Re: Bagdad USA - 1943
Author: BNSF Rail Guy
Date: 09-23-2014 - 20:41
mook Wrote:
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> Got me wondering about the Tonopah & Tidewater,
> which a little constructive googling turned up a
> lot about. Here's another little gem: a map of the
> T&T and all the connections - nearly everything in
> the CA & So. Nevada desert in probably the late
> 1920s. Several strange branches shown, but for
> some reason the SP Coast Line isn't there past
> about Chatsworth (OK, that's almost off the
> map...).
The map is from 1907 and the line thru Chatsworth was just completed the year before. Since it wasn't the main feature of the main, the new line was added by the map maker because he either didn't know or was important enough to include.