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Metropolitan Railroad Company (Georgetown, Washington, D.C) Map of the located route of the Metropolitan Rail Road and the adjacent country comprising the District of Columbia and the counties of Montgomery, Frederick, and Washington in the state of Maryland, Francis Dodge president M.R.R. Company, Edmund French, chief engineer, W. R. Hutton draughtsman, completed April 30, 1855 from surveys made in 1853 and 1854. Topographical map of part of Maryland showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, canals, the Washington Aqueduct, roads, and railroads with milege on the main survey line. Chartered in 1853. Hutton, Wm. R. (William Rich), 1826-1901. . CREATED/PUBLISHED [Washington, 1855] Scale 1:126,720.

Memphis and New Orleans Railroad. Map showing the route and connections of the Memphis and New Orleans Railroad. Gulf states showing drainage, cities and towns, counties, and the railroad network, with emphasis on the main line. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. . CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, 1882. Scale 1:1,267,200.

Memphis and Little Rock Railroad. Map of the lands of the Memphis & Little Rock Railroad Company (as reorganized) 1878. Map covers part of Arkansas between Memphis and Little Rock showing drainage, prairie lands, counties, cities and towns, township and county lines, county roads, and the railroads. Woodward, Tiernan, and Hale. . CREATED/PUBLISHED [St. Louis, 1878] Scale 1:190,100.

Marietta and Pittsburgh Railroad. Map of the Marietta and Pittsburgh Railroad and its connections. Detailed map of Ohio and vicinity showing drainage, cities and towns, mineral deposits, and the railroad network, with emphasis on the main line. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. . CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, 1871. Scale 1:1,300,000.

Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad Company. Map of rail road line between Loveland and Cincinnati; Marietta and Cincinnati Rail Road. Physical map of part of Hamilton County, Ohio, showing relief by hachures, drainage, the location of the main line, and other operating and proposed lines, roads, cities, and towns. Reorganized August 1, 1860. Jenney, W. L. B. . CREATED/PUBLISHED [n.p.], 1860. Scale ca. 1:60,000.

Manhattan Railway. Map and guide of the elevated railroads of New York City. Outline map of Manhattan showing stations. Includes train schedule and list of points of interest. Latimer, H. I. . CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, c1881. Scale ca. 1:29,000.

Manassas Gap Railroad Company. Map of the Manassas Gap Railroad and its extensions; September, 1855. Topographical map of part of northern Virginia showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, counties, roads, and railroads with distances. Includes profiles. Chartered March 11, 1850. Opened in 1854 from Manassas Junction to Strasburg. Va. Consolidated June 1, 1867, with the Orange and Alexandria, forming the Orange, Alexandria, and Manassas Railroad. Dwyer, Thomas. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Baltimore, 1855. Scale 1:253,440.

Manassas Gap Railroad Company. Map of the proposed line of Rail Road connection between tide water Virginia and the Ohio River at Guyandotte, Parkersburg and Wheeling / made by W. Vaisz, top. eng. for the Board of Public Works of Virginia. Annotations added in pencil and colored inks to indicate "Railroads tending to Richmond, Norfolk Alexandria and Baltimore," and the "proposed extension of the Manassas Gap Railroad west . . . Sep. 1852." Vaisz, W. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Philadelphia, 1852. Scale ca. 1:625,000.

Louisville and Cincinnati Branch Railroad. Map of surveys for the Louisville & Cincinnati B'ch Railroad; I. M. St. John, Chief Eng', 1866. Map of northern Kentucky showing drainage, cities and towns, counties, roads, railroads, and completed, located, experimental and old survey lines. Includes the five survey lines proposed for a railroad between Louisville and Covington. Thatcher, Edwin. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Louisville, Ky., 1866. Scale ca. 1:600,000.

Long Island Railroad Company. Map of Long Island showing the Long Island Railroad. Map showing drainage, township and county boundaries, cities and towns, roads, and railroads. Long Island Railroad Company. . CREATED/PUBLISHED [n.p.], c1884. Scale ca. 1:400,000.

Long Island Railroad Company. Map of New York City, Brooklyn, and vicinity, shewing [sic] suburban lines of Long Island Railroad and its connections. map of the five borough area of New York showing drainage, settlements, streets, roads, and railroads. "Manhattan (El.) R'y," "Long Island R.R.," "proposed Cable El. R'y," and connections are color coded. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. . CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, 1885. Scale 1:58,000.

Long Island Railroad Company. Map of Long Island showing the Long Island Railroad and its leased lines. Shows all of New York City and Long Island. Indicates drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the railroad network. Chartered on April 24, 1834. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. . CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, 1882. Scale ca. 1:400,000.

Little Rock & Fort Smith R.R. Co. Maps showing the connections of the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad and its land grant. Two maps on one sheet. Main map shows entire United States with its railroad system and emphasizes the main line. Secondary map shows land grants. Chartered in 1853 and opened in 1870. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. . CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, 1873. Scale ca. 1:7,000,000.

Little Rock & Fort Smith R.R. Co. Map of Franklin County, Arkansas; showing the land grant of the Little Rock & Fort Smith Railway. United States. Detailed county map showing relief by hachures, drainage, township and range lines, cities and towns, roads, and railroads. Railroad land grant distinguished by color. General Land Office. . CREATED/PUBLISHED [Washington, 1893] Scale ca. 1:120,000.

Lake Erie & Louisville Railway Company. Map showing the line of the Lake Erie and Louisville Railway and its connections. Map of the north-central states showing drainage, cities and towns, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. Consolidation of the Fremont, Lima, and Union and the Lake Erie and Pacific Railroads, February 4, 1865. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. . CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, 1872. Scale 1:1,267,200.

Metropolitan Railroad Company (Georgetown, Washington, D.C) Through route west to Pittsburg. Outline map of the middle Atlantic states showing existing routes and, in red, the advantages of the proposed Metropolitan Railroad connections. The state of Maryland authorized extension of this line to Cumberland in January 1853. [Metropolitan Railroad Company (Georgetown, Washington, D.C)] . CREATED/PUBLISHED [n.p., 1853]

Michigan Southern Railroad. Map of the northwestern states. Shewing [sic] what proportion lies north of the parallel of South Bend of Lake Michigan. It will be seen at a glance, that the unbroken line of communication with the Atlantic seaboard, and the only winter route for northern Indiana, northern Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, will be by the Michigan Southern Railway, and south shore of Lake Erie. Outline map of the north-central United States showing the canals and the railroad network and naming the Michigan Central and the Michigan Southern Railway. John B. Jervis was chief engineer on the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad in 1831. Jervis, John B. (John Bloomfield), 1795-1885. . CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, [1850] Scale ca. 1:2,700,000.

Michigan Southern Railroad. Skeleton map, showing the position and connections of the Michigan Southern Rail Road (from Toledo to Chicago) with the several great rail road routes to the Atlantic seaboard and New York City via the south shore of Lake Erie. Outline map of the northeastern United States showing railroads in operation, under construction, and under proposal. Chartered in 1846 and consolidated April 1855 with the Northern Indiana Railroad under the name Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad. Jervis, John B. (John Bloomfield), 1795-1885. . CREATED/PUBLISHED N[ew] Y[ork], 1850. Scale ca. 1:3,000,000.

Milwaukee and Horicon Railroad. Township map of Wisconsin showing The Milwaukee & Horicon Rail Road and its connections. Map of Wisconsin and parts of adjacent states showing drainage, state boundaries, township lines, cities, and towns. Vliet, Jasper. . CREATED/PUBLISHED N[ew] Y[ork], 1857. Scale ca. 1:1,400,000.

Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company. Map showing the completed lines of the Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Company. General map of the north-central states showing drainage, cities and towns, and completed railroads in color. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. . CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, 1872. Scale 1:3,800,000.

Milwaukee and Superior Railroad. Map of the Milwaukee & Superior Rail Road and its connections. Map of Wisconsin and parts of Illinois and Michigan showing drainage, county boundaries, larger cities, and the railroad network. The main line is in red, and the Milwaukee and Chicago Railroad is in blue. Nesbitt (Geo. F.) & Company. . CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, 1857. Scale ca. 1:1,625,000.

Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad Company. Map of the Mine Hill & Schuylkill Haven R.R. & branches. Map of part of Pennsylvania between Schuylkill Haven and Ashland, showing drainage, cities, towns, individual buildings, mines, mills, and the branch rail lines connecting with the Philadelphia Reading & Pottsville R.R. P.S. Duval & Co. . CREATED/PUBLISHED [n.p., 1857] Scale 1:48,000.

Mississippi Valley Railroad. Map showing the route and connections of the Mississippi Valley Railroad of Louisiana; E. Baldwin, chief engineer. Map of Louisiana and Mississippi showing drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the railroad network, with emphasis on the main line. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. . CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, 1882. Scale 1:1,267,200.

Mobile and Northwestern Railroad Company. Map showing the route of the Mobile & North Western Railroad, and its connections by land and sea; Henry Van Vleck chief engineer. Map of Mississippi and vicinity showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, state, county, and township boundaries, and the railroad network, with emphasis on the main lines. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. . CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, 1871. Scale 1:1,267,200.

Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company. A map of a part of the southern & western states showing the contemplated route of the New Orleans & Ohio Railroad and the Central Railroad of Illinois, also the route of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad representing the most central, direct and practicable route for a great national and commercial highway between the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Northern Lakes, and by various branches and intersections with other Railways connecting with all the principal cities of the United States. The map covers an area from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi delta, and from Columbus, Ohio, to Little Rock, Ark. It shows Ft. Massac and "Capitol City" in southern Illinois and northern Kentucky as sites selected by the U.S. for the "Western Armory," and the probable future site for the seat of government of the United States or Western District of Columbia. Chartered January 9, 1852. McBean, William. . CREATED/PUBLISHED New Orleans, 1850. Scale ca. 1:15,000,000.

Montana Railroad. Blueprint map of central Montana, the Montana Railroad, September 1, 1899. Shows relief by hachures, drainage, township and county boundaries, military reservations, wagon roads, and railroads. Polley, J. F. . CREATED/PUBLISHED [n.p., 1899]

New Haven, Middletown, and Boston Railroad. Map showing the line of the New Haven, Middletown, and Boston Railroad and its connections. Map of New England showing drainage, cities and towns, counties, distances, and the railroad network with named lines. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. . CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, 1867. Scale ca. 1:900,000.

New Orleans and Ohio Railroad. A map of a part of the southern & western states showing the contemplated route of the New Orleans & Ohio Railroad and the Central Railroad of Illinois, also the route of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad representing the most central, direct and practicable route for a great national and commercial highway between the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Northern Lakes, and by various branches and intersections with other Railways connecting with all the principal cities of the United States. The map covers an area from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi delta, and from Columbus, Ohio, to Little Rock, Ark. It shows Ft. Massac and "Capitol City" in southern Illinois and northern Kentucky as sites selected by the U.S. for the "Western Armory," and the probable future site for the seat of government of the United States or Western District of Columbia. Chartered January 9, 1852. McBean, William. . CREATED/PUBLISHED New Orleans, 1850. Scale ca. 1:15,000,000.

New Orleans, Mobile, and Chattanooga Railroad. Map showing the line of the New Orleans, Mobile & Chattanooga Railroad, and also the chief agricultural and mineral districts of the state of Alabama. Map of Alabama and vicinity showing drainage, cities and towns, and the railroad network. Indicates completed and proposed lines and names of lines. Includes township and county boundaries. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. . CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, 1867, c1865. Scale 1:1,267,200.

New Orleans, Mobile, and Chattanooga Railroad. Map showing the New Orleans, Mobile & Chattanooga Railroad and its connections. Map of the eastern half of the United States showing drainage, cities and towns, counties, and the railroad network. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. . CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, 1865. Scale 1:3,168,000.

New Orleans, Opelousas, and Great Western Railroad Company. Map of a part of the State of Louisiana exhibiting the route of the New-Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western Rail Road. By G. W. R. Bayley, chief engineer. Mississippi delta area shows drainage, sugar crop, parishes, major cities and towns, canals, and railroads with lines named and distances on the main line. This railroad was opened for first 50 miles on March 6, 1854. It was purchased in 1878 by the Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad. Bayley, G. W. R. . CREATED/PUBLISHED N[ew] O[rleans] Eng. by Childs & Hammond [1853] Scale ca. 1:550,000.

New Orleans, Opelousas, and Great Western Railroad Company. Sketch showing the route of the New Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western Rail Road, J. G. Gibbes, Chief Engr., lithographie [sic] agent D. Theuret, Exange Alley, Nr. 130. Rough outline map of the southwestern United States showing major rivers and few important cities. Okelomski, F. A. . CREATED/PUBLISHED [New Orleans], 1853. Scale 1:3,041,280.

New River Railroad Company. Route of the New River R.R., 188-. Sketch map of part of West Virginia. Dashed red line across the map indicates the "Proposed New River R.R." Shows counties and names the line of railroads. Hotchkiss, Jedediah, 1828-1899. . CREATED/PUBLISHED [188-] Scale ca. 1:180,700.

New York & Oswego Midland Railroad. Map showing the location of the N.Y. & Oswego Midland R.R. with existing and proposed connection, January 1st 1869, [by Van R. Richmond, State Engr. & Surv.] Map of New York State and vicinity showing drainage, canals, cities and towns, and named railroads. January 1st, 1870 edition has "W. B. Gilbert, Chief Engineer." Richmond, Van R. . CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, 1869. Scale ca. 1:1,000,000.

New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company. Map of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad and its principal connections. Eastern half of the United States showing major drainage, cities and towns, the railroad network, with names of lines, and the main ones indicated in heavy black. No railroad connections appear in the south where the hand indicator is located. Rand McNally and Company. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Chicago, [1876]

New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company. New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. Outline map of the northeastern United States showing major drainage, cities and towns, with named railroads distinguished by color. Matthews-Northrup Company. . CREATED/PUBLISHED [n.p.], 1900. Scale ca. 1:2,300,000.

New York and Erie Railroad Company. Map of New York & Erie Rail Road and its connections; the most direct route from New York to all western cities and towns. Outline map of the northeastern and north-central United States with the railroad network overprinted in red. A red border is printed around the map simulating a wooden frame. Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893. . CREATED/PUBLISHED N[ew] Y[ork] J.H. Colton & Co., 1855. Scale ca. 1:3,250,000.

Norfolk and Cincinnati Railroad. Map showing the Norfolk and Cincinnati Railroad, and its connections. Map of the southern states showing drainage, mineral deposits, cities and towns, counties, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. . CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, 1882. Scale 1:2,217,600.

Norfolk and Cincinnati Railroad. Map showing the Consolidated Southern Railway, Kentucky Division--Eastern Kentucky R.R. Virginia Division--Norfolk & Cincinnati R.R. Tennessee & Carolina Division and its connections.Map of the southeastern United States showing drainage, cities and towns, county boundaries, the railroad network, and mineral deposits. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. . CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, 1883. Scale 1:2,217,600.

Norfolk and Western Railroad Company. The Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia Air Line; the Shenandoah Valley R.R.; Norfolk & Western R.R.; East Tennessee, Virginia, & Georgia R.R. (its leased lines,) and their connections. Map of the eastern United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, and the railroad network emphasizing the main lines. Rand McNally and Company. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Chicago, 1882.

Norfolk and Western Railroad Company. Map showing the Norfolk & Western Railroad and its connections. Map of the eastern United States showing drainage, cities and towns, distance by 100-mile concentric circles centered on Roanoke, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. This line became one of the world's greatest coal carriers. It began as the City Point Rail Road from Petersburg to City Point, a distance of 9 miles. It was consolidated in 1870 as the Atlantic, Mississippi, and Ohio Railroad. See entry 491. It was sold in 1881 under the above name. In 1896 it was reorganized as the Norfolk and Western Railway Company. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. . CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, 1887. Scale ca. 1:3,800,000.

Norfolk, Albermarle, and Atlantic Railroad. Maps showing the Norfolk, Albermarle & Atlantic Railroad and its connections. Main map shows southern tidewater Virginia and eastern North Carolina. Indicates drainage, cities and towns, counties, canals, and railroads in blue and red. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. . CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, 1891.

Norfolk, Wilmington, and Charleston Railroad. Map showing the Norfolk, Wilmington & Charleston Railroad. Eastern states from Philadelphia to Charleston, S.C., showing drainage, cities and towns, and the railroads with lines named and the main line emphasized. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. . CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, 1891. Scale 1:267,000.

North East and South West Alabama Railroad. Map showing the N.E. & S.W. Alabama R.R. with its connections also the principal routes between New York and New Orleans.Outline map of the eastern United states including Cuba and the Gulf of Mexico. Shows the railroad network and steamship routes. Indicates the railroad land grant and the coal and iron deposits in Alabama. Distances from Washington, D.C., to New Orleans, La. are shown below the title. Chartered in 1853 and 1854. Consolidated with the Wills Valley Railroad, forming the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad. Hoyer & Ludwig. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Richmond, Va., [185-] Scale ca. 1:5,000,000.

North Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The North Pennsylvania Rail Road and its connections, Octr. 1853. Outline map of the eastern Great Lakes, east to Philadelphia and New York City, showing the east Pennsylvania coal fields. Chartered April 8, 1852, under Philadelphia, Easton and Water-Gap Railroad. "The North Pennsylvania Rail Road will form part of a line from the Wyoming mines northwest to the Lakes and from the Lehigh mines southeast to tidewater, shorter both ways, than any other route, from either of the anthracite coal fields. It will also establish between Philadelphia and all places west of the longitude of Waverly, a line forty miles shorter than any route from the same places, or either of them, to the City of New York." Miller, Edward, 1811-1872. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Phila[delphia], [1853] Scale ca. 1:1,800,000.

Northern Pacific Railroad Company. Preliminary sketch of the Northern Pacific Rail Road exploration and survey, by I. I. Stevens, Governor of Washington Territory. Each sheet includes profile of ground covered. Sheet [1] From St Paul to Riviere des Lacs.--Sheet [2] From Riviere des Lacs to the Rocky Mountains.--Sheet [3] From the Rocky Mountains to Puget Sound. Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Phila[delphia], [1855] (map 1 of 3.)

Northern Pacific Railroad Company. Northern Pacific Railway 1900. Map of northern United States from the Great Lakes to the Pacific Ocean showing reliief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, forest and timber, Indian and military reservations. L.L. Poates Engr'g Co. . CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, 1900.

Northern Pacific Railroad Company. Northern Pacific Railroad Co.--completed road, September 5th, 1882. ap of the northern and western United States showing relief by hahures, drainage, cities and towns. Color coded to show "Northern Pacific Lines, Proper, Oregon Railway & Navigation Co's System, Oregon and Transcontinental Branch Lines, Lines to be constructed." Fringed lines indicate roads under construction. Rand McNally and Company. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Chicago, 1882. Scale ca. 1:3,900,000.

Northern Pacific Railroad Company. Map exhibiting the several Pacific railroads prepared for the report on the internal commerce of the United States by the Bureau of Statistics. Detailed map of the continental United States indicating drainage, relief by hachures, international and state boundaries, cities & towns, forts, roads, and the railroad network. United States. Dept. of Commerce and Labor. Bureau of Statistics. . CREATED/PUBLISHED [Chicago] Rand, McNally & Co., 1883. Scale ca. 1:4,500,000.

Northern and Southern West Virginia Railroad. Maps showing the connections of the Northern and Southern West Virginia Railroad, with the three grand trunk railways which unite the Atlantic seaboard with the Ohio River. Main map shows central West Virginia including drainage, cities and towns, the coal region, and the railroads. General map shows northeastern United States with its railroad network. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. . CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, 1873. Scale 1:760,320.

Ohio Southern Railroad. Map showing the Ohio Southern R.R. and its connections through the Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland and Indiana, Bloomington & Western Railroads. Map of the midwestern states showing drainage, cities and towns, townships, counties, and railroad network including proposed lines. Emphasizes main lines. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. . CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, 1881. Scale 1:1,267,200.

Old Colony Railroad Company. Map of the Old Colony Rail Road with its branches & connecting roads, prepared under the direction of the Committee of Investigation, Jany. 1850, S. Dwight Eaton, Engr. Map of eastern Massachusetts covering the area from Boston to Wood's Hole and west to Providence, R.I. Shows drainage, place names and counties, and indicates mileage between stations. The Old Colony Railroad is double-tracked from Boston, south to South Braintree. The line was incorporated in 1844. Ferguson, W. E. . CREATED/PUBLISHED [Boston], 1850. Scale ca. 1:150,000.

Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company. General map of the Orange & Alexandria Rail Road and its connections north, south, and west. Outline map of the southeastern United States showing major drainage and important cities. "Directions and route to New Orleans and Memphis" are listed below the map title. Chartered March 22, 1848. Opened to Gordonsville in 1854. Ackerman Lithr. . CREATED/PUBLISHED N[ew] Y[ork] 1851. Scale ca. 1:2,300,000.