Railhead: Looking at, and for, railroad maps.: A long time ago, I published this item, which I'll post in its entirety down below, regarding a railroad map from 1916. I could not lon...
I was sent this great model railroad website:
Welcome to The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad in Wyoming!
Wow, what a model layout. It's fantastic.
Included on it, is this map, which we're directly linking in.:
Look at the pile of named spots on the rail line.
Some of these I recognize, some I don't. The Colorado and Southern rail line from Glendo to Cheyenne is now a Burlington Northern rail line, I'd note. The line running right up to Yellowstone National Park is a complete surprise.
The line running from Arminto in this depiction does not go into Shoshoni, and avoid the Wind River Canyon. I was unaware that had been done.
Really interesting.
As are the model lines that this fellow is putting together.
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