This makes sense, as I should have realized since I just added the City of New 
Orleans Amtrak route as a relation.  Given that there probably *should* be at 
least one main line through service yards, does anyone know of an authoritative 
resource on the Internet for determining main line routes through rail yards?


On Apr 18, 2011, at 11:12 AM, Dave F. wrote:

> On 18/04/2011 16:50, Kenneth Pardue wrote:
>> When tagging rail yards, I'm tagging all of the siding tracks as 
>> railway:rail, service:yard.
> 
> I think some are using service:siding for the cul-de-sac tracks.
> 
>>   Is it appropriate to try to locate the "main line" going through the yard 
>> and *not* tag that as service:yard?
> 
> You can do, but the main lines often have route relations attached to them.
> 
> Cheers
> Dave F.
> 
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