True, but it might well derail a locomotive in the winter. I once saw a
locomotive derailed by mud that had flowed across the track, then frozen..
Fortunately, the locomotive was moving slowly enough that it didn't cause a
catastrophic accident.
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-----Original message-----
From: Russ Nelson <nel...@crynwr.com>
To: Richard Weait <rich...@weait.com>
Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org
Sent: Thu, May 26, 2011 05:04:31 GMT+00:00
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] level_crossing, leveled
Richard Weait writes:
> What should be done with a level_crossing, when trains may cross no
longer?
>
> The junction was a level_crossing, but has been repaved and
> re-sculpted. The rails are now covered by 0.3 - 0.4 m of asphalt
> which appears to have been laid directly over the tracks. So the
> railway hardware appears to still be there, but unusable. The rails
> continue both directions from the level_crossing.
>
> To this point, I have left the level_crossing tag in place; it can
> still serve as a waypoint, I suppose.
30cm of asphalt on a warm sunny day is no barrier to a 170 ton
locomotive. Think of a marshmellow being run over by a car.
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