Maps of the Tri-Cities from the early 1980s?

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Maps of the Tri-Cities from the early 1980s?

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Does anyone know of a place where I can access a map of the Midland-Bay City-Saginaw area from before 1985? I want to have a look at all the old lines that have been abandoned since then.

Maps from before 1975 will be appreciated as well!

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my railroad museum might have some i dont know
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Standard Railfan wrote:These are not railroad maps, but useful none the less.

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/michigan/

http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/1,1607,7-15 ... --,00.html
That second link is just what I'm looking for, thanks!

Crazy how much track once covered the Tri-Cities. What's got me curious is that branch that curves south off the Dean Sub in Saginaw just west of Mershon and runs all the way down to connect with the Paines Sub on the south side.

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Someone else on this board also posted a link to the NOAA website that houses historical nautical charts. The charts show an amazing amount of detail on near shore land features including railroad lines.

http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/csdl ... stract.htm

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Standard Railfan wrote:Someone else on this board also posted a link to the NOAA website that houses historical nautical charts. The charts show an amazing amount of detail on near shore land features including railroad lines.

http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/csdl ... stract.htm
Ugh... that site never loads for me.

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