Rare Railroad Maps

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• Map no. 3. Salt marsh and tide lands situate in the city and county of San Francisco. To be sold at public auction by order of the Board of Tide Land Commissioners by Talbert & Leet, auctioneers, at their sales rooms no. 526 California Street, San Francisco. Sale to commence Friday Nov. 26th, 1869.

  Rare cadastral and Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way tidal lands map of Mission Bay.

  Cartographer(s): George F. Allardt, George Holbrook Baker

  Place/Date: San Francisco / 1869

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• Map of the Overland Railroad

  Rare early map showing the proposed route of the Central Pacific Railroad during a relatively early period of its construction.

  Cartographer(s): Anonymous

  Place/Date: Not listed / ca. 1866

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• República Argentina / Ministerio de Obras Publicas / Red de ferrocarriles en la fecha del centenario / Confeccionado con los dalos obtenidos por la dirección general de ferrocarriles…

  A fabulous large-format official Ministry of Public Works 1910 railroad map of Argentina.

  Cartographer(s): Lit. Comp. Sud-Americ. de Billets de Banco

  Place/Date: Buenos Aires / 1910

  $1,600 Add to cart
• Maps of the New and Popular St. Louis and Texas Short Line!

  An eye-catching 1878 broadside inviting people to come and settle in Texas; a state in which a formal civilian government had only been restored eight years earlier.

  Cartographer(s): Woodward, Tiernan & Hale

  Place/Date: St. Louis / 1878

  $1,800 Add to cart
• Watson’s New Rail­ Road and Distance Map of the United States and Canada

  Watson’s New Rail­ Road and Distance Map of the United States and Canada.

  Cartographer(s): Gaylord Watson

  Place/Date: New York / 1869

  $4,500 Add to cart
• [Map of Steamship Routes and the Railways and Post Roads of the Russian Empire]

  In-progress construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway: a scarce wall map depicting the transportation network of the Russian Empire at the end of the 19th century.

  Cartographer(s): Cartographic Establishment of Alexey Ilyin

  Place/Date: St. Petersburg / 1898

  $1,850 Add to cart
• Williams New Trans-Continental Map of The Pacific R.R. and Routes of Overland Travel To Colorado, Nebraska, The Black Hills, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Montana California and the Pacific Coast

  1876 Pacific Railroad map with references to notorious stagecoach robber Black Bart.

  Cartographer(s): Henry T. Williams

  Place/Date: New York / 1876

  $2,400 Add to cart
• Colton’s Intermediate Railroad Map of the United States.

  Colton’s 1882 large-format railroad map in four parts with original Stanford slipcase.

  Cartographer(s): George Woolworth Colton and Charles B. Colton

  Place/Date: New York / 1882

  $5,400 Add to cart

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• Carte Kilométrique Officielle des Chemins de Fer Suisses

  Mountains, lakes, and cities: an outstanding Swiss railway map for the end of the 19th century.

  Cartographer(s): Chapalay & Mottier, H. Chanel & Cie., Jules Decor

  Place/Date: Geneva / ca. 1888

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• The Rand-McNally Vest Pocket Map of Florida

  A rare pocket version of Rand, McNally and Co.’s 1895 railroad map of Florida.

  Cartographer(s): Rand, McNally & Co.

  Place/Date: Chicago / 1895

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• The American Union Railroad Map Of The United States, British Possessions, West Indies, Mexico, And Central America. 1871. Published by Haasis & Lubrecht, 107 Liberty Street, New York. Smith & McDougal, Electrotypers, 82 Beekman Street, New York.

  First edition of Haasis & Lubrecht’s iconic map of an America connected by rail.

  Cartographer(s): Haasis & Lubrecht

  Place/Date: New York / 1871

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• Railroad Map of Ohio. Published By The State. 1914.

  Connecting people and industries in the Rust Belt: a 1914 folding railroad map of Ohio.

  Cartographer(s): Columbus Lithograph Co.

  Place/Date: Columbus, OH / 1914

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• Cartes Générale des Chemins de Fer et des Voies Navigables de La France

  Well-executed 1861 railroad map of France published under Napoleon III.

  Cartographer(s): Napoléon Chaix

  Place/Date: Paris / 1861

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• Skeleton Map of the Union Pacific Railway

  Decorative promotional railroad map of the Union Pacific Railway, with a topographic profile.

  Cartographer(s): Matthews, Northrup & Co., Union Pacific Railroad Company

  Place/Date: Buffalo, NY / 1886

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• Railroad map of the United States, showing the through lines of communication from the Atlantic to the Pacific, together with the various steamship lines along the seaboard. Copyright 1886 by Wm. M. Bradley & Bro.

  Detailed 19th century map of U.S. rail and steamship lines

  Cartographer(s): Samuel Augustus Mitchell Jr.

  Place/Date: Philadelphia / 1886

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• Correct Map of the Railway & Steamship lines operated by the Southern Pacific Company…

  A seemingly unrecorded special edition of the Southern Pacific Railway’s large-format promotional map, prepared especially for German-speaking immigrants, with a large side map of Texas

  Cartographer(s): Poole Bros.

  Place/Date: Chicago / ca. 1885

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• Report upon the San Francisco and Ocean Shore Railroad Company, California

  1881 map of proposed San Francisco and Ocean Shore Railroad

  Cartographer(s): E. Wells Sackett & Rankin

  Place/Date: New York / 1881

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• Map of the lines of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company RMH

  Attractive mid-1920s Northwestern Pacific Railroad map

  Cartographer(s): Northwestern Pacific Railroad

  Place/Date: San Francisco / ca. 1925

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• Hiking map of Marin County

  1925 Northwestern Pacific Railroad promotional hiking map of Marin County.

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  Place/Date: San Francisco / 1925

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• Il Texas, la ferrovia Nuova York-Texas-Messicana. Il Texas e la colonizzazione italiana della costa del Texas.

  Rare Texas railroad pamphlet promoting Italian emmigration

  Cartographer(s): Henman & Sons

  Place/Date: London / 1881

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• Tourist map of India, Indian State Railways

  1930 map of India with railways and photographic vignettes.

  Cartographer(s): George Philip & Son Ltd.

  Place/Date: London / 1930

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• Map Showing The Pacific Railways and Their Branches. Prepared for the United States Pacific Railway Commission

  Detailed 1887 Colton railroad map with color-coded routes

  Cartographer(s): George Woolworth Colton and Charles B. Colton

  Place/Date: New York / 1887

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• Cram’s Railroad & Township Map of California

  Excellent 1879 large-format edition railroad map of California.

  Cartographer(s): George F. Cram

  Place/Date: Chicago / 1879

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• California

  Cram’s end of 19th century California map with color-coded rail lines and Bay Area inset

  Cartographer(s): George F. Cram

  Place/Date: Chicago / ca. 1894

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• Map of the Central Pacific Railroad and its Connections

  1871 Central Pacific Railroad map surrounded by vignettes of the West

  Cartographer(s): Central Pacific Railroad

  Place/Date: San Francisco / 1871

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• Southern Pacific R.R. and Connections. June 1883

  Definitive 1883 map of the Southern Pacific Railroad

  Cartographer(s): Rand, McNally & Co.

  Place/Date: Chicago / 1883

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• Map of the Denver & Rio Grande System and the Western Pacific Railway and connections

  1911 map of the Denver and Rio Grande railway system.

  Cartographer(s): Denver & Rio Grande R.R.

  Place/Date: Denver / 1911

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• The American Union Railroad Map of the United States, British Possessions, West Indies, Mexico and Central America

  Striking and rare 1873 railroad map of the United States.

  Cartographer(s): Haasis & Lubrecht

  Place/Date: New York / 1873

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• Watson’s New County and Railroad Map of the Western States and Territories

  Watson’s rare 1871 county and railroad map of the West.

  Cartographer(s): Gaylord Watson

  Place/Date: Chicago / 1871

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• Map of the Southern Pacific Rail Road and Connections. June 1875

  Rare — first known map focused on Southern Pacific Railroad.

  Cartographer(s): F. T. Newberry

  Place/Date: Not listed / 1875

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• New and Correct Map of the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway Popularly Known as the Great Rock Island Route

  1881 Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway map with dining car vignette.

  Cartographer(s): Railroad Companies (various)

  Place/Date: Chicago / 1881

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• Central Pacific R.R. and Leased Lines; Southern Pacific R.R. and Connections. September 1882. A.N. Turner, General Manager. R.H. Goodman, Gen’l Pass. & Tkt. Agt.

  Attractive 1882 map of Central and Southern Pacific Railroad lines

  Cartographer(s): Rand, McNally & Co.

  Place/Date: Chicago / 1882

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