ATLAS

Produced by the RAC for organizations and inviduals interested in the rail industry, the Canadian Railway Atlas is the only comprehensive national atlas of Canada’s railways available.

The Atlas includes 12 Canadian and 4 North American regional maps, and maps for 8 Canadian provinces and 13 major Canadian cities. It also contains a Canadian railway Station Index which alllows users easy reference to a station's location on a map.

The Atlas provides additional details on each railway. These include the name of its parent company, the type of railway (passeger, freight, Class I, Short Line, etc.), the provinces in which it operates, whether it is federally or provincially regulated, and the number of route miles.

Also available to the public are RAC produced railway wall maps for Western Canada, Eastern Canada and North America.

Major highways, such as the Trans-Canada Highway, are identified as well as Ferry services. The city maps also illustrate the location of railway stations, intermodal terminals, auto, special product and bulk commodity transfer facilities.

The Atlas is based on information provided by the railways and reflects changes and developments in the industry up to August of 2003.

The 4th edition of the Atlas was published in 2003. A special version produced in 2004 presents Canadian Railways by Federal Electoral Districts.