[Tagging] Railway: Preserved or historic or railway:preserved?

Volker Schmidt voschix at gmail.com
Wed Apr 12 05:54:07 UTC 2017


Any active passenger railway is, among other usages, for tourism. So
usage=tourism seems to be redundant.

On 12 Apr 2017 00:15, "Wolfgang Zenker" <wolfgang at lyxys.ka.sub.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm not a railway expert, but like to comment anyway.
>
> * Dave F <davefoxfac63 at btinternet.com> [170411 23:41]:
> > I've a length of railway track that runs along part of a disused line.
> > It's not connected to the current network & run purely for tourism.
>
> Well, the track IS operated, so the fact that it used to be part of
> a larger network is less important than its current condition.
> So I would tag the track railway=rail with the usual additional
> tags for name, operator, gauge etc.
> It is used purely for tourism, so usage=tourism would be added.
> Now I would look at the inventory of that line: Do they still use
> historic equipment, maybe from the time when this used to be part of a
> larger network? If so, historic=railway would be tagged. Are the tracks
> and signaling still preserved from the days of the old network or have
> they been renewed with current equipment? If preserved, add
> railway:preserved=yes.
>
> Wolfgang
> (lyx at osm)
>
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