Geodataset Name:       RAILS_ABANDONED_2015
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polyline
Feature Count:         837

DATA SOURCE(S):                    U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Federal Railroad Administration
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Varies
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

PUBLICATION DATE:                  201506
TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT:            2015
DOWNLOAD LINK:                     http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: RAILS_ABANDONED_2015.DBF

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item	Item Description
OBJECTID	Internal feature number.
Shape	Feature geometry.
FRAARCID	Unique Identifier
MILES	Length of segment in miles
STATEAB	State railroad abbreviation which follows the Postal abbreviation
STATEFIPS	Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) State Code
CNTYFIPS	Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) County Code
STCNTYFIPS	Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) State and County Code
FRAREGIONS	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
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.
RROWNER2	The reporting mark of the 2nd owning railroad, if any.
TRKRGHTS1	Reporting mark of the 1st railroad having trackage-rights.
TRKRGHTS2	Reporting marks of any additional railroads having trackage rights.
TRKRGHTS3	Reporting marks of any additional railroads having trackage rights.
STRACNET	Type of military interest flag - this code should match the publication 'Civil Rail Lines Important to 'National Defense, 2013' Null = N/A S = On the STRACNET system C = A connector to the STRACNET system
SIGSYS	Type of signaling system CTC = Centralized Traffic Control ABS = Automatic Block Signals ACS = Automatic Cab Signals ATS = Automatic Train Stop MAN = Manual Block, including dark territory TTO = Table/Train Order OCS = Occupancy Control Systems Null = Unknown
TRACKS	Number of tracks
SUBDIV	Subdivision, if available
FRFRANODE	The FRA assigned node number at the topological start of the link
TOFRANODE	The FRA assigned node number at the topological start of the link
NET	Indicates which operations is part of the network, spatially A = Abandoned F = Ferry M = Main sub network O = Non-Mainline Active track X = Out of Service
PASSNGR	Passenger Railroad Operations NULL = N/A A = Amtrak C = Commuter R = Rapid Transit T = Tourist V = Via Rail Canada AC = Amtrak & Commuter AT = Amtrak & Tourist RC = Rapid Transit & Commuter
YARDS	Name of the Yard, if available
INT_TYPE	Identifies if the rail can be used for Intermodal Shipments INT = Intermodal Route DS = Double Stack
DEN12CODE	Density Category for the latest available, 2012 0 = Unknown or dummy 1 = < 5 MGT 2 = 5 - 10 MGT 3 = 10 - 50 MGT 4 = 50 - 100 MGT 5 = > 100 MGT
DESCRIPT	GeoPlan added field based on FRAARCID
FGDLAQDATE	The date GeoPlan acquired the data from the source.
AUTOID	Unique ID added by GeoPlan
SHAPE.LEN	Length in meters

National Rail Network

USER NOTES:

This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the original data layer's topology

This data is provided 'as is' by GeoPlan and is complete to our knowledge.

GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.

At the time of publishing the DVD significant updates to the layer were underway. The National Transportation Atlas Database is a set of nationwide geographic databases of transportation facilities, transportation networks, and associated infrastructure. These datasets include spatial information for transportation modal networks and intermodal terminals, as well as the related attribute information for these features. Metadata documentation, as prescribed by the Federal Geographic Data Committee, is also provided for each database. The data support research, analysis, and decision-making across all modes of transportation. They are most useful at the national level, but have major applications at regional, state, and local scales throughout the transportation community.

The data set provides location and partial attribute information for use in national and regional network analysis applications.

This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan

This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan

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REFERENCES:

National Transportation Atlas Database: http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_atlas_database/ Bureau of Transportation Statistics: http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

In 2015 GeoPlan obtained the data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) in CDROM format. The data was in the following geographical coordinate system: WGS 1984 Datum, Units: Degrees. During the QA/QC process GeoPlan performed the following tasks. - Extracted features where "STATEFIPS" = '12' to select features in Florida - When checking 2015 metadata for date, no date was found. Opened text file associated with raillines.shp and found date of June 2015 at the end of the text file. - Original shapefile was projected in GCS_WGS_1984. Reprojected the shapefile to Albers Conical Equal Area (fgdl_square) using the WGS_1984_(ITRF00)_To_NAD_1983 + NAD_1983_To_HARN_Florida transformation. - Deleted empty fields RROWNER3, TRKRGHTS4, TRKRGHTS5, TRKRGHTS6, TRKRGHTS7, TRKRGHTS8, TRKRGHTS9 - Added DESCRIPT field and populated it based on FRAARCID - Added FGDLAQDATE field and populated it based on the date GeoPlan received the data - Restructured table by reducing field lengths to better suit data - Uppercased all fields NOTE: Found that the margin of error was higher than 0.005 between 2015 and 2014 shapefiles because GeoPlan switched transformation methods in January of 2015. Tested this by transforming original 2015 data using the old transformation method and comparing it to the 2014 ETAT shapefile. Future transformation of this data should line up with the newest transformation. Process Date: 20150922 The abandoned rails were selected from the RAILS layer using the following spatial view command: sdetable -o create_view -T RAILS_ABANDONED -t "RAILS" -c "*" -w "NET='A'" Process Date: 20151026

MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

Projection                          ALBERS
Datum                               HPGN
Units                               METERS
Spheroid                            GRS1980
1st Standard Parallel               24  0  0.000
2nd Standard Parallel               31 30  0.000
Central Meridian                   -84 00  0.000
Latitude of Projection's Origin     24  0  0.000
False Easting (meters)              400000.00000
False Northing (meters)             0.00000

DATA SOURCE CONTACT (S):

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U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Federal Railroad Administration
RITA/BTS/FRA
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C.
20590
202.493.6415


http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/subject_areas/geographic_information_services/index.html
Raquel.Hunt@dot.gov
Raquel Wright

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