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

[Dave F]

On the OpenRailwayMap map usage=tourism is listed under Infrastructure 
not Railway lines/routes so seems appropriate for my case.

DaveF

On 12/04/2017 06:54, Volker Schmidt wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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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