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SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America: Dakotas & Minnesota

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Prior to SPV's Atlas', the Rand McNally Handy Railroad Atlas was the standard atlas.

The Handy RR Atlas' are no longer produced. In fact, Rand McNally's own website refers customers to the SPV RR Atlas now.

Not only does this Atlas show the current carrier, it shows the predecessor and virtually EVERY common carrier railroad, including ALL abandoned lines in the U.S. The only railroads that might be missing are urban trolley/streetcar lines, but he even includes most of them.

For places that have changed names over the years, he includes the heritage name with the modern location name. One state, say Arizona, will take up to 15 - 20 maps!

The weakness of this book is that it is railroad MAPS only so it may take some creative work to find the old line you are looking for from a road. There are NO ROADS or other terrain feauture included. RAIL, waterways/lakes/rivers, and state boundaries ONLY.

These books can be pricey, at about $25 each but when you see the volumes of research and detail - it is a good value. The maps are printed on a glossy heavy duty type paper. There are about 15 volumes in order to get the entire USA.