Neskoner Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 Is there any way i can find railroad maps,ive searched for a good while now on google n still havent found anything im lookin for,hopefully someone can help me out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amish son Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 road trips work the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiffer Jet Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 common sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ident Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 Look for road maps, they show the tracks and even wich compagny owns it. They won't show yards tho but you can tell most of them where they are... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveboxcars Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 Originally posted by Ident Look for road maps, they show the tracks and even wich compagny owns it. They won't show yards tho but you can tell most of them where they are... They show yards, it just doesn't say "this is a train yard." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angry orphan Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 mapquest. com you can follow tracks from any layup you know across the country..... if you have an hour to kill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the press Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 not to sound dickish, but the best thing to do is get in the car and follow tracks..it works and then you know exactly where the spot is..do your own homework Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neskoner Posted February 9, 2004 Author Share Posted February 9, 2004 if i had a car to use i would do that,thats why i came on here to ask,considering im sure someone else has searched before,common sense:idea: right??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overtime Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 i know that i walked the tracks in both towns that i have lived in, and found tiny layups, but i have a hunch there are more out thurrrrrrrr, just its only a small one track town, it sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODS-1 Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Originally posted by MaKeItHaPpEn Is there any way i can find railroad maps,ive searched for a good while now on google n still havent found anything im lookin for,hopefully someone can help me out. Try somelace like CSX's website or NS's website. Yo makeithappen, you live in 502, look int the phonebook, the number for both of those lines are on the first page of the yellow pages. Try asking them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODS-1 Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 I think it's www.csxtransportation.com I think that's it. Thank goodness for google. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newmark Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 www.trains.com somewhat helpful for train watching hotspots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adderall Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 nice url.. browsing it as we speak (trains.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crave Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 terrafly.com was helpful for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parcheesey Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 they got some good books on amazon and barnes and noble, havent had the money or care to get one tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FR8HOUND Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 Sometimes you just have to have the hookup..Like Fr8hound, for example..( thats me , by the way)..:cool: My neighbor, a few houses down, was invited into my house once, to check out my assault rifles..Anyways when he came into my office, he was like, oh shit, you're into graffiti? After a long conversation, I learned he use to work for Conrail, now Norfolk Southern, and was very familiar with graffiti, hobo's , and monikers..Now every few days he brings me stuff..Cr hats, pins, manuals, and tons of maps which cover a few states..not to mention a 2'' thick Conrail operating employee manual, which covers just about every fucking thing you can imagine, concerning railroad codes, operations, and the system in general..I also got a lantern..make friends I say, you just never know, when you have a retired engineer down the road from ya, which is an awesome friend to have..:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grafxnine Posted February 22, 2004 Share Posted February 22, 2004 mapquest show tracks it worked for me you need to drive too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everelusive Posted February 22, 2004 Share Posted February 22, 2004 FR8HOUND, what kind of assault rifles? Im a collector myself. Understood if youre sketchy about publicly announcing your treasured stash. And what states do you have those maps for? Id probably pay good money for a photocopy of one from my state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaBar2 Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 Railfan clubs I have gotten some really good information from railfan clubs. They often have years and years of experience of watching/photographing trains, and know the tracks, yards, switches, etc. extremely well. Local model railroad shops sometimes have a multipurpose function as a supplier of model railroad stuff, railfan magazines, maps, etc., etc. And they are usually owned by long-time members of the local chapter of the National Railway Historical Society or some other group like that. The local United Transportation Union or Brotherhood of Railroad Engineers union hall might be another place worth checking out. Tell them you've always dreamed of being a railroad engineer. All it takes is one good hook-up. Stretch has friends who are MoW workers, train crewmen, etc. all over the U.S. As long as you have a positive attitude and aren't out obviously fucking shit up they will probably be friendly. Of course, if you are thuggin' in the rail yard, you are likely to get a somewhat less friendly response. I used regular city maps, carefully highlighted all the rail lines, then carefully taped the creases with clear vinyl packing tape about three inches wide so they wouldn't tear. I wrote all the information I had on the map itself (names & locations of yards, towers, major junctions, known bull shacks, etc.) On the edges of the map, where the rail lines go "off the map", I researched where that line goes and wrote in destinations ("Shreveport", "New Orleans," etc.) You can figure a lot of it out for yourself, if you just use common sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1HalfOfMe Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 ^^^sounds like a plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FR8HOUND Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 I'll have to agree with Kabar on that one..2 things come to mind, immediately, when I think of gaining rr info...1) hoboes, 2) railfans.. I got alot of info from both. sometimes I think both parties know more than some of the workers themselves, no shit..Kabar, if Stretch is still with you, tell him and Burl, Dave, from Pennsylvania said howdy, and that the camp construction looks good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaBar2 Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 FR8HOUND Stretch and Burl are headed for Fulton, KY--the town there has a big junction and is friendly to tramps, plus there is a "permenant" jungle there. A tramp that is in prison in Texas right now, Big Tex, (not to be confused with our buddy Texas Mad Man) has a permenant jungle shack there, if the revengeful tramp he beat up with a dog stick hasn't burned it down already (as he threatened to do.) Stretch got sidetracked en route to Amory, MS, and wound up spending three days stuck down a dead-end industrial feed to a big paper mill. Eventually they caught a train back up out of there, but Stretch was pretty pissed off. I'm not sure how they wound up down in the swamp--I guess he was asleep when the train took the switch off the Main. Anyway, he's rolling again---headed for Fulton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FR8HOUND Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 Ok Kabar, thanks, I was checking out his latest notes on Frans, hobo minstrel site. I'm sure I'll see him back up here late spring, early summer..He owes me a tour ride up to Maine and back, on the old Lehigh line..plus I got a ton of Pawnie Bills beef jerky, for Burl..thanks sir, have a good day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K.O.S. Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 for anyone still interested i got some general freight maps that are somewhat vague but still useful... general US http://catalog.com/hop/maps/map-us.gif'> bay area, cali http://catalog.com/hop/maps/map-ba.gif'> general west coast http://catalog.com/hop/maps/map-west.gif'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1HalfOfMe Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 i think people wanted something more detailed...^^^ but nice try AAA has pretty good maps but i dont think there are any sites besides terrafly and tha other one that have photografic image maps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaBar2 Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 Great RR Atlases and RR Maps too. You can get great RR atlases and railroad maps from Desk Map Systems Inc., 3636 Executive Center Drive, Suite 150, Austin, Texas 78731. Telephone: 1-512-346-9330; FAX 1-512-346-9332 or go to www.deskmap.com. The Second Edition of the "Professional Railroad Atlas of North America" is $74.95 +shipping & handling. You can get the 1st Edition for around $25. It's still a shitload better than what we had in 1970---"nothing" or if I was lucky, a gas station road map. One poster wrote in and said "No way would I pay seventy-five bucks for a RR atlas when you can just go to the library and xerox them for a few dollars." Uh-huh. Well, I pored over my library stacks for several days and came up with "zip." The first $25 I spent with Desk Map was well-worth it. I got the 2nd Edition as a gift. ANOTHER great source of priceless information would be to find someone who has a copy of the Crew Change Guide, and swear a blood oath to protect it with your life, LOL. A xerox copy runs about $10, to cover duplication costs. With a copy of the PRANA and a CCG, you can go anywhere in North America, including Canada and most of northern Mexico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neskoner Posted May 5, 2004 Author Share Posted May 5, 2004 thanks kabar,i forgot all about this thread..hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umpalumpa Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 MY LORD I think I just found a giant layup just outside of town because of mapquest. props to the man who posted that link. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvOne Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 Originally posted by umpalumpa MY LORD I think I just found a giant layup just outside of town because of mapquest. props to the man who posted that link. :) i'd be careful 'finding' spots via mapquest or terrafly etc..chances are someone else has already 'found' it. haha.. but then again..maybe not. who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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