Question about RR valuation maps

Many of those maps do not exist in a public record. The value to a Surveyor would deoend on what information is shown and if its a copy or solo original.
As antiques they are popular if framed properly, but allowing the local County Surveyor, Recorder or Assessor to scan them might be a great public service. A Title Comoany may also have interest.

Those need to be available to all surveyors working in the region covered by those maps. My home county has these for every inch of railroad that ever crossed it. At one time there were six different routes. Today only two remain active. Our maps are a gold mine. Last year I posted on what I called a castle nut stone marking a center section corner. The only clue to its existence was on the RR map including that section.

Thanks for the info. Once we have the time to identify the exact locations of these maps we'll track down the appropriate County Surveyor, Recorder or Assessor etc. Hmm... I wonder if we can make an eagle scout project out of this?

Here's one of the maps. It's centered at (40.005, -79.595) / Connellsville. The map states there was an old island that they must have filled in order to lay the tracks. Neat...

Connellsville appears to be in Fayette County, Pennsylvania about 50 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.

It's the B&O Railroad same as on the Monopoly game board.
As value, for research purposes could be priceless as other has stated here.
You must find the appropriate archive to accept them as an donation. The larger the association, the more likely they will purchase.
Sometimes tracking down a local or state historical society is helpful.

The value to collectors would be very limited to a small set based on date and aesthetic value.
They want color and design features and map condition is critical.
Prices are reflected by auction records.

Jim 1822, post: 432567, member: 12822 wrote: I noticed another post on this forum asking about valuation maps so I hoped someone could help me with some questions?

I was at an estate sale a few years ago when I came upon a couple of black tubes with gray (waxed linen?) maps inside (about 7 per tube). The particular tube Iƒ??m looking at contains multiple "Station Map", "Right-Of-Way and Track Map" maps for "The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company In Pennsylvania". The title blocks list a date of 1918 but the signatures say 1942. Some of them have annotations written on them.

Does anyone know if these are valuable? Could these maps still be useful?

Personally, I would find out the local and county jurisdictions and have them scanned and recorded if they had not been yet but ultimately I would do whatever, if any, restoration work needed to them and properly frame them. We live in a world where a good CADD tech can generate an excellent plan but back in those days of hand drafting it was truly an art form that should both be shared and enjoyed.