Kent, thank you for the link to the map site, what an amazing thing to watch it progress through the years! Linda This link show the rail routes in Germany and boarder changes 1635- 1885. Yes, you could get from W?rttemberg to Bremen in 1853. Hit escape when you want to stop at a year. Kent Schach _http://www.ieg-maps.uni-mainz.de/mapsp/mapebga0.htm_ (http://www.ieg-maps.uni-mainz.de/mapsp/mapebga0.htm)