Looking for a "fallen flags" chart

[JazzDad]

Anyone have a link to a simple tree-type chart showing who was bought by who, and who merged with who, etc?

 

[lmackattack]

no but wikipida will show or tell who bought what railway. just search each line and follow the history section

Trent

 

[Alcomotive]

There are few places to go for that...historical websites etc. What RR are you interested in?

Here is one for Union Pacific http://www.trains.com/trn/default.aspx?c=a&id=341

BNSF http://www.trains.com/trn/default.aspx?c=a&id=314

CSX http://railga.com/csxtree.html

here is another one of a large compilation of a lot of the major RR....
http://www.spikesys.com/Trains/fmly_tre.html

 

[JazzDad]

I was hoping to find a extensive flow-type chart. I watch some show on the TV where they mention the ____ line, and I wonder; what ever happened to them.
The spikesys link is very close, but a little hard to follow.

 

[UP2CSX]

That chart at spikesys is actually quite good but the layout is a little hard to follow. I do a lot of genealogy work and use a program called Family Tree Maker. It could produce a much more readable chart but it would stretch across many pages. I may try putting some of those railroads in and see how it looks. I suspect the reason we've haven't seen a better family tree of railroads is that it's a lot of work, especially if you start adding bankruptcies and slight name changes in.

 

[Alcomotive]

It definitely is a big task....at one time I remember seeing a log somewhere of the AAR listing of RR it is incredible huge from the early dawn to today RR.

 

[jbaakko]

If you read through some of the system Maps in Trains magazine they have the fallen flags, ect. However, I've never really seen something so in depth online. Would be a nice addition.