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RailMapOnline @railmaponline.bsky.social · 4d

Updates for North Yorkshire, including Whitby, Northallerton, Thirsk and many of the industrial areas around the moors. On the main UK railway map.
railmaponline.com/UKIEMap.php

The NE Timeline map shows how these railways developed, but without the detail.
railmaponline.com/north-east-t...

Map of historic railways around Skinningrove and Loftus, including the steel works and Skinningrove Zig-Zag.

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RailMapOnline @railmaponline.bsky.social · 11d

Lots of redraws to East Anglia, including Norwich, Felixstowe, Harwich, Lowestoft, Bury St Edmonds and Newmarket.
www.railmaponline.com

Map showing historic railways and stations in Norwich, with modern railways overlaid in red.

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RailMapOnline @railmaponline.bsky.social · 18d

North East Timeline map expanded to cover lines as far south as York, and west to the Settle & Carlisle.
www.RailMapOnline.com/north-east-timeline

Map of railways and stations covering a large part of North Yorkshire, and shown for the year 1900.

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RailMapOnline @railmaponline.bsky.social · 19d

The NE Timeline now has a Legend which adapts with the displayed time, and station labels. Use the buttons below the map to tailor the display.
railmaponline.com/north-east-t...

Map showing railways around Stockton in 1841, with stations labelled. A legend is shown to the left of the map. The buttons above the map control the displayed year, and buttons below the map select the legend, closed tracks, open and closed stations, and station labels.

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RailMapOnline @railmaponline.bsky.social · 19d

New North East Timeline map.
Clicking on a station or track displays a history of that feature. Dates are sometimes annotated with "c" (circa), "e" (estimate) or "u" (unknown). Many tracks also include links to other sites.
www.RailMapOnline.com/north-east-timeline

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RailMapOnline @railmaponline.bsky.social · 19d

North East timeline released for Railway200. Scroll through time to see how railways in the region developed, from 1621 to 1825 to the present day. It's a bit rough round the edges, so I hope to add more updates and features in the future.
www.RailMapOnline.com/north-east-timeline

Map of north east railways, showing the railways in 1825. Buttons at the top of the map let you step through the years, from the first tracks in 1621 to the present day.

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RailMapOnline @railmaponline.bsky.social · Sep 13

With a lot of HS2 infrastructure now visible on satellite imagery, I've refreshed the HS2 layer to better align with the actual route.
www.RailMapOnline.com

Map showing the High Speed 2 route from London to Birmingham

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RailMapOnline @railmaponline.bsky.social · Aug 17

Ronan emailed a pic of a mystery line at Rastrick, W.Yorks. Nice to find the route on old OS maps and be able to add it to the Huddersfield tram network.
You can see tram lines and more by selecting Layers on the UK railway and the UK trolleybus maps.
www.RailMapOnline.com

Map showing historic tram line around Huddersfield.

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RailMapOnline @railmaponline.bsky.social · Aug 7

Sanborn maps are a great source of information, but very time consuming to stick together so I don't use them often. Trust you've found the excellent USGS map collection:
ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/vie...

Unfortunately, very slow progress on the US map so Indiana is some way off.

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Explore, interact, and download USGS topographic maps free of charge from topoView.

ngmdb.usgs.gov

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RailMapOnline @railmaponline.bsky.social · Jul 6

Mountain Quarry Railroad added near Auburn, California. Check out the US railroad map.
www.RailMapOnline.com

Map of historic railroads around Auburn, California. The Central Pacific is shown in orange, climbing up towards Donner Pass. The Mountain Quarry RR is in light blue, descending to the American River.

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London North Eastern Railway @lner.co.uk · Jun 28

Join us tomorrow for another watchalong on YouTube! This time we're taking in the view from the driving cab on a journey along the coast between Newcastle and Edinburgh.

🗓️ Sunday 29 June at 12:00

🔗 youtu.be/QlKu40VTcIw

💬 You can discuss the journey with us and other rail fans in live chat too.

Newcastle to Edinburgh | Real Time Cab Ride in 4K

YouTube video by London North Eastern Railway

youtu.be

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RailMapOnline @railmaponline.bsky.social · Jun 22

The 'Modern Rlys' layer on the UK & Ireland railway map has been updated. This is a copy of the latest OpenStreetMap railway data and shows in-service railway tracks.
railmaponline.com

Map of modern railways north of London, including the newly re-opened Bicester to Bletchley line.

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RailMapOnline @railmaponline.bsky.social · May 10

Hull redrawn on the railway map.
www.RailMapOnline.com

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RailMapOnline @railmaponline.bsky.social · Feb 28

On March 1st Google will change their pricing structure. Not sure how this will affect RailMapOnline at present, but this might result in features being lost or maps being temporarily unavailable over the coming weeks. Please bear with me while I try and figure it out.

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RailMapOnline @railmaponline.bsky.social · Feb 2

US railroad map now covers most of the western USA. Don't forget to explore Hawaii and Alaska.
www.railmaponline.com

Map showing historic railroads across the western USA. Coverage includes Hawaii, Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Idaho, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Texas, plus a few lines in Mexico and Canada.

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RailMapOnline @railmaponline.bsky.social · Jan 10

Nebraska completed. Had hoped to finish this before the end of 2024, but Omaha and Council Bluffs were very difficult to decipher - let me know if you spot any errors.
www.RailMapOnline.com

Map of historic railroads around Omaha, Nebraska and Council Bluffs, Iowa, including the eastern end of the Union Pacific Railroad.

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RailMapOnline @railmaponline.bsky.social · Dec 31

A big thank you to everyone for your support in 2024. Your amazingly generous donations have kept the website running, and your emails with suggestions and corrections have made all the maps richer and more accurate. Here's to 2025!!
www.RailMapOnline.com

Images of the maps available on RailMapOnline; UK & Irish railways, UK & Irish canals, UK trolleybus routes, UK military airfields, and western US railroads.

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RailMapOnline @railmaponline.bsky.social · Nov 24

Southwest Nebraska added to the map.
www.RailMapOnline.com

Map of historic railroads around Hastings, Nebraska, overlaid onto a satellite image background

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RailMapOnline @railmaponline.bsky.social · Nov 19

I don't include proposed lines until the funding is confirmed and building starts, otherwise I'll be forever adding schemes that never amount to anything. Has the Cambridge leg actually been funded?

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RailMapOnline @railmaponline.bsky.social · Nov 18

Nebraska gets more branches north of the River Platte and completion of the UP across the state.
www.RailMapOnline.com

Map of historic railroads in central Nebraska showing the UP main line and various branches north of the River Platte.

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Coastway Will @coastwaywill.me · Nov 5

To the folks who moved over from Twitter after my shout this afternoon, hello! Welcome!

If you're new to Bluesky, you can find all of your favourite transport people using the starter pack created by @jenonthemove.com

It's much nicer over here, expect many trains 😁

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RailMapOnline @railmaponline.bsky.social · Nov 10

Nebraska - northern part of the state added to the map, plus Sioux City (Iowa).
railmaponline.com

Map of historic railroads in northeast Nebraska and the Iowa border.

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RailMapOnline @railmaponline.bsky.social · Nov 4

Have a break from politics, and explore South Dakota's railroads instead.
railmaponline.com

Map of historic railroads in South Dakota, overlaid onto a modern satellite image.

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RailMapOnline @railmaponline.bsky.social · Nov 2

South Dakota added to the US railroad map, plus a nibble out of Minnesota and Iowa.
www.RailMapOnline.com

Map of historic railroads across North and South Dakota, Montana and Wyoming.

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RailMapOnline @railmaponline.bsky.social · Oct 12

The Black Hills of western South Dakota are added to the map. Plenty of mountain railroads serving the gold rush.
www.RailMapOnline.com

Map of historic railroads in the Black Hills, South Dakota.