Well, I would leave that up to the individual rather than entertain red herrings and false dilemmas, with all due respect. I can only relate what I know about the two aforementioned sources, which have...
I have a "1928 Handy Railroad Atlas of the United States" by Rand McNally, reprinted by Trains Magazine, Kalmbach Publishing Co. of Milwaukee. Someone gave it to me as a gift many years ago. Pendleton...