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		Doctor_Fegg on Dec 29, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Railway Clearing House (1936) The Railway Clearing House’s Junction Diagrams are on Wikimedia Commons, and truly beautiful cartography: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Railways_Junct...

doppp on Dec 30, 2020 [–]

Wow, that's beautiful. Any idea how they did it? Were they all hand drawn? Is there cartography software that does this sort of thing these days?

Stratoscope on Dec 30, 2020 | [–]

Those are wonderful, aren't they?

My guess: Hand drawn, with frequent use of a French Curve.

https://www.google.com/search?q=french+curve

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