Travelling by Road and Rail in the Old West - resource list

[starry_diadem]

I've been writing about a character travelling from Boston to San Francisco in 1870, on the newly opened Great Transcontinental Railroad route. I have amassed a massive amount of useful information on the Railroads and Stagecoaches that I thought I'd share.

ETA - Not sure what happened to the formatting as it was fine in my browser.  Sorry about

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[kutsuwamushi]

This is really long. Please add an LJ-cut!

[ithildyn]

Thank you for this! I was just about to start researching rail and stagecoach info, and you've saved me a whole lot of time!

[mashfanficchick]

Hey, thanks! How'd you know I just started writing something where I was going to need exactly this info (San Francisco to Boston, right around this time)? :-D

[naamah_darling]

This is so cool and useful! Thank you!

*goes to browse!*

[sushidog]

Added to my memories; thanks! (But a cut-tag would be lovely!)