Here in Kansas we have very many abandoned railways (and many pickup trucks to replace them) that are turned into trails or paved over and still visible. I would say if there is any sign of them left to keep the information in some way.
On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 1:12 AM, Bryce Nesbitt <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 12:36 AM, Frederik Ramm <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On 03/31/2015 08:04 AM, Natfoot wrote: > >> There is so many situations where to his naked eye on the ground he may > >> not be able to see it. To a person like myself I can still find the > >> signs on the earth of where the railroad once was. > > > > Then map the signs that *are*, but not the railroad which - as you > > correctly say - once *was*. > > Bye > > Frederik > > For background, in the USA there is an intermediate step to > abandonment. A corridor can be "railbanked", > meaning the easements don't expire. It's not an active railway, but > it can be returned to rail service > via an administrative procedure. And in fact, that's happened. > Usually however these become trails, > a process that can take decades. > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > -- James Michael DuPont Member of Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova http://www.flossk.org Saving Wikipedia(tm) articles from deletion http://SpeedyDeletion.wikia.com
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