A Railroad Atlas of the United States in 1946

A Railroad Atlas of the United States in 1946
Author: Richard C. Carpenter
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN: 1421401460
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Containing 202 hand-drawn color maps of every railroad line in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia, this book provides a unique record of a time when passenger trains still made stops in every town and freight trains carried the bulk of the nation's cargo. Drawn at a scale of 1 inch to 4 miles, the maps include main and branch passenger and freight lines, former steam locomotive and manual signal tower stations, towns that functioned as crew change points, track pans, coaling stations, and a variety of indexes of railroad features. Carpenter is a longtime observer and collector of railroad history. This is the first volume in a series that eventually will provide the first comprehensive atlas of the U.S. post-World War II railroad system. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Railway Atlas Then and Now

Railway Atlas Then and Now
Author: Paul Smith
Publisher:
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2015-08-13
Genre: Railroads
ISBN: 9780711038332
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This volume encompasses railway industry maps from 1923 with their contemporary equivalent from 2012. It includes information about the railway lines that have been closed and converted into either walking or cycling routes.

Discover Your Scottish Ancestry

Discover Your Scottish Ancestry
Author: Graham Holton
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2009-11-04
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0748641785
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This illuminating guide to discovering your Scottish family history has been fully revised and updated to take account of changes to resources and methods for researching your Scottish ancestry over the last few years. Accessible in style and comprehensive in coverage, this new edition stresses the importance of traditional methods of family history research while also embracing the exciting possibilities afforded by new technologies, sources and developments in genetic science.Indispensable to both the fledgling researcher and the more experienced family history specialist in Scotland or elsewhere, this book provides a guide to the very latest resources available to assist with research. Covering Scottish primary and secondary sources in full detail, this book also provides illustrative case studies of family history research, lists of useful websites and archives, and family history organisations and societies.Highlights of this new edition:*An updated chapter dedicated to aspects of recording, scanning and storing information*New insight into accessing English, Irish, emigrant and immigrant records*An update on developments in DNA genetics of relevance to the genealogist*A substantial and broad-ranging bibliography essential for those who want to take their research even further.

A Comprehensive Guide to Railway Request Stops

A Comprehensive Guide to Railway Request Stops
Author: Anthony Hart
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2022-03-10
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1526781131
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Rail By Request is an enthusiast’s personal story and tells how the author visited, photographed, and spent time at every request stop on mainland Britain. It also explains where his love of railways is rooted, why he began this odyssey and how it became a very different and important experience to him. Journeying across the whole railway map to capture these often ignored stops – not just for posterity, but for the journey. The lure of request stops and the practicalities of completing the journey to discover them, is the core of the story. Researching every request stop in Britain and planning how to get there and overcoming any difficulties, became a source of great satisfaction. Every stop is described and has at least one illustration. Some historical context to the stops is included, with current statistics. The story also shows how, he ticked off each stop, but unexpectedly found himself passing the time engaged in a form of railwayana mindfulness – allowing the world to rush past whilst being alive in the moment. It shows a calmer slower world does exist.

British Railways Pre-grouping Atlas and Gazetteer

British Railways Pre-grouping Atlas and Gazetteer
Author: Railway Publications, ltd
Publisher: Ian Allan Publishing
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1997-03-27
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9780711003200
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First published in 1967 as a fifth edition of the original 1958 production, this is a welcome reprint of this useful reference source, last reprinted in 1998. The whole railway system as it existed in the years prior to 1923 are shown with routes in colour coded format on 45 pages of maps. Locations of tunnels, locomotive sheds, works and other features are included.