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General map of the Pennsylvania Railroad and its connections

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Description: Image of a map of most of the continental United States and part of Mexico showing the main routes and connecting lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad, with routes and railroad stations named; map verso contains 16 panels with railroad timetables, promotional descriptions, a vignette of the interior of a Pennsylvania Railroad Dining Car with well-dressed diners being served by African-American servers, a vignette of a Pullman sleeping car with passengers sitting in seats, including a woman reading and a girl, and inset with an image of a sleeping birth and a man shining shoes; folding map cover contains a vignette of a train on the Horseshoe Curve in the Allegheny Mountains and an American eagle with wings displayed standing on a shield with an "E Pluribus Unum" banner.
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Date: approximately 1884

Map of the Chicago & North-Western Railway and part of its connections

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Image of a wood engraved map of a portion of the Midwestern United States showing railroad routes of the Chicago & North-Western Railway and connecting lines from Chicago, Illinois, westward, with promotional descriptions and timetables; map verso contains panels with fold-up map covers, additional timetables, and promotional text, with a vignette of a side elevation of a Pullman drawing room and sleeping car.

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Map of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway and Its Connections

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Image of a map of a portion of the Midwest and Eastern United States showing the routes and connecting lines of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway with two smaller images in the lower left corner captioned, "View of East End of the Great Union Depot, Cleveland, O." and "Front view of Great Chicago Depot, where Passengers arrive and depart in the heart of the city." ; map verso contains panels with printed railroad timetables and promotional descriptions, a vignette of a passenger car labeled "Sleeping Odell Coach" and a map of the railroad routes between Pittsburgh and Lake Erie titled "Map of route between Buffalo, Cleveland and Pittsburgh ..."; fold-up map covers contain two vignettes captioned "The mail carrier of 100 years ago" and "The Flight of the Fast mail" and a vignette of passing locomotives.

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Map of the great air line route, Ohio & Mississippi Railway and connections

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Image of a map of a portion of the Eastern and Midwestern United States from as far west as Denver, Colorado, to the Atlantic Ocean, showing the railroad route of the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad and connecting lines; with a vignette of the East Bridge captioned "View of the bridge across the Mississippi at St. Louis." and printed information about the bridge to the left of map; map verso contains panels with the fold-up map covers, promotional descriptions, timetables, a vignette of the East Bridge with a steamboat and horse-drawn wagons and pedestrians in the foreground, and a vignette of a side elevation of a Pullman drawing room and sleeping car.

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Map of the New York Central and Hudson River Rail Road and its principal connections

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Image of a map of a portion of the Eastern and Midwestern United States from as far west as Omaha, Nebraska, to the Atlantic Ocean, showing the railroad routes of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad and connecting lines, with a vignette of the seal of New York with the banner "Excelsior" above the map title; map verso contains fold-up map cover with a vignette of a passenger train car labeled "Wagners Palace Drawing Room Car" and panels with promotional descriptions and timetables.

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Map of the Louisville and Great Southern Railroad line & connections

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Image of a map of the eastern United States showing the routes of the Great Southern railroad line of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company and connecting lines, with an inset map of the city of Louisville, Kentucky, showing railroad connections; map verso contains panels with printed promotional descriptions and timetables; fold-up map.

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The short line across the continent. : Map of the great central route between the Atlantic and Pacific : Michigan Central and Great Western Railways

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Image of a map of a portion of the Eastern United States from as far west as Omaha, Nebraska, showing railroad routes of the Michigan Central and Great Western Railroad and connecting lines, with a vignette in the lower left corner of the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge and an inset map in the lower right corner of the Western United States showing railroad routes and titled, "Map between the Missouri River and the Pacific Ocean"; map verso contains panels with the fold-up map covers, promotional descriptions including an image of a freight car for the Great Central Route's Blue Line, and timetables.

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General map of the Pennsylvania Railroad and its connections

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