Freight and Goods Transportation System of Washington – Rail Corridors

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: WSDOT Rail, Freight and Ports Division

Publication_Date: 20231215

Title:

Freight and Goods Transportation System of Washington – Rail Corridors

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Online_Linkage: https://gisdata-wsdot.opendata.arcgis.com

Description:

Abstract:

The Washington State Freight and Goods Transportation System (FGTS) classifies freight corridors by modes in Washington state based on annual freight tonnage moved, including truck, rail, and waterway freight corridors. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) designates and updates the FGTS every two years. This dataset depicts the rail freight corridors classified under FGTS system, and provides information on railroad name, segment location, ownership and operators, and corridor classifications in tiers. This dataset is based on rail inventory and volume information collected for data year 2021 and published in 2023 FGTS update.Two other GIS datasets are also available and published for 2023 FGTS update, including FGTS Truck Corridors, and FGTS Waterway Corridors. For more information about FGTS system, please visit https://wsdot.wa.gov/construction-planning/statewide-plans/freight-plans.

Purpose:

Inventory of railroads actively operated in Washington state and used for freight shipment. The Washington State Freight and Goods Transportation System (FGTS) is updated and maintained to meet RCW requirements. It also provides a valuable freight data source to support various planning processes, and inform freight investment decisions.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20231215

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Planned

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Unknown

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -124.048954

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -116.869885

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 49.035148

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.520143

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: transportation

Theme_Keyword: freight

Theme_Keyword: railroad

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories

Theme_Keyword: transportation

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Washington State

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

For planning use only. The Washington State Department of Transportation shall not be liable for any activity involving these data with regard to lost profits or savings or any other consequential damages; or the fitness for use of the data for a particular purpose; or the installation of the data, its use, or the results obtained.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: WSDOT Rail, Freight and Ports Division

Contact_Person: Wenjuan Zhao

Contact_Position: Multimodal Freight Systems Planning Engineer

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: physical

Address: 310 Maple Park Avenue SE

City: Olympia

State_or_Province: Washington

Postal_Code: 98504

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 360-705-6990

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: zhaow@wsdot.wa.gov

Data_Set_Credit: WSDOT Rail, Freight and Ports Division

Native_Data_Set_Environment: Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.9.1.28388

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: 123

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: NAD 1983 HARN StatePlane Washington South FIPS 4602 Feet

Lambert_Conformal_Conic:

Standard_Parallel: 45.83333333333334

Standard_Parallel: 47.33333333333334

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -120.5

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 45.33333333333334

False_Easting: 1640416.666666667

False_Northing: 0.0

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.0003280833333333333

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.0003280833333333333

Planar_Distance_Units: foot_us

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D North American 1983 HARN

Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 1980

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Freight.DBO.FreightRail_FGTS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ReportingMark

Attribute_Definition:

Official railroad reporting marks (abbreviations) administered by the Association of American Railroads (AAR).

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Name

Attribute_Definition: Railroad name

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Owner

Attribute_Definition:

The owner of the railroad, which can be a private entity or government agency.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Operator

Attribute_Definition:

The operator of the railroad, which can be a private entity or government agency.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LengthMiles

Attribute_Definition: Length of segment in miles.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FGTS

Attribute_Definition: Classification by annual tonnage.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: R-1

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: More than 5 million tons per year

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: R-2

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 1 million to 5 million tons per year

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: R-3

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 500,000 to 1 million tons per year

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: R-4

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 100,000 to 500,000 tons per year

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: R-5

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Less than 100,000 tons per year

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SortOrder

Attribute_Definition: Used for sorting rail segments in geographic order.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ServiceCorridor

Attribute_Definition:

Longer stretches of railroad lines, usually divided into segments.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: RailSegment

Attribute_Definition:

Geographic description of beginning and ending locations such as towns or railroad junctions or general location such as rail yard, industrial park, etc. Multiple segments can be combined into a larger Service Corridor.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PublishDate

Attribute_Definition:

The date that the data or featureclass being published was provided for publication.

Attribute_Definition_Source: WSDOT Application - DOTS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: GlobalID

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE.STLength()

Attribute_Definition: Length in feet.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

Washington State Department of Transportation, Office of Information Technology

Contact_Person: Jordyn Mitchell

Contact_Position: GIS Database Administrator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address: PO Box 47430

City: Olympia

State_or_Province: WA

Postal_Code: 98504-7430

Country: US

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 360-705-7645

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mitchejo@wsdot.wa.gov

Distribution_Liability: See access and use constraints information.

Standard_Order_Process:

Fees: none

Ordering_Instructions:

Download individual data sets from https://gisdata-wsdot.opendata.arcgis.com

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20231212

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: WSDOT Rail, Freight and Ports Division

Contact_Person: Wenjuan Zhao

Contact_Position: Multimodal Freight Systems Planning Engineer

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: physical

Address: 310 Maple Park Avenue SE

City: Olympia

State_or_Province: Washington

Postal_Code: 98504

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 360-705-6990

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: zhaow@wsdot.wa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time