to know where I can find a 1950's era map of all the US railroads before the merger era. I need to determine which RR's my freelance lines connects with, or bought up over the years. Anyone know a good source?

Thanks!!!

 

[SpaceMouse]

You should be able to get that info with Sanborn Insurance maps.

On the other hand people around here know a lot. Tell us where you are in the country and maybe some just knows the asnwer.

 

[UP2CSX]

There are a ton of sites that have maps of specific areas. http://www.railsandtrails.com/new.html has really good information about Ohio and surrounding areas. http://raildata.railfan.net/dbmaps/dbmaps.html shows railroads in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. You probably need to narrow down the area of the country your freelance railroad operates in and then search in that part of the country. No railroad had direct connections with every other railroad in the country.

 

[V&AL]

I'm looking for the area from the Rockies east...

It doesn't have to be a detailed map, just the lines connecting cities is good enough... I don't need the 132nd street interlocking, I just need to know that, for example, the Missouri Pacific ran through Conroe, TX

 

[UP2CSX]

Check out this link: http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/railroads/index2.html. It has maps going up to about 1930 for railroads all over the country. The major railroads were all in place by then if all you need is an overview of the various line routes in the 50's

 

[GWT&P]

I just saw this and wanted to answer your specific question of whether the Missouri Pacific ran through Conroe, TX.
Yes, by the 1950's the Missouri Pacific had purchased what used to be the International and Great Northern Railroad which initially laid track where Conroe is today. All I know about is the railroads in Texas, but by the 1950's most trackage in Texas was owned or controlled by MoPac, SP, and Santa Fe or their subsidiaries.

 

[V&AL]

Thanks for the info, I had pretty much figured that out, I grew up on the old MP line into Houston, about 3 miles from Lloyd yard in Spring. I remember the "Big blue trains" getting replaced by the "big yellow trains" when I was all of 3. (born in 1983...)

Stuff I want to know about is where else did the MoPac run. I think that my freelanced road (The Texas and Gulf Coast Railroad) would have purchased the MP rather than the UP, but I want to make sure it would have been a sensible purchase...

 

[UP2CSX]

You'll find just about any MoPac map you need at http://www.trainweb.org/screamingeagle/map.html.