Greetings, Would anyone know of a source, book, on line, etc. that may have maps of rail lines that existed in 1900? I am specifically interested in lines from northern Hungary going to Hamburg. Also, what would have been the most common mode of transportation to get to them back then? Thanks, Joyce

The county maps at http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/maps/1910/turoc.jpg show the rail lines (alternate black and white lines--“Vaspálya“). Surely they would have used horse-drawn vehicles to get to the rail line. I can't be certain about 1900, but 50 years earlier my husband's great-grandfather, traveling from central Hungary, hired a carriage to Abony where he then took a train to Pest. From there he took a steamship on the Danube (Duna) to Pozsony (Bratislava), where he boarded a train which took him to Gensendorf, Oberberg, Breslau, Berlin, and finally to Hamburg. Some of these place names are now obsolete. The best that I have been able to determine is the following: Pozsony - Bratislava SK Gensendorf - Brno CZ Oberberg - Prague CZ Breslau - Wroclaw PO Since he was fleeing from the Austrians following Hungary's loss in the 1848-49 war, he would have avoided Austria at all costs. Otherwise he might have gone through Vienna. If anyone has a correction on these place names, I would very much appreciate hearing. Hope this helps. Janet -----Original Message----- From: Joyce & Bill [mailto:bhewlett@verizon.net] Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 9:07 AM To: HUNGARY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [HUNGARY-L] rail lines Greetings, Would anyone know of a source, book, on line, etc. that may have maps of rail lines that existed in 1900? I am specifically interested in lines from northern Hungary going to Hamburg. Also, what would have been the most common mode of transportation to get to them back then? Thanks, Joyce