Category Archives: Research

Prototype Example — Grade Crossings and Platforms

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I’m in a little bit of a quandary regarding the construction of the platforms at the station — should the planks run parallel to, or perpendicular to the tracks?

These two views of this station show all kinds of interesting things. Notice the grade crossing in the picture at left – very similar to mine, and notice that it’s not there in the, apparently, earlier photograph at the right. Interesting. The pictures also show two different platform types in the same complex. That’s not helping me any!

Better Eastern Shore Map

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The “Background” page of this site has an off-site link to a map of the Eastern Shore. However, it only shows the central part of the shore, cutting off both northern Maryland and Delaware to the north, and Virginia to the south.

This is a very, very large image. However, it’s also very detailed. It shows, primarily, the Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway and the Maryland, Delaware & Virginia Railway. It also shows many of the other, smaller railroads and ferry lines.

WARNING: This file is huge! It will take almost a minute to download using a broadband connection. Also, you will have to scroll around to see it all. The “close viewer” X will be way down and to the right, at the very bottom of the map. For those who would prefer, here is a download link. Right-click on this link to download the image.