[Tagging] Advice & clarification of the railway tracks=* tag required.

[Dave F.]

On 08/08/2012 17:28, Paul Johnson wrote:
>
> Yes, but it's still a goofy way to tag things.  Here's an example in 
> the US of two railways owned by two different companies operating in 
> the same right of way: http://osm.org/go/WIDwpip0E-

Yes, the operator tag is appropriate for that example.

The discussion has gone off on a tangent (as it always seems to do :) ). 
Back to the original point - Are we agreed that tracks=4 on each 
individual way to indicate the total number of tracks running side by 
side is wrong?

Cheers
Dave F.