[Talk-us] bike rail trail as built vs as proposed and imported

[Greg Troxel]

  What are the tags for abandoned RR right of way that is NOT a
  biketrail, but still visible?

I found
 http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/detailed_Railway_Network

Someone said railway=abandoned, but there are three separate things --
my opinion is partly from USGS topo maps:

* out of service (disused=yes above)
   [tracks present, no trains, but not abandoned]

* abandoned (this is a legal distinction in the US)

* old railroad grade (beyond abandoned, where there are no longer tracks)


  Is there any value to keeping the MASSGIS tags for the old right of
  way and proposed route where it has been blocked by re-grading,
  housing development, and or foliage?

Rail nerds want to know where the railway was.  Often there is evidence
on the ground still, so it's fair for the map.  Not sure about MassGIS -
that seems to be about proposed trail, which is less interesting than
old grade.

This will matter in Stow as the old Marlboro Branch of the Fitchburg is
in use as a service road in an orchard and the ARRT is going to have to
go around.
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