{"id":1787013,"date":"2019-01-20T17:51:45","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T22:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1787013"},"modified":"2019-01-20T17:51:45","modified_gmt":"2019-01-20T22:51:45","slug":"bnsfs-map-archives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/01\/bnsfs-map-archives\/","title":{"rendered":"BNSF’s Map Archives"},"content":{"rendered":"

BNSF is one of the largest railways in North America. It’s the end product of a series of rail mergers, and as such it has records for all its antecedent railroads. Including, as an item posted to its website this month reveals<\/a>, maps, which BNSF is now in the process of digitizing.<\/p>\n

Some of the most historically significant maps that BNSF has are maps filed by our predecessor railroads. These maps depicted the beginning of the railroad as we know it, and were often the first official survey of some of the more remote areas of the developing West.<\/p>\n

Many of our vital maps were found in boxes or stashed in file cabinets or storage rooms. \u201cWe went to 200-plus locations going through thousands, if not tens of thousands of boxes,\u201d said Obermiller of the conversion. \u201cNow we are preserving the most vital maps to ensure we are retaining our vital records and are good stewards of our heritage.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No word in the piece as to whether those records are available to researchers or the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BNSF is one of the largest railways in North America. It’s the end product of a series of rail mergers, and as such it has records for all its antecedent railroads. 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