Complete reference list below. Massie, W. M., Chairman 1935.. 1907 USGS Topographic Map: Texas Central R.R. Features numbered references to the following locations: 1, 1926 - Aug 1950. This beautiful historic map focuses on the railroad systems in the state of Texas. A Houston and Texas Central Railroad agent signed a contract with a San Francisco labor contractor for 300 Chinese workers in 1869. The Baytown Tunnel, opened on September 22, 1953, is shown on this map. Discover the past of Texas on historical maps. 102. (Tex.) The streamliner craze that was so prevalent during the 1930s had slowed down by the late 1940s, although train travel remained a popular mode of transportation for most during the decade. Despite the relatively early date at which the operation of the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colorado Railway was begun, the Texas Legislature had already enacted rather comprehensive laws pertaining to railroads. Rand McNally ... Railroad And County Map Of Texas. TxDOT maintains and publishes the state railroad map annually with Geographical Information System data. Old maps of Texas on Old Maps Online. "Published in the statistical edition of the Galveston news, September 1st, 1883."
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Waco, McLennan County, Texas. The railroad system of Texas on September 1st, 1883 Relief shown by hachures.
This map shows several planned freeways as dashed lines. The Railroad Map is TxDOT's railroad dataset, which is used for mapping and transportation planning purposes. Daily cleaning crews will continue to service our property prior to every train departure. Please bear with OSM as it completes. This page and map highlights just the abandoned rights-of-way around town.
Houston & Texas Central Railway Company, County and Railroad Map of Texas, Rand McNally, [1876], Map #93623, Map Collection, Archives and Records Program, Texas … Maps of the Past, LLC 531 A W Hopkins St Left Side Lower Level San Marcos, TX 78666; 1-800-962-5003; Email Us 1 : 3000000 Lloyd, H.H.
1935 USDA Soil Survey Map: Texas City Transportation Co. Grading was begun the following year, track laying the next, and by August 1, 1853, the first twenty miles of railroad in Texas was in operation between Harrisburg and Stafford. First issue of the first separate map of Texas to appear in an atlas.
East Waco. This map is part of the collection entitled: Map Collections from the University of Texas at Arlington and was provided by University of Texas at Arlington Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. See the Champ d'Asile article in The Handbook of Texas Online for more information. (Tex.) Texas railroads. Media in category "Old railroad maps of the United States" The following 200 files are in this category, out of 308 total. Map courtesy Dorothy Sloan-Rare Books, Austin Texas Texas 1835 (1.7MB) From Comprehensive Atlas, Geographical, Historical and Commercial by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, 1835. Railroads In The 1950's, An Industry In Decline . 1880]-[ca. Today, Fort Worth is still a railroad town, and is home to the nation's busiest railroad crossing, Tower 55. However, following WWII and into the 1950s railroads watched helplessly as passenger traffic plummeted and not even new equipment and promotional … The rail lines were digitized using aerial photography at a 1:12,000 scale. Old maps of Texas ... Large Scale County and Railroad Map Of Texas. Whether created exclusively for our popular Map of the Month feature or as the graphics to illustrate a story, Trains maps are among the best you'll find anywhere to capture the rich details and overarching themes of great railroading.