Richard Mann writes: > Unless you operate to peculiar safety standards, there'll probably be > a stop sign on the track some way either side of the former > crossing(probably set for the stopping distance of the heaviest train > operating at linespeed, and taking the gradient into account - which > could easily be a mile away). So there'll be quite a length of track > that's "disused". I'd probably tag the railway as abandoned, and > remove the level crossing, if it looks like a permanent situation.
If the tracks are gone, I tag it railway=abandoned. If the tracks are still there, I tag it railway=disused, even if it's disconnected from the main line. Railroads in New York will *often* disconnect tracks they aren't currently using because tracks connected to the national rail network are taxed at a higher rate. Of course, land with no tracks at all is taxed even lower, so rails quickly get ripped up here. Have I ever said how much I hate the greedy hand of government? I much prefer the invisible hand of markets. Invisible hands don't levy taxes and cause tracks to be unnecessarily ripped up!!! -- --my blog is at http://blog.russnelson.com Crynwr supports open source software 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315-600-8815 Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | Sheepdog _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
