A rare, early, and large map of the first railroad across Missouri, intended to promote the lands granted by the U.S. government to fund its construction. Likely published while the railroad was under construction, this map depicts the Hannibal & St. Joseph in its entirety, extending across the northern part.....
A large promotional map of the short-lived Virginia, Kentucky & Ohio Railroad. In 1878, the Virginia General Assembly chartered the Virginia, Kentucky & Ohio Railroad Co., which was licensed to create a route from Pulaski County, Virginia to the Kentucky rail line through Giles, Bland, Tazewell, and Buchanan Counties. The.....
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An archive of six survey notebooks and three extensive profile maps for eastern Maine railroad lines, compiled in the 1870s. This archive consists of railroad survey manuscripts generated by L.L. Buckland and Parker Spofford (b. 1842), the latter a noted civil engineer of Bucksport, Maine, who served as engineer.....
A large, attractive map highlighting the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, known as the Burlington Route. This map presents the entire U. S. rail network, with the Burlington Route (BR) and its spurs shown in black at the center, passing through Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and other states, and connecting with.....
An unrecorded and colorful broadsheet promoting the Burlington Route of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad and associated western destinations. Exhorting viewers to read the text “carefully, especially if you contemplate a trip to any point west, northwest or southwest,” this broadside provides information on route options for those traveling.....
A rare and striking broadside issued by the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway, advertising the Rock Island through-express route and promoting the railroad’s numerous destinations, connections and amenities. Featuring the eye-catching mix of typefaces and colors that characterized railroad advertising in this era, this attractive broadside promotes the numerous.....
A broadsheet promoting bond investment in the Northern Pacific Railroad Company during its first great construction push on the line, with a map at verso showing the projected rail line. Founded in 1865, the Northern Pacific Railroad Co. only began breaking ground on construction in 1870 after receiving extensive financial.....
A scarce and densely detailed map of the Pacific Electric Railway, initially published a year after Henry E. Huntington lost possession of the company and as it began to rapidly expand, becoming—only a decade later—the world’s largest electric railway system. This revised issue of the map reflects the growth of.....
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This timetable map highlights the route of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad, extending from Chicago through Illinois and Iowa to connect with such western railroads as the Union Pacific, Burlington & Missouri, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, and the Kansas Pacific. A multitude of other spurs and connections are.....
A scarce map of St. Louis showing the city’s railway system and the multitude of industrial operations along both the railways and the Mississippi River, and reflecting the redesign of Forest Park for the 1904 World’s Fair. Oriented with west at the top, the map covers an area extending from.....