[OSM-talk] Mapping disused railway lines

[Philip Barnes]

On Sun, 2012-02-26 at 12:45 +0000, Craig Wallace wrote:
> On 26/02/2012 11:57, Philip Barnes wrote:
> > My problem is that where one of these roads crosses the path of the
> > disused Wellington to Market Drayton railway, there is a stone bridge
> > over the road with a height restriction. For a working railway this is
> > easy, but the disused railway tag seems to have no bridge attributes. I
> > have added them, but no bridge has appeared on the map.
> >
> > Apart from the lack of rails, this line is very much in existence on the
> > ground, with embankments and bridges still in place.
> >
> > The bridge in question is here
> > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.78617&lon=-2.55434&zoom=18
> 
> That bridge is tagged as "bridge=generic bridge".
> If it is a generic bridge, then just tag it as "bridge=yes". Then it 
> will be rendered correctly on Mapnik.
> 
> Plus I'd agree with what Chris says - if its possible to walk/drive 
> along it, then also tag it as a path or track etc.
> 
> Craig
Thanks Craig and Chris

There is no path along it, just the abandoned track bed. No public
access. Further along, where there is no physical embankment the track
has been ploughed over and has gone, shame because it would have made a
fantastic cycle track.

I had originally tagged it as bridge=generic bridge, but have now
changed that to bridge=yes and had already included the tag
maxheight=13'3". I was amazed when I saw it, thought it would have been
demolished, after all the line was another of Dr Beeching's victims, and
closed 45 years ago. 

But can still not see the bridge on the live OSM.
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