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• ASIN: 1874745188
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #67,814 in Office Products (See Bestsellers in Office Products)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 13, 2005

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The SPV Railroad atlases provide a single source of reference to the North American rail network, past and present. They are widely recognized by rail fans, railroad historians, and professionals as the industry standard. Each sheet is drawn to a constant scale of 8 miles to 1 inch for easy distance comparisons with 2 miles to 1 inch enlargements of complex areas. All extant rail lines are shown together with stations, junctions, yards, principle bridges and tunnels. Former lines, now abandoned, are also shown as well as ownership, current and past, and trackage rights. An index of stations is included. The atlases are printed on quality art paper with softcover and stitch bound for ease of use at trackside, each volume provides an average of 80 maps.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Gold Standard in U.S. Railroad Atlas, November 19, 2005

By	Robert J. Hallanger (Fresno, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.