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Date: 02/17/21 18:28
Greater Southern California freight rail map
Author: NS19K

Could someone point me in the direction of a current, comprehensive rail map of the greater L.A. area? I've gone down the rabbit hole of Google Maps and quite frankly, the area looks like a big spaghetti bowl. 


Thanks

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Date: 02/17/21 19:11
Re: Greater Southern California freight rail map
Author: pdt

IDK where there are any current maps, but is it u wanna know?    There are only 3 major freight lines in LA, and "the trench"   Everything else is lesser main lines (mostly passenger, 4 freights or less a day) and a bunch of branches that are 1 freight a day or less.

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Date: 02/17/21 19:12
Re: Greater Southern California freight rail map
Author: bakersfielddave

OpenRailwayMap


would be a good start   try  zooming  into LA   

it covers the whole worlds railroads  i think as well

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Date: 02/17/21 19:55
Re: Greater Southern California freight rail map
Author: usmc1401

Find a copy of the SPV railroad atlas for California and Nevada. Three editions have been printed. The last one is the best in my opinion. Think that these are now out of print. 

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Date: 02/17/21 21:21
Re: Greater Southern California freight rail map
Author: pdt

Ive found the SPV books to be better than nothing, but a little behind the times as far as active track is concerned...which is undertandable whentrying to take on the whole country.   And Ive found a few "just plain errors", as hove others.

The last issue of the Altamont Press "California Railfans Guide" is still readsonably accurate...  Biggest difference is that a lot of CTC has been installed since it was published.

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Date: 02/17/21 21:31
Re: Greater Southern California freight rail map
Author: subchief

http://cnebusiness.geomapguide.ca is a comprehensive map of North American railroads. 

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Date: 02/17/21 21:57
Re: Greater Southern California freight rail map
Author: pdt

subchief Wrote:
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> http://cnebusiness.geomapguide.ca is a
> comprehensive map of North American railroads. 

IDK...when i pulled it up, a lot of tracks west of Den-SFO-LA area not there,

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Date: 02/17/21 22:29
Re: Greater Southern California freight rail map
Author: kcmbha

thats a great map, could spend hours looking

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Date: 02/17/21 22:41
Re: Greater Southern California freight rail map
Author: TAW

bakersfielddave Wrote:
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> OpenRailwayMap
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> would be a good start   try  zooming  into
> LA   
>
> it covers the whole worlds railroads  i think as
> well

This is way better:
www.openrailwaymap.org
it is a real railroad map, not a highway map with railroads.

TAW

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Date: 02/18/21 12:04
Re: Greater Southern California freight rail map
Author: HomerBedloe

Rail Guide App on Google Play is an excellent source for your phone.  Not only does it have today's owners/lines, there is a "Classic Era" and an Abandoned page that provides some quick history.

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