Kntjhnsnj@aol.com wrote:

Need help! I am looking for information on railway systems from Poznan, Poland to Antwerp, Belgium by train. My Grandfather traveled one of these routes in 1892 when he was 21 years old. He went by boat, SS Pennsylvania, on to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I do not believe he had any connection through the Benelux countries, but I am not sure? Thanx. K. Johnson.

It is outside the scope of wikipedia-l to answer this kind of question, but it sure is an interesting one. On maps from 1892 the railroads go all over the Ruhr and surrounding area, making it impossible to tell which one was used. It could have been Berlin, Hanover, Cologne, Aachen, Brussels to Antwerp. Going from Hanover over Osnabrück, Münster, Wesel, and either Venlo or Tilburg to Antwerp is a straighter line on the map, but requires the crossing into Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands. You probably have to find old timetables, or contact some German railroad museum. Are you even sure your grandfather went by train all the way? Taking the train from Posen via Berlin to Hamburg or Bremen and a steam ship along the coast to Antwerp might be one alternative.