RAILFAN GUIDES of the U.S.
This site compliments my signal site, www.railroadsignals.us.
CA CO CT GA IN IA MD MA MI MN MO NJ
NY NC OH ON OR PA PR RI TX UT VT VA DC
Diamond Crossings Museums Transit Systems
Notes: Guides have other
railfan info in addition to just a map and signal stuff.
The PDF's are maps only, they do not contain the guide.
Note: This and all of my pages are done with Frontpage, a Microsoft product. If you use a non-uS browser such as Mozilla or Firefox, I can not guarantee that you will see the pages the way I designed them.....
SYSTEM MAPS
the Grand Trunk
Western RR
Los Angeles:
Transit Home
MTA
Light Rail System
San Diego: MTS San Diego Trolley
San Francisco: CalTrain
San Jose:
VTA Light
Rail System guide
ACE - Altamont
Commuter Express
Denver: RTD Light Rail System guide
CONNECTICUT
New Haven:
Railfan Guide
Atlanta Area Guides:
MAP 1 - the
Atlanta Homepage
MAP 2
- Downtown Atlanta
MAP 3 -
NS's Inman yard and CSX's Tilford & Howell Yards - NW of downtown Atlanta
MAP 4
- south of Atlanta
MAP 5 - east of Atlanta
MAP 6 - west of Atlanta
MAP 7 - the Duluth and Norcross area, with
the Southeast Railroad Museum
MAP 8 -
the Marietta and Elizabeth area - NW outside the Perimeter
MAP
9 - Guide to the Georgia Northeastern RR
MAP 10 - the
Kennesaw area & the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History
MARTA Metro
System guide SIGS
Southern Railway -
Georgia division (Map not
one of mine - copied from elsewhere)
INDIANA
*
Elkhart:
Railfan Guide - home of the National NYC RR Museum
PDF Version
Michigan City:
Railfan Guide - home to the Chicago, South
Shore & South Bend RR & the NICTD Commuter line
PDF Version
*
South Bend:
Railfan Guide
PDF Version
Terre Haute:
Haley Tower
IOWA
Mason City IA:
Railfan Guide
includes the diamonds between the UP and the Iowa Traction and IC&E SIGS
MARYLAND
the Annapolis
Junction area - ~35 min south of
downtown Baltimore (off I95)
Baltimore:
Baltimore and Maryland
Railfan Maps Homepage
General
Baltimore Guide Maps
Highway Guide to Baltimore
Hotel Guide to Baltimore
Towns Around Baltimore with Railroad Related Things to See
Major
Rail Lines, Yards and Stations
Light Rail and Metro Map
Little Italy and Greektown Dining
Area Railfan Maps
North of Baltimore - Towson / Lutherville / Cockeysville
NW
of Baltimore - Pikesville up to Reisterstown
NE of
Baltimore - Whitemarsh / Martin State
Northern Baltimore City
North Central Baltimore City - Penn Station area
Central Baltimore City
West of
Baltimore - Catonsville / Elkridge / Thomas Viaduct
SW of
Baltimore City - Glen Burnie and the BWI area
South of
Baltimore - Mostly the CSX Yards
SE of
Baltimore - the Sparrows Point area
East Baltimore
City - Bayview and Canton Yards
Detail Maps
West
Baltimore City - CSX Mt Winans Yard and Zepp's Bridge
East
Baltimore City - the Two Bayview Yards
Downtown Baltimore City - CSX's Bailey's Wye
the Greenspring Branch
B&O Map of the central
to southern Baltimore City tracks (Map not one of
mine - copied from elsewhere)
Chesapeake Beach -- Home of the Chesapeake Beach Rwy Museum -- Way south of
Baltimore
Colesville
- Home to the National Capitol Trolley Museum
Hampstead -- Way north of
Baltimore, ex WM depot
Hyattsville -- CSX's JD "Tower" Wye - NE suburban
Washington DC
Perryville MD -- NE of Baltimore on the Susquehanna
River (well over 200 pix!)
Sykesville -- Way west of Baltimore
Central Maryland
series:
Central MD Index
Page
Boyce
and Berryville VA
Brunswick MD
Charlestown WV
Frederick MD
Hagerstown MD
Harpers Ferry WV
Martinsburg WV
Mt Airy MD
Point of Rocks MD
Winchester WV
the Maryland Midland RR
the Walkersville Southern RR
Diamond Crossings
Pennsy and B&O
(CSX/NS) crossing at Penn Mary Yard - Canton area
B&O crossing the
Pennsy - Canton area
The Baltimore maps
are available in this
PDF (~1.2mb)
The suburban area maps and DC are in
this
PDF (~550kb)
Old B&W GIF Maps of Baltimore
MAP 1
MAP 2
MAP 4
MAP
5
MASSACHUSETTS
Springfield:
Railfan Guide
MICHIGAN
Southern MI Railfan
Guide Homepage, which includes:
Albion:
Railfan Guide
SIGS
Alma to Owosso Chase Maps:
Northern Half
PDF Map //
Southern Half
PDF Map
Ann Arbor:
Railfan
Guide
PDF Map SIGS
Battle Creek:
Railfan
Guide - finally
PDF Map SIGS
Bay City:
Railfan Guide
PDF Map
Bridgeport and the Junction Valley RR:
Railfan Guide
PDF Map
Cadillac:
Railfan Guide
Detroit:
Delrey
Tower and Rougemere Yard guide
PDF Map SIGS
GTW/CN Yard
guide
PDF Map
Plymouth Diamond:
Railfan Guide
PDF Map
Durand:
Railfan Guide
PDF
Map SIGS
Durand to Owosso:
area map
PDF
Map
Flatrock/Woodhaven: CN Yard
Area map
PDF Map
Flint: Flint MI map
PDF Map
Grand Rapids:
Railfan Guide
PDF Map
Jackson:
Railfan Guide
SIGS
Kalamazoo:
Map
PDF Map
Lansing:
Railfan
Guide
PDF Map SIGS
Owosso:
Railfan Guide
PDF Map
Saginaw:
Railfan
Guide
PDF Map SIGS
Traverse City:
Railfan Guide
PDF
Map
White Creek RR:
Live Steam
Railfan Guide PDF Version
Rail Line map
of Southern Michigan (1.5meg JPEG)
PDF Map
All of the Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio maps in one PDF:
click here
MINNESOTA
Albert Lea:
Diamond Between the
Union Pacific and the Iowa, Chicago, and Eastern SIGS
Minneapolis:
Hiawatha Light
Rail Guide
SIGS
MISSOURI
St Louis:
Metro Light
Rail System Map
NEW JERSEY
Camden/Trenton: NJT's
River Line Light Rail Guide
Newark NJ: Newark Subway Light Rail guide SIGS
New York/New Jersey:
PATH Rail System
NEW YORK
Binghamton:
Index Page -
Introduction and General Information
Map 1 -
Binghamton Proper
SIGS
Map 2 -
East and South of Binghamton
SIGS
Map 3 - West of
Binghamton
SIGS
Map 4 -
North of Binghamton
Buffalo:
Light
Rail guide
SIGS
New York/New Jersey:
PATH Rail System
New York City:
A scan of part of a map of New York City (~mid 40's) - showing the railroads
and associated piers - great stuff!
The NY, PA, and VA maps are in this here one PDF....
http://www.railroadsignals.us/AllMaps1.pdf
NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte:
Light
Rail guide
SIGS
OHIO
Bellevue:
Railfan Guide
Berea: Railfan Guide - Premier railfan spot with both CSX and NS running by SIGS
Deshler:
Railfan Guide
SIGS
Fostoria:
Railfan Guide
- Triple Double Track Diamonds
PDF Map
SIGS
North Baltimore: Railfan Guide
Toledo:
Railfan Guide
PDF Maps are on the individual pages
Walbridge:
CSX Yards
map
PDF Map
SIGS
ONTARIO
Ottawa:
O-Train Light Rail
Transit Service
OREGON
Portland:
Portland Railfan
Guide Home
Map 1 ..... the
Amtrak Station Area
Map 2 ..... UP and
the east side of the Willamette
Map 3 ..... BNSF and
the west side of the Willamette
Map 4 ..... South of
downtown and Milwaukie
Portland
Transit Home
Map 2
..... the Portland Streetcar
Map 3
..... WES - the Westside Express Service Commuter Train
Map 4
..... the Downtown Area
Map 5
..... the Westside Light Rail Guide
Map 6
..... the Eastside Light Rail Guide
PENNSYLVANIA
Altoona area:
Index page *
Map 1 - Altoona
Proper
*
Map 2 - Horseshoe
Curve
*
Map 3 - Gallitzin
and Cresson
*
Map 4 - West (to
South Fork)
Map 5 - East (to Mt
Union)
Harrisburg:
Harrisburg Railfan
Guide
Harrisburg West
to Macedonia
- Pennsy Mainline Signal Guide
the Rockville
Bridge
Orbisonia/Rockhill:
the
East Broad Top
RR guide
the
Rockhill Trolley
Museum
Lancaster:
Railfan Guide
Manheim:
Railfan Guide
Mt Union and
East to Macedonia
- Pennsy Mainline Signal Guide
New Freedom:
Railfan Guide
Philadelphia:
Railfan Guide Homepage
Please Note: This section, the Philly guide, is
under
development
Philadelphia and SEPTA Area
Maps Homepage
SEPTA -
Overall Rail System
Map
SEPTA -
the Route 100 - Norristown
LRV Line
SEPTA -
the Route 101 and 102
Trolley Lines
SEPTA -
the Subway Surface
lines
SEPTA -
the Broad Street Subway
Line
SEPTA -
the Market-Frankford
Subway Line
SEPTA -
the 69th Street
Terminal!
30th Street
Station
ZOO
Interlocking!!
All 9 SEPTA Maps Available in One
PDF Document:
http://www.railroadsignals.us/septa/septamaps.pdf
Pittsburgh:
Light
Rail Guide
Scranton:
Railfan Guide
SIGS
Strasburg:
Railfan Guide
York:
Railfan
Guide
PUERTO RICO
* San Juan:
Tren Urbano
(Metro) Guide
RHODE ISLAND
* Providence:
Railfan Guide
Lite
TEXAS
Dallas:
DART Light
Rail Map
Houston TX:
Houston Homepage
Map
1 - Englewood Yard
SIGS
Map 2 - Tower 85
SIGS
Map 3 - Tower 87
SIGS
Map 4 - Pierce
Junction/Diamond
SIGS
Light
Rail guide
SIGS
Tyler: Railfan Guide and Tower 183
Salt Lake City: UTA Light Rail System
VERMONT
* Burlington:
Railfan Guide
VIRGINIA
* Boyce and Berryville:
Railfan Guide
N&W PL Signals and a depot
SIGS
*
Doswell VA:
Railfan Guide
A diamond between the former RF&P and C&O SIGS
* Fredericksburg:
Raifan Guide
PDF Map
* Norfolk: the TIDE Light Rail Railfan Guide SIGS
* Richmond VA
Index & General Information Page
PDF Map
Map 1 -
Downtown Richmond - Main Street Station and the Triple Crossing
Map 2 - Acca
Yard, AY, and the Amtrak Station
PDF Map
Map 3 -
South Richmond - S Richmond Yard and the Old Dominion Rwy Museum
Map 4 - East Richmond - Sandston and the Airport
PDF Map
* Roanoke
and Salem Areas:
Index page
Map 1 - the South Side - JK Tower
area guide PDF Version
SIGS
Map 2 - Downtown
guide
PDF Version SIGS
Map 3 - the West
Side guide - North Yard
PDF Version SIGS
Map 4 - Salem
guide
PDF Version
Map 5 - Salem to
Christiansburg Chase Map
PDF Version
Bedford VA
Railfan Guide
All 6 Roanoke maps in one
PDF
The NY, PA, and VA maps are in this here one PDF....
http://www.railroadsignals.us/AllMaps1.pdf
WASHINGTON DC
Washington DC:
Index
and General Info Page
Map 1
- Washington's Union Station
Map 2
- Ivy City Yard
Map 3
- Hyattsville and "JD Tower"
MAP
US ......... Union Station in Washington DC
MAP
IVY........ Amtrak's Ivy Yard
MAP
M1 ........ The DC Metro yard and wye adjacent to Union Station and
Ivy
WMATA's Metro
system Railfan Guide
the RED Line Guide
SIGS These Guides have signal pictures along with other important railfan info
Most if not all junctions, or crossings of one railroad with another have some sort of protection so trains don't go banging into each other, below is a small sampling of what is out there that I have come across in my travels. A wide variety exists, although the protection is being more and more by color light signals. As standard high type color lights become the norm for protection, older methods are become a rarer find, such as simples swing gates (Tyler TX), tilting targets, and even searchlight signals.
Some of the pages started out just to highlight the diamond, others are full blown railfan guides for the area that include a diamond crossing somewhere. The index page for this section used to have it's own page, but it is now only here!
Albert Lea MN......
Union Pacific and the Iowa, Chicago, and Eastern
Baltimore MD.......
Pennsy and B&O (CSX/NS) crossing at Penn Mary Yard - Canton area
B&O crossing the Pennsy - Canton area
Deshler OH
CSX/CSX Diamond
still plenty of CPL's around for the signal fan!
Doswell VA.....
CSX and CSX (ex C&O and RF&P)
Durand MI
GTW/GTW Diamond
Fostoria OH
CSX/NS/CSX
Diamonds 3 cool diamonds!!!
Lansing MI
CSX and the GTW -
Trowbridge Diamond
Mason City IA.....
2 UP Diamonds
between the IC&E and Iowa Traction
Houston TX
Map 2 - Tower 85
SIGS
Map 3 - Tower 87
SIGS
Map 4 - Pierce
Junction/Diamond
SIGS
Tyler
Tower 183
(Ex Cotton Belt and Missouri Pacific crossing (all UP now))
1) Chattanooga Choo-Choo Chattanooga TN…. Not really
a museum, but…..
2) North Carolina
Transportation Museum Spencer NC
3) Radial Railway
Museum
Milton ONT
4)
The Rosenberg TX Railroad
Museum Rosenberg TX, SW
of Houston…. A signal fans must see
5) B&O Railroad
Museum
6) the Manheim Transportation
Museum Manheim PA, just north of
9)
MAPS SORTED BY TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Atlanta GA:
MARTA Metro
System Guide
SIGS
Baltimore MD:
Baltimore MTA Light
Rail Guide
SIGS
Baltimore MD:
MTA
Metro Subway map
Buffalo NY:
Light
Rail Guide
SIGS
Camden NJ: NJT's
River Line Light Rail
Charlotte NC:
Light
Rail Guide
SIGS
Dallas:
DART
Light Rail Map
Denver:
RTD Light Rail
System Guide
Houston TX: Light
Rail guide
SIGS
Los Angeles CA:
Transit Home
MTA
Light Rail System
Minneapolis MN:
Hiawatha Light
Rail Guide SIGS
Newark NJ:
Newark Subway Light Rail
Guide SIGS
New York/New Jersey:
PATH Rail System
Norfolk VA:
the TIDE Light Rail
Railfan Guide SIGS
Ottawa ON:
O-Train Light Rail
Transit Service
Philadelphia: Philadelphia and SEPTA Area
Maps Homepage
Pittsburgh:
PAT
Light Rail Guide
Portland OR:
Portland
OR maps
Salt Lake City UT:
UTA Light
Rail System
San Diego CA:
MTS San
Diego Trolley
San Francisco CA:
CalTrain
San Jose CA:
VTA Light
Rail System guide
ACE - Altamont
Commuter Express
* San Juan PR:
Tren Urbano
(Metro) Guide
St Louis:
Metro Light
Rail System Map
Washington DC:
WMATA's Metro
system Railfan Guide
the RED Line Guide
Last revised
01/22/2012
new 6/24/2008
