Summary

Rail Crossings is a spatial file maintained by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for use by States and railroads.

Description

FRA Grade Crossings is a spatial file that originates from the National Highway-Rail Crossing, Inventory Program. The program is to provide information to Federal, State, and local governments, as well as the railroad industry for the improvements of safety at highway-rail crossing.

Credits

Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)

Use limitations

There are no access and use limitations for this item.

Extent

West -79.491008 East -75.178954 North 39.733500 South 38.051719

Scale Range Maximum (zoomed in) 1:5,000 Minimum (zoomed out) 1:150,000,000

ArcGIS Metadata ▼►Topics and Keywords ▼►Themes or categories of the resource  transportation

* Content type  Downloadable Data Export to FGDC CSDGM XML format as Resource Description No

Temporal keywords  2013

Theme keywords  Rail

Theme keywords  Grade Crossing

Theme keywords  Rail Crossings

Citation ▼►Title rr_crossings Creation date 2013-03-15 00:00:00

Presentation formats  * digital map

Citation Contacts ▼►Responsible party  Individual's name Raquel Hunt Organization's name Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Contact's position GIS Program Manager Contact's role  custodian

Responsible party  Organization's name Research and Innovative Technology Administration/Bureau of Transportation Statistics Individual's name National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) 2013 Contact's position Geospatial Information Systems Contact's role  distributor

Contact information  ▼►Phone  Voice 202-366-DATA

Address  Type  Delivery point 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE City Washington Administrative area DC Postal code 20590 e-mail address answers@BTS.gov

Resource Details ▼►Dataset languages  * English (UNITED STATES) Dataset character set  utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format

Spatial representation type  * vector

* Processing environment Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7600) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.2.0.3348

Credits Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)

ArcGIS item properties  * Name USDOT_RRCROSSINGS_MD * Size 0.047 Location withheld * Access protocol Local Area Network

Extents ▼►Extent  Geographic extent  Bounding rectangle  Extent type  Extent used for searching * West longitude -79.491008 * East longitude -75.178954 * North latitude 39.733500 * South latitude 38.051719 * Extent contains the resource Yes

Extent in the item's coordinate system  * West longitude 611522.170675 * East longitude 1824600.445629 * South latitude 149575.449134 * North latitude 752756.624659 * Extent contains the resource Yes

Resource Points of Contact ▼►Point of contact  Individual's name Raquel Hunt Organization's name Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Contact's position GIS Program Manager Contact's role  custodian

Resource Maintenance ▼►Resource maintenance  Update frequency  annually

Resource Constraints ▼►Constraints  Limitations of use There are no access and use limitations for this item.

Spatial Reference ▼►ArcGIS coordinate system  * Type Projected * Geographic coordinate reference GCS_North_American_1983_HARN * Projection NAD_1983_HARN_StatePlane_Maryland_FIPS_1900_Feet * Coordinate reference details  Projected coordinate system  Well-known identifier 2893 X origin -120561100 Y origin -95444400 XY scale 36953082.294548117 Z origin -100000 Z scale 10000 M origin -100000 M scale 10000 XY tolerance 0.0032808333333333331 Z tolerance 0.001 M tolerance 0.001 High precision true Latest well-known identifier 2893 Well-known text PROJCS["NAD_1983_HARN_StatePlane_Maryland_FIPS_1900_Feet",GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983_HARN",DATUM["D_North_American_1983_HARN",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",1312333.333333333],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-77.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",38.3],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_2",39.45],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",37.66666666666666],UNIT["Foot_US",0.3048006096012192],AUTHORITY["EPSG",2893]]

Reference system identifier  * Value 2893 * Codespace EPSG * Version 8.1.1

Spatial Data Properties ▼►Vector  ▼►* Level of topology for this dataset  geometry only

Geometric objects  Feature class name USDOT_RRCROSSINGS_MD * Object type  point * Object count 1749

ArcGIS Feature Class Properties  ▼►Feature class name USDOT_RRCROSSINGS_MD * Feature type Simple * Geometry type Point * Has topology FALSE * Feature count 1749 * Spatial index TRUE * Linear referencing FALSE

Data Quality ▼►Scope of quality information  ▼►Resource level  attribute Scope description  Attributes The States and railroads maintain their own file and get updated to the FRA. The information is reported to the FRA on the U.S. DOT-ARR Crossing inventory form.

Attributes The quality of the inventory can vary because a record of grade crossing location is being maintained by each state and railroad that is responsible for maintaining its respective information.

Lineage ▼►Lineage statement The data was downloaded from the HWY-Rail Crossing Inventory Files. All crossings that were closed or abandon were queried out of the data. All of the crossings with a zero within the latitude or longitude were queried out. Any crossing outside a bounding box of box ((Latitude >= 18 & Latitude <= 72) AND (Longitude >= -171 & Longitude <= -63)) were queried out.

Geoprocessing history ▼►Process  Date 2013-08-14 10:41:15 Tool location c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.0\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\Project Command issued Project RR_CROSSINGS_MD_USDOT \shagbfs\gis_projects\Railroad_Crossings_MD\Railroad_Crossings_MD.gdb\RR_CROSSINGS_MD_USDOT_83FTHARN PROJCS['NAD_1983_HARN_StatePlane_Maryland_FIPS_1900_Feet',GEOGCS['GCS_North_American_1983_HARN',DATUM['D_North_American_1983_HARN',SPHEROID['GRS_1980',6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM['Greenwich',0.0],UNIT['Degree',0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION['Lambert_Conformal_Conic'],PARAMETER['False_Easting',1312333.333333333],PARAMETER['False_Northing',0.0],PARAMETER['Central_Meridian',-77.0],PARAMETER['Standard_Parallel_1',38.3],PARAMETER['Standard_Parallel_2',39.45],PARAMETER['Latitude_Of_Origin',37.66666666666666],UNIT['Foot_US',0.3048006096012192]] WGS_1984_(ITRF00)_To_NAD_1983_HARN GEOGCS['GCS_WGS_1984',DATUM['D_WGS_1984',SPHEROID['WGS_1984',6378137.0,298.25722356]],PRIMEM['Greenwich',0.0],UNIT['Degree',0.0174532925199433]] Include in lineage when exporting metadata No

Distribution ▼►Distributor  ▼►Contact information  Individual's name Office of Geospatial Information Systems Organization's name Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS) Contact's role  distributor

Contact information  ▼►Phone  Voice 202-366-DATA

Address  Type  Delivery point 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE City Washington Administrative area DC Postal code 20590 Country US e-mail address answers@bts.gov

Available format  Name Shapefile Version 2013 File decompression technique no compression applied

Ordering process  Instructions Call (202-366-DATA), or E-mail (answers@bts.gov) RITA/BTS to request the National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2013 DVD. The NTAD DVD can be ordered from the online bookstore at www.bts.gov. Individual datasets from the NTAD can also be downloaded from the Office of Geospatial Information Systems website at http://www.bts.gov/programs/geographic_information_services/

Transfer options  Transfer size 6.645

Medium of distribution  Medium name  DVD

How data is written  iso9660 (CD-ROM) Recording density 650 Density units of measure Megabytes

Transfer options  Online source  Description  National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2013

Distribution format  * Name Shapefile Version 2013

Transfer options  * Transfer size 0.047

Online source  Location http://www.bts.gov/programs/geographic_information_services/

Fields ▼►Details for object USDOT_RRCROSSINGS_MD ▼►* Type Feature Class * Row count 1749

Field FID ▼►* Alias FID * Data type OID * Width 4 * Precision 0 * Scale 0 * Field description Internal feature number.

* Description source ESRI

* Description of values Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Field Shape ▼►* Alias Shape * Data type Geometry * Width 0 * Precision 0 * Scale 0 * Field description Feature geometry.

* Description source ESRI

* Description of values Coordinates defining the features.

Field OBJECTID ▼►* Alias OBJECTID * Data type Integer * Width 9 * Precision 9 * Scale 0

Field CROSSING ▼►* Alias CROSSING * Data type String * Width 7 * Precision 0 * Scale 0 Field description US DOT Valid Crossing ID Number

Description source FRA

Field RAILROAD ▼►* Alias RAILROAD * Data type String * Width 4 * Precision 0 * Scale 0 Field description The

Summary

Rail Crossings is a spatial file maintained by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for use by States and railroads.

Description

FRA Grade Crossings is a spatial file that originates from the National Highway-Rail Crossing, Inventory Program. The program is to provide information to Federal, State, and local governments, as well as the railroad industry for the improvements of safety at highway-rail crossing.

Credits

Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)

Use limitations

There are no access and use limitations for this item.

Extent

West -79.491008 East -75.178954 North 39.733500 South 38.051719

Scale Range Maximum (zoomed in) 1:5,000 Minimum (zoomed out) 1:150,000,000

ArcGIS Metadata ▼►Topics and Keywords ▼►Themes or categories of the resource  transportation

* Content type  Downloadable Data Export to FGDC CSDGM XML format as Resource Description No

Temporal keywords  2013

Theme keywords  Rail

Theme keywords  Grade Crossing

Theme keywords  Rail Crossings

Citation ▼►Title rr_crossings Creation date 2013-03-15 00:00:00

Presentation formats  * digital map

Citation Contacts ▼►Responsible party  Individual's name Raquel Hunt Organization's name Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Contact's position GIS Program Manager Contact's role  custodian

Responsible party  Organization's name Research and Innovative Technology Administration/Bureau of Transportation Statistics Individual's name National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) 2013 Contact's position Geospatial Information Systems Contact's role  distributor

Contact information  ▼►Phone  Voice 202-366-DATA

Address  Type  Delivery point 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE City Washington Administrative area DC Postal code 20590 e-mail address answers@BTS.gov

Resource Details ▼►Dataset languages  * English (UNITED STATES) Dataset character set  utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format

Spatial representation type  * vector

* Processing environment Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7600) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.2.0.3348

Credits Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)

ArcGIS item properties  * Name USDOT_RRCROSSINGS_MD * Size 0.047 Location withheld * Access protocol Local Area Network

Extents ▼►Extent  Geographic extent  Bounding rectangle  Extent type  Extent used for searching * West longitude -79.491008 * East longitude -75.178954 * North latitude 39.733500 * South latitude 38.051719 * Extent contains the resource Yes

Extent in the item's coordinate system  * West longitude 611522.170675 * East longitude 1824600.445629 * South latitude 149575.449134 * North latitude 752756.624659 * Extent contains the resource Yes

Resource Points of Contact ▼►Point of contact  Individual's name Raquel Hunt Organization's name Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Contact's position GIS Program Manager Contact's role  custodian

Resource Maintenance ▼►Resource maintenance  Update frequency  annually

Resource Constraints ▼►Constraints  Limitations of use There are no access and use limitations for this item.

Spatial Reference ▼►ArcGIS coordinate system  * Type Projected * Geographic coordinate reference GCS_North_American_1983_HARN * Projection NAD_1983_HARN_StatePlane_Maryland_FIPS_1900_Feet * Coordinate reference details  Projected coordinate system  Well-known identifier 2893 X origin -120561100 Y origin -95444400 XY scale 36953082.294548117 Z origin -100000 Z scale 10000 M origin -100000 M scale 10000 XY tolerance 0.0032808333333333331 Z tolerance 0.001 M tolerance 0.001 High precision true Latest well-known identifier 2893 Well-known text PROJCS["NAD_1983_HARN_StatePlane_Maryland_FIPS_1900_Feet",GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983_HARN",DATUM["D_North_American_1983_HARN",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",1312333.333333333],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-77.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",38.3],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_2",39.45],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",37.66666666666666],UNIT["Foot_US",0.3048006096012192],AUTHORITY["EPSG",2893]]

Reference system identifier  * Value 2893 * Codespace EPSG * Version 8.1.1

Spatial Data Properties ▼►Vector  ▼►* Level of topology for this dataset  geometry only

Geometric objects  Feature class name USDOT_RRCROSSINGS_MD * Object type  point * Object count 1749

ArcGIS Feature Class Properties  ▼►Feature class name USDOT_RRCROSSINGS_MD * Feature type Simple * Geometry type Point * Has topology FALSE * Feature count 1749 * Spatial index TRUE * Linear referencing FALSE

Data Quality ▼►Scope of quality information  ▼►Resource level  attribute Scope description  Attributes The States and railroads maintain their own file and get updated to the FRA. The information is reported to the FRA on the U.S. DOT-ARR Crossing inventory form.

Attributes The quality of the inventory can vary because a record of grade crossing location is being maintained by each state and railroad that is responsible for maintaining its respective information.

Lineage ▼►Lineage statement The data was downloaded from the HWY-Rail Crossing Inventory Files. All crossings that were closed or abandon were queried out of the data. All of the crossings with a zero within the latitude or longitude were queried out. Any crossing outside a bounding box of box ((Latitude >= 18 & Latitude <= 72) AND (Longitude >= -171 & Longitude <= -63)) were queried out.

Geoprocessing history ▼►Process  Date 2013-08-14 10:41:15 Tool location c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.0\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\Project Command issued Project RR_CROSSINGS_MD_USDOT \shagbfs\gis_projects\Railroad_Crossings_MD\Railroad_Crossings_MD.gdb\RR_CROSSINGS_MD_USDOT_83FTHARN PROJCS['NAD_1983_HARN_StatePlane_Maryland_FIPS_1900_Feet',GEOGCS['GCS_North_American_1983_HARN',DATUM['D_North_American_1983_HARN',SPHEROID['GRS_1980',6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM['Greenwich',0.0],UNIT['Degree',0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION['Lambert_Conformal_Conic'],PARAMETER['False_Easting',1312333.333333333],PARAMETER['False_Northing',0.0],PARAMETER['Central_Meridian',-77.0],PARAMETER['Standard_Parallel_1',38.3],PARAMETER['Standard_Parallel_2',39.45],PARAMETER['Latitude_Of_Origin',37.66666666666666],UNIT['Foot_US',0.3048006096012192]] WGS_1984_(ITRF00)_To_NAD_1983_HARN GEOGCS['GCS_WGS_1984',DATUM['D_WGS_1984',SPHEROID['WGS_1984',6378137.0,298.25722356]],PRIMEM['Greenwich',0.0],UNIT['Degree',0.0174532925199433]] Include in lineage when exporting metadata No

Distribution ▼►Distributor  ▼►Contact information  Individual's name Office of Geospatial Information Systems Organization's name Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS) Contact's role  distributor

Contact information  ▼►Phone  Voice 202-366-DATA

Address  Type  Delivery point 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE City Washington Administrative area DC Postal code 20590 Country US e-mail address answers@bts.gov

Available format  Name Shapefile Version 2013 File decompression technique no compression applied

Ordering process  Instructions Call (202-366-DATA), or E-mail (answers@bts.gov) RITA/BTS to request the National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2013 DVD. The NTAD DVD can be ordered from the online bookstore at www.bts.gov. Individual datasets from the NTAD can also be downloaded from the Office of Geospatial Information Systems website at http://www.bts.gov/programs/geographic_information_services/

Transfer options  Transfer size 6.645

Medium of distribution  Medium name  DVD

How data is written  iso9660 (CD-ROM) Recording density 650 Density units of measure Megabytes

Transfer options  Online source  Description  National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2013

Distribution format  * Name Shapefile Version 2013

Transfer options  * Transfer size 0.047

Online source  Location http://www.bts.gov/programs/geographic_information_services/

Fields ▼►Details for object USDOT_RRCROSSINGS_MD ▼►* Type Feature Class * Row count 1749

Field FID ▼►* Alias FID * Data type OID * Width 4 * Precision 0 * Scale 0 * Field description Internal feature number.

* Description source ESRI

* Description of values Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Field Shape ▼►* Alias Shape * Data type Geometry * Width 0 * Precision 0 * Scale 0 * Field description Feature geometry.

* Description source ESRI

* Description of values Coordinates defining the features.

Field OBJECTID ▼►* Alias OBJECTID * Data type Integer * Width 9 * Precision 9 * Scale 0

Field CROSSING ▼►* Alias CROSSING * Data type String * Width 7 * Precision 0 * Scale 0 Field description US DOT Valid Crossing ID Number

Description source FRA

Field RAILROAD ▼►* Alias RAILROAD * Data type String * Width 4 * Precision 0 * Scale 0 Field description The