Railroads in Washington State, at 1:24,000

Metadata:

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

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Washington State Department of Transportation

Publication_Date: 20170201

Title: Railroads in Washington State, at 1:24,000

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Olympia, Washington

Publisher: Washington State Department of Transportation

Description:

Abstract:

Rail lines of Washington State depicted as linework. Each separately owned mainline route is depicted as a single line. Principle routes are shown with selected sidings and yards. Selected bridges and tunnels are depicted cartographically.

Purpose:

This data set shows railroad ownership for geographic information systems at WSDOT. Includes only Surface Transportation Board (STB) decisions after 1996. May not reflect all rail banked lines.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20161231

Time_of_Day: unknown

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -124.582226

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -116.785311

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 49.068536

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.324688

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: railroad

Theme_Keyword: railway

Theme_Keyword: rail

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: United States

Place_Keyword: Pacific Northwest

Place_Keyword: Washington

Place_Keyword: USA

Place_Keyword: WA

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

The Washington State Department of Transportation shall not be liable for any activity involving this 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 State Rail & Marine Office

Contact_Person: Teresa Graham

Contact_Position: Research and Data Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: physical

Address: 310 Maple Park Avenue SE

City: Olympia

State_or_Province: WA

Postal_Code: 98504

Country: US

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 360-705-7901

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: grahamt@wsdot.wa.gov

Data_Set_Credit: Washington State Department of Transportation

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.3.1.4959

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Washington State Department of Transportation, Goegraphic Services

Publication_Date: 20080724

Title: Washington State County Series, Railroads

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: none

Logical_Consistency_Report: none

Completeness_Report: none

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Positional accuracy has not been determined.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Cartography Section, Washington State Department of Transportation

Publication_Date: unpublished material

Title: railall.dgn

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000

Type_of_Source_Media: onLine

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 19970113

Time_of_Day: unknown

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: railall.dgn1

Source_Contribution:

The graphics and attributes depicting Washington state's actively-operated railroads.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The Microstation-format file "railall.dgn" was converted to measuring units of feet using Intergraph's "wu_setup" command, and the resulting file was converted to Arc/Info coverage format with the Arc command "IGDSARC." The resulting coverage was transformed to geographic coordinates with Arc commands "PROJECTDEFINE" and "PROJECT" and ownership attributes were assigned based on the Intergraph color code found in INFO's "ACODE" table. Uncoded lines were assigned owner values in ArcEdit.

Process_Date: 19970113

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Washington State Department of Transportation

Contact_Person: Gordon Kennedy

Contact_Position: Coordinator, Information Resources Management

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address: PO Box 47430

City: Olympia

State_or_Province: WA

Postal_Code: 98504-7430

Country: US

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 360-705-7641

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 360-705-6817

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gkennedy@wsdot.wa.gov

Hours_of_Service: 0700 to 1530, Pacific Time, M-F

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

A copy of the 1997 shapefile was made and edited to reflect changes to the state rail system as of January 1, 2007. CGIS contacted the State Rail office for some of the update information. A new field was added to reflect AAR reporting marks. The field for railroad names was filled in for all records. Orthophotos were used to determine more precise location for some rail alignments. The resulting feature class was checked for topology errors.

Process_Date: 20080724

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

Washington State Department of Transportation, Geographic Services/CGIS

Contact_Person: Derek Drake

Contact_Position: GIS Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address: PO Box 47384

City: Olympia

State_or_Province: WA

Postal_Code: 98504-7384

Country: US

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 360-596-8923

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 360-5968905

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: draked@wsdot.wa.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Updated data. Owners were filled in where available and abandonments were updated. A date field for Abandonment date was added with some dates for abandonment known.

Process_Date: 20110315

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

GIS and Roadway Data Office, Washington State Department of Transportation

Contact_Person: Derek Drake

Contact_Position: GIS Analyst

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address: PO Box 47384

City: Olympia

State_or_Province: WA

Postal_Code: 98504-7384

Country: US

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 360-596-8923

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 360-570-2400

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: draked@wsdot.wa.gov

Hours_of_Service: 7:00 am to 5:30 pm T - F

Contact_Instructions: call or email

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Data updated.

Process_Date: 20111215

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: GIS and Roadway Data Office

Contact_Person: Taryn Lund

Contact_Position: Cartographer

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 360-596-8929

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lundt@wsdot.wa.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Data updated.

Process_Date: 20130402

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Washington State Department of Transportation

Contact_Person: Taryn Lund

Contact_Position: Cartographer

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 360-596-8929

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lundt@wsdot.wa.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Data updated.

Process_Date: 20170101

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Washington State Department of Transportation

Contact_Person: Taryn Lund

Contact_Position: Cartographer

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 360-596-8929

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lundt@wsdot.wa.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

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: Rail.DBO.Rail24k

Entity_Type_Definition: Actively-operated railroads of Washington state.

Entity_Type_Definition_Source:

Cartography Section, and Public Transportation and Rail Office, Washington State Department of Transportation

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Abandonment

Attribute_Definition: Year rail was abandoned.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ReportingMark

Attribute_Definition:

Official abbreviation for individual railroad as assigned by Association of American Railroads (AAR)

Attribute_Definition_Source: www.aar.org

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Name

Attribute_Definition: Official name of railroad

Attribute_Definition_Source: Individual railroad websites

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: RailOwner

Attribute_Definition:

Private company or public agency that owns but not necessarily operates a particular railroad.

Attribute_Definition_Source: American Association of Railroads (AAR)

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: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: BeginMilepost

Attribute_Definition: Beginning milepost where known

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: EndMilePost

Attribute_Definition: Ending milepost for the rail line.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Status

Attribute_Definition: Whether the rail line is active or abandoned

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Active

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Rail is currently in use in the State of Washington.

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Abandoned

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Rail is no longer used and will not be used again.

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Rail Bank

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

An alternative to Abandonment where the Right of Way is preserved for potential future use as a railroad.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE.STLength()

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Each line representing an actively-operated railroad is assigned an attribute value for its ownership.

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:

The Washington State Department of Transportation shall not be liable for any activity involving this 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.

Standard_Order_Process:

Fees: none

Ordering_Instructions:

Download individual data sets from <https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/geodatacatalog/default.htm>

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20170123

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Washington State Department of Transportation

Contact_Person: Taryn Lund

Contact_Position: Cartographer

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address: PO Box 47384

City: Olympia

State_or_Province: WA

Postal_Code: 98504-7384

Country: US

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 360-596-8929

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lundt@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