[Talk-us] USA Rail: Calling all OSM railfans! (especially in California)

[stevea]

Nathan P writes:
>Keep me updated from Washington State. I work for a Railroad.

Nathan, I believe a worthy method to "keep updated" is via a 
statewide wiki.  I am an active (obsessive?!) contributor to the 
California/Railroads wiki, and there is also a Montana/Railroads wiki 
(not touched in about 2.5 years), but "that's it" as far as 
state-level rail wikis go.  We can do better.

It looks like you've been doing yeoman work on this in the greater 
Pacific Northwest, and I salute you.  How about new state Railroad 
wikis in Oregon (Peter), Washington (Andrew?), and maybe New York 
(Russ)?  It's a lot to ask, but a good wiki is an awesome resource.

BTW, our Amtrak page [1] and routes have both enjoyed some really 
super improvement over the last few days.  I anxiously await the next 
major rendering of OPTM [2] which will display passenger rail in the 
USA like never before.  Maybe by April 2nd or 3rd?

Regards,
SteveA
California

[1] http://wiki.osm.org/wiki/Amtrak
[2] http://openptmap.org/?zoom=5&lat=38&lon=-98&layers=B0000TFFT