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Railroad Map Conversion Project

Preserving Minnesota's historic railroad maps.
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Railroad Map Conversion Project

 

The Office of Land Management has completed a project that indexed and preserved a sizeable collection of Minnesota’s railroad right of way valuation maps and associated railroad station plat maps.  Growing levels of demand for these historic maps presented obstacles to those seeking an efficient means to locate specific maps.  Additionally, there were concerns with maps losing their integrity due to deteriorating physical condition.  Using GIS technology, this project involved indexing, scanning and converting the paper maps into digital form for easier searching by use of a spatial index.  To access these maps, please use the link to the right.



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* Higher resolution versions of these maps can be made available by special arrangement. See contact information and order link below.

 

** These blueprint copies were found in MnDOT records in April 2013. It is believed that these records exist(ed) for much of the state, however their location is unknown. If you have any information regarding other copies of Railroad Right of Way Plats, please contact MnDOT's Office of Land Management.

 

All of the railroad valuation maps and railroad station plats from the collection are available and by self-service can be accessed and downloaded for no charge at Mn/DOT's Mapping and Monitoring website.

 

For more information regarding the content of these maps, or if you have questions about the methods used to spatially reference them, contact the Office of Land Management, (651)366-5000, LISRWMap.dot@state.mn.us.

 

For other types of railroad maps, contact George Thibault at 651.366.3708 in the Office of Freight and Commercial Vehicle Operations (OFRWinfo@dot.state.mn.us).