The Rail Network is a comprehensive database of the nation's railway system at the 1:100,000 scale or better. 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.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date
Time Instant
2013
Bounding Box
West
-158.152193
East
-66.983911
North
64.924082
South
20.880179
Theme Keyword
Railways
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Theme Keyword
Network
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Theme Keyword
transportation
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Place Keyword
United States
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Temporal Keyword
2013
Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
None
Access Restrictions
None
Use Restrictions
None
Maintenance and Update Frequency
Continually
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
Delivery Point
1200 New Jersey Ave SE
City
Washington
State
DC
Postal Code
20590
Country
USA
Contact Telephone
202.493.6415
Data Quality Information
Lineage
Contribution
The Official Railway Guide
Contribution
State DOTs
Contribution
Rail Companies
Contribution
FRA's Automated Geometry Locations
Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Vector
Point and Vector Object Information
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
Entity point
Point and Vector Object Count
135769
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Geographic
Latitude Resolution
8.983152841195215e-009
Longitude Resolution
8.983152841195215e-009
Geographic Coordinate Units
Decimal Degrees
Geodetic Model
Horizontal Datum Name
D WGS 1984
Ellipsoid Name
WGS 1984
Semi-major Axis
6378137.0
Denominator of Flattening Ratio
298.257223563
Entity and Attribute Information
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
rail_nodes
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
FRANODEID
Unique Node ID
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
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
STCNTYFIPS
Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) State County Code (Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS)National Institute of Standards and Technology)
Definition Source
National Institute of Standards and Technology
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)
Entity and Attribute Overview
National Rail Network
Entity and Attribute Detail Citation
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
Distribution Information
Distributor
Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20140925
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 Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
