Historic railway maps

grahame

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Historic railway maps - from 1882

« on: October 07, 2020, 08:19:48 »

I have always been fascinated by these maps - way out of copyright. The originals are beautifully coloured but even in monochome, which this scan set from https://archive.org/details/railwayjunction00airegoog/page/n287/mode/2up is, are still fascinating.

John Airey (1882), Railway Junction Diagrams (4 ed.), Railway Clearing House

From nearly 300 pages, I have selected out maps that are vaguely from the GWR^▸ area. Each is about a 1 Mbyte image.

Bristol, Exeter
Cardiff, Penarth, Walnut Tree
Abergavenny, Cheltenham, Gloucester
Hereford
London / Paddington and Kensington

Carmarthen and Llanelli
Bridgend and Llantrissant
London / overview
Newport
Oxford

Plymouth, Truro
Merthyr, Upper valleys
Rhymney
Shrewsbury, Welshpool
Swansea, Briton Ferry

Llanidloes, Talyllyn and Three Cocks
Highbridge to Dorcheter
Worcester
Yeovil, Salisbury
Aberystwth, Afon Wen, Pencader

Acton Wells
Caerphilly
Evesham, Aylesbury
Pembroke, Whitland
Brynmawr, Llandilo

Barmouth
Dowlais, Gaerwen
Towcester, Stratford-on-Avon
Princes Risborugh, Standish
Kidwelly, Pontardulais, Abercrave

Bath, Evercreech, Minehead
Tavistock, Okehampton, Hereford, Leominster
Sharpness, Lydney, Forest of Dean
Swindon, Marlborough, Andover


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Re: Historic railway maps - from 1882

« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2020, 09:33:09 »

If you follow this link, you can view them in glorious Technicolor


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Re: Historic railway maps - from 1882

« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2020, 09:48:27 »

Quote from: Oxonhutch on October 07, 2020, 09:33:09

If you follow this link, you can view them in glorious Technicolor

Ah .. thank you ... noting those are 1914, so at least it will be interesting to see what changed in 32 years. I noted some missing lines in 1882 ...


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Re: Historic railway maps - from 1882

« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2020, 11:15:20 »

Ian Allan did a facsimile book a few years back - there are secondhand copies on Amazon for ?7. The maps are so lovely it's worth buying in print, I think.


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Re: Historic railway maps - from 1882

« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2020, 18:01:14 »

Quote from: grahame on October 07, 2020, 09:48:27

Quote from: Oxonhutch on October 07, 2020, 09:33:09

If you follow this link, you can view them in glorious Technicolor

Ah .. thank you ... noting those are 1914, so at least it will be interesting to see what changed in 32 years. I noted some missing lines in 1882 ...

Well, there's that change I mentioned elsethread in King's Lynn, for one. The 1882 RCH diagram even suggests another destination accessible from the main station - "Harbour" - but I don't think that counts. For one thing that wasn't a station - it was a harbour. And for another, it's clear from the 6" OS^▸ maps for 1884 and 1904 that no such chord ever existed.


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Re: Historic railway maps - from 1882

« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2020, 18:15:10 »

Using maps from the National Library of Scotland 1888-1913

https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=15.862556637098425&lat=50.19692&lon=-5.34563&layers=6&b=1

If you slide the blue button in the panel in the bottom left you can see the change ftom then to now(-ish)


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