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United States Rail Lines, 2008
- Identification Information
- Data Quality Information
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Distribution Information
- Metadata Reference Information
- Identification Information
- Citation
- Originator
- Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
- Publication Date
- 012008
- Title
- United States Rail Lines, 2008
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Collection Title
- National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2008
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Washington, DC
- Publisher
- Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
- Online Linkage
- http://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/gis/images/ntad_2008_us_railines.zip
- Abstract
- United State Rail Lines is a line theme representing railroad tracks in the United States at a 1:100,000 scale. The data set covers all 50 States plus the District of Columbia.
- Purpose
- The data set provides location and partial attribute information for use in national and regional network analysis applications.
- Supplemental Information
- At the time of publishing the CD significant updates to the layer were underway. Please check http://gis.fra.dot.gov for the latest version of the dataset
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Time Instant
- 2008
- Bounding Box
- West
- -158.152193
- East
- -66.983911
- North
- 64.926148
- South
- 20.880179
- Theme Keyword
- transportation
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- ISO 19115 Topic Categories
- Theme Keyword
- Railroads
- Rail Lines
- Tracks
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Place Keyword
- United States
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Temporal Keyword
- 2008
- Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Access Restrictions
- None
- Use Restrictions
- None
- Status
- Complete
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- As needed
- Point of Contact
- Contact Organization
- Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
- Delivery Point
- 1200 New Jersey Ave SE
- Delivery Point
- 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
- City
- Washington
- State
- DC
- Postal Code
- 20590
- Contact Telephone
- 202-493-6415
- Contact Facsimile Telephone
- 202-493-6401
- Credit
- The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) develops and maintains the rail network geospatial data layer. The Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS) compiled and formatted the data for release on the National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2008.
- Native Data Set Environment
- Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.5.1450
- Collection
- Originator
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)
- Publication Date
- 2008
- Title
- National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2008
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Washington DC
- Publisher
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)
- Online Linkage
- http://www.bts.gov/programs/geographic_information_services/
- Cross-Reference
- Originator
- Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
- Publication Date
- 2008
- Title
- Rail Lines
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Collection Title
- National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2008
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Washington, DC
- Publisher
- Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
- Online Linkage
- http://www.bts.gov/programs/geographic_information_services/
- Data Quality Information
- Attribute Accuracy Report
- The previous 2 million network attributes were conflated to the 100k network. The FRA reports the following fields as incomplete: Signal System, Number of Tracks, and Subdivision. The FRA reports that as many nodes as possible have been identified with a name. Many nodes in the 1:100,000 scale rail network are 'mapped' to a node in the 1:2,000,000 scale rail network. Special note concerning trackage rights: In some cases, a 'short line' railroad may operate on its larger railroad connection(s) as its billing railroad. For example, the larger railroad(s) treat traffic originating or terminating on the short line as if it were originating or terminating on its own line; perform the billing, car reporting, and car tracking; then share the revenue with the short line. These trackage rights may exist as four, five, or six in the sequence, while one and two remain empty. BTS quality checks were to cross reference the place dataset with the state dataset, to determine that the spatial data and attribute data were accurate
- Logical Consistency Report
- The network is topologically connected and the data set is geographically accurate at the 1:100,000 scale.
- Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
- The horizontal accuracy for these data can be stated as being that associated with data compiled at the 1:100,000 scale.
- Lineage
- Source
- Publication Date
- 2006
- Title
- The Official Railway Guide
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Commonwealth Business Media
- Type of Source Media
- paper
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 2006
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Contribution
- The Official Railway Guide
- Source
- Originator
- State DOTs
- Publication Date
- 2005
- Title
- Rail Maps
- Type of Source Media
- paper
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 2006
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Contribution
- State DOTs
- Source
- Originator
- Rail Companies
- Publication Date
- 2007
- Title
- Rail Maps
- Type of Source Media
- paper
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 2006
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Direct Spatial Reference Method
- Vector
- Point and Vector Object Information
- SDTS Terms Description
- SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
- String
- Point and Vector Object Count
- 167443
- Spatial Reference Information
- Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
- Geographic
- Latitude Resolution
- 0.000001
- Longitude Resolution
- 0.000001
- Geographic Coordinate Units
- Decimal degrees
- Geodetic Model
- Horizontal Datum Name
- D_WGS_1984
- Ellipsoid Name
- WGS_1984
- Semi-major Axis
- 6378137.000000
- Denominator of Flattening Ratio
- 298.257224
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Entity Type
- Entity Type Label
- railway
- Entity Type Definition
- National Rail Network
- Entity Type Definition Source
- Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
- Attributes
- FID
- Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- Shape
- Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- FRAARCID
- Unique ID (Numeric Value)
- Definition Source
- FRA
- MILES
- Length of segment in miles (Numeric Value)
- Definition Source
- FRA
- STATEAB
- State railroad abbreviation which follows the Postal abbreviation (Official List of U.S. Postal Code AbbreviationsU.S. Postal Service (USPS))
- Definition Source
- USPS
- STATEFIPS
- Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) State Code (Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS)National Institute of Standards and Technology)
- Definition Source
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- CNTYFIPS
- Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) County Code (Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS)National Institute of Standards and Technology)
- Definition Source
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- STCNTYFIPS
- Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) State and County Code (Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS)National Institute of Standards and Technology)
- Definition Source
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- FRAREGION
- FRA Regional Boundaries
- 1
- CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, RI, VT
- 2
- DC, DE, MD, OH, PA, VA, WV
- 3
- AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN
- 4
- IL, IN, MI, MN, WI
- 5
- AR, LA, NM, OK, TX
- 6
- CO, IA, KS, MO, NE
- 7
- AZ, CA, HI, NV, UT
- 8
- AK, ID, MT, ND, OR, SD, WA, WY
- Definition Source
- Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
- RROWNER1
- The reporting mark of the 1st owning railroad. A mark of 'XXXX' indicates an abandoned link. Rule 260 codes are used where available. A mark of 'DUMX' indicates an added connecting link. (FRA Rule 260 and Owner CodesFRA)
- Definition Source
- FRA
- RROWNER2
- The reporting mark of the 2nd owning railroad, if any. (FRA Rule 260 and Owner CodesFRA)
- Definition Source
- FRA
- RROWNER3
- The reporting mark of the 3rd owning railroad, if any. (FRA Rule 260 and Owner CodesFRA)
- Definition Source
- FRA
- TRKRGHTS1
- Reporting mark of the 1st railroad having trackage-rights. (FRA List of Railroad Name AbbreviationsFRA)
- Definition Source
- FRA
- TRKRGHTS2
- Reporting marks of any additional railroads having trackage rights. (FRA List of Railroad Name AbbreviationsFRA)
- Definition Source
- FRA
- TRKRGHTS3
- Reporting marks of any additional railroads having trackage rights. (FRA List of Railroad Name AbbreviationsFRA)
- Definition Source
- FRA
- TRKRGHTS4
- Reporting marks of any additional railroads having trackage rights. (FRA List of Railroad Name AbbreviationsFRA)
- Definition Source
- FRA
- TRKRGHTS5
- Reporting marks of any additional railroads having trackage rights. (FRA List of Railroad Name AbbreviationsFRA)
- Definition Source
- FRA
- TRKRGHTS6
- Reporting marks of any additional railroads having trackage rights. (FRA List of Railroad Name AbbreviationsFRA)
- Definition Source
- FRA
- TRKRGHTS7
- Reporting marks of any additional railroads having trackage rights. (FRA List of Railroad Name AbbreviationsFRA)
- Definition Source
- FRA
- TRKRGHTS8
- Reporting marks of any additional railroads having trackage rights. (FRA List of Railroad Name AbbreviationsFRA)
- Definition Source
- FRA
- TRKRGHTS9
- Reporting marks of any additional railroads having trackage rights. (FRA List of Railroad Name AbbreviationsFRA)
- Definition Source
- FRA
- STRACNET
- Type of military interest flag - this code should match the publication 'Civil Rail Lines Important to 'National Defense, September, 2003'
- (blank)
- Not important
- S
- On the STRACNET system
- C
- A connector to the STRACNET system
- Definition Source
- FRA
- SIGSYS
- Type of signaling system.
- CTC
- Centralized Traffic Control
- ABS
- Automatic Block Signals
- ACS
- Automatic Cab Signals
- ATS
- Automatic Train Stop
- ATC
- Automatic Train Control
- MAN
- Manual Block, including dark
- TTO
- Time Table/Train Order
- Definition Source
- FRA
- TRACKS
- Number of tracks (Numeric Value)
- Definition Source
- FRA
- FRFRANODE
- The FRA assigned node number at the topological start of the link (The attribute FRAIDN from the 100k node layerFRA)
- Definition Source
- FRA
- TOFRANODE
- The FRA assigned node number at the topological end of the link (The attribute FRAIDN from the 100k node layerFRA)
- Definition Source
- FRA
- NET
- Indicates which operations is part of the network, spatially
- A
- Abandoned
- F
- Ferry
- M
- Main sub network
- O
- Non-Mainline Active track
- Definition Source
- FRA
- PASSNGR
- Passenger Railroad Operations
- "blank"
- Not applicable
- A
- Amtrak
- C
- Commuter
- R
- Rapid Transit
- T
- Tourist
- V
- Via Rail Canada
- AC
- Amtrak Commuter
- AT
- Amtrak Tourist
- Definition Source
- FRA
- DEN06CODE
- Density Category for the latest year available, 2006
- 0
- Unknown or dummy.
- 1
- 0.1 to 4.9 MGTM
- 2
- 5.0 to 9.9 MGTM
- 3
- 10.0 to 19.9 MGTM
- 4
- 20.0 to 39.9 MGTM
- 5
- 40.0 to 59.9 MGMT
- 6
- 60.0 to 99.9 MGMT
- 7
- 100.0 and greater MGMT
- Definition Source
- FRA
- SUBDIV
- Subdivision, if available (Character Value)
- Definition Source
- FRA
- YARDS
- Name of the Yard, if available (Character Value)
- Definition Source
- FRA
- VERSION
- The VERSION is a 2-digit number that will be incremented for all records in the database whenever a new release is distributed. (00 to 99)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS
- Distribution Information
- Format Name
- geopackage
- Distributor
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20090601
- Metadata Contact
- Contact Information
- Contact Organization Primary
- Contact Organization
- Research Data Services (RDS), Columbia University Libraries
- Contact Person
- GIS/Metadata Librarian
- Contact Address
- Address
- 420 W. 118th St., 215 IAB, MC 3301
- City
- New York
- State or Province
- NY
- Postal Code
- 10027
- Country
- USA
- Contact Voice Telephone
- (212)854-6012
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- data@library.columbia.edu
- Metadata Standard Name
- FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata Standard Version
- FGDC-STD-001-1998
