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Railroads layer
The Railroads layer shows most of the railroads in the United States.
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| Railroads of California |
Railroads of the Dallas-Fort Worth area |
Details
Owner
The abbreviation for the tracks owner (e.g. UP = Union Pacific, BNSF = Burlington Northern/Santa Fe, etc...)
Track rights
Any other company that may have rights to the tracks
Passenger
If this line has passenger traffic, the company that provides it
Volume
The traffic on these tracks in millions of gross ton-miles
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Options
Transparency
Determines how much the underlying layer(s) will show through this layer.
Color
- By traffic: the line color will be redder if the line has more traffic
- Black: all lines will be black
- White: all lines will be white. This can be useful on top of a dark background.
Width
- By traffic: the line will be wider if the line has more traffic
- 2 points: all lines will be 2 points wide
- 1 point: all lines will be 1 point wide
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Origin
This data layer can be obtained from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Abstract
The Rail Network is a comprehensive database of the nation's railway system at the 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.
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