The NMRO Track Charts project:
It started as a seemingly simple project. I was working for a northeastern shortline operator (retired from there after 37 years!). We had just taken over operation of a 100 mile+ piece of railroad and had no track charts showing grades and curvature. The section of railroad had once been owned by the Boston & Maine Railroad but 2/3 of it had been turned over to the Canadian Pacific later in life. Oddly, none of the B&M track profiles could be found for the CP section so I sent out feelers. Finally, one very generous soul surfaced and said that he had what I needed. At that point he also said he had 99% of the rest of the Boston & Maine and asked if I wanted copies of everything. I was elated! Knowing that purchasing track charts and the like via e-Bay and other sources was very expensive (sometimes costing upwards of $100 for a single rail route) I vowed to make them much more affordable to the average railfan. Thus, the NMRO Track Charts program was born. Since that time numerous individuals have stepped forward and passed along material toward the project. The original release was just a portion of one CD and had nine different updates before it was full. Now, the collection is a massive 18 CD's large and also now is on direct download via Dropbox. All the proceeds derived go to the costs of maintaining the NMRO website, the Dropbox and for the production of more collections. Yes, Mama gets to go out to dinner to keep her happy with all the time I spend working on it! Just part of the cost of doing business as you know!
Northeast Railroads - Part 1
The CD collection that started it all!
Northeastern Railroads - Part 2
1300 images of Land Valuation Maps & track profiles.
1536 images of Land Valuation Maps West of Binghamton, NY.
Track Charts Volume 10 - Revision #3
Now 1554 images of Land Valuation Maps and other material.
Nearly 1000 files of Land Valuation Maps, track profiles and more.