Google maps and railroads

It's pretty neat tracing the old Millstone Branch ROW from Jersey Avenue's satellite station clear into Millstone.

nick11a wrote: Oh sure, they don't update the rails very often at all. There are tons of maps with old names on the RR. Don't be surprised if you come accross "Erie-Lackawanna" for the M&E or "NY&LB" for the NJCL.

Many times mapmakers will purposley NOT update a section of a map. This way, if someone steals it and uses it as their own work (copyright infringement) they'll have proof it was theirs.

My favorite online map service is Rand McNally. Their maps are mostly accurate, detailed and color-coded with streets, highways, features and points of interest.