Identification_Information:
  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
      Publication_Date: 2009
      Title: rail_lines
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
      Publication_Information:
        Publication_Place: Washington, DC
        Publisher: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
      Online_Linkage: \\meridian\gis\GIS\Data\NTAD\2009\ntad2009dvd\polyline\railway\rail_lines.shp
  Description:
    Abstract: The Rail Network is a comprehensive database of the nation's railway system at the 1:100,000 scale. The data set covers all 50 States plus the District of Columbia.
    Purpose: The data set provides location and partial attribute information for use in national and regional network analysis applications.
    Supplemental_Information: At the time of publishing the CD significant updates to the layer were underway. Please check <http://gis.fra.dot.gov> for the latest version of the dataset
  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Single_Date/Time:
        Calendar_Date: 2009
    Currentness_Reference: publication date
  Status:
    Progress: Complete
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Annually
  Spatial_Domain:
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -158.152193
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -66.983911
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 64.926148
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 20.880179
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: railways
      Theme_Keyword: Rail Lines
      Theme_Keyword: Network
      Theme_Keyword: Transportation
    Place:
      Place_Keyword: USA
      Place_Keyword: United States
    Stratum:
      Stratum_Keyword: ground
    Temporal:
      Temporal_Keyword: 2009
  Access_Constraints: None
  Use_Constraints: Acknowledgment of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
  Point_of_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
        Contact_Person: Raquel Wright
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: FRA - Mailstop 15
        Address: 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
        City: Washington
        State_or_Province: DC
        Postal_Code: 20590
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202-493-6415
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 202-493-6401
  Data_Set_Credit: The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) develops and maintains the rail network geospatial data layer.  The Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS) compiled and formatted the data for release on the National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2009.
  Security_Information:
    Security_Classification: Unclassified
  Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.6.1500
  Cross_Reference:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
      Publication_Date: 2009
      Title: Rail Lines
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
      Publication_Information:
        Publication_Place: Washington, DC
        Publisher: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
Data_Quality_Information:
  Attribute_Accuracy:
    Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
      The previous 2 million network attributes were conflated to the 100k network. The FRA reports the following fields as incomplete: Signal System, Number of Tracks, and Subdivision.

      The FRA reports that as many nodes as possible have been identified with a name.
      Many nodes in the 1:100,000 scale rail network are 'mapped' to a node in the 1:2,000,000 scale rail network.

      All of the Class 1's railroads have validated the ownership and trackage rights for the entire network (Oct 2008 - Feb 2009)

      Special note concerning trackage rights: In some cases, a 'short line' railroad may operate on its larger railroad connection(s) as its billing railroad. For example, the larger railroad(s) treat traffic originating or terminating on the short line as if it were originating or terminating on its own line; perform the billing, car reporting, and car tracking; then share the revenue with the short line. These trackage rights may exist as four, five, or six in the sequence, while one and two remain empty. BTS quality checks were to cross reference the place dataset with the state dataset, to determine that the spatial data and attribute data were accurate
  Logical_Consistency_Report: The network is topologically connected and the data set is geographically accurate at the 1:100,000 scale.
  Positional_Accuracy:
    Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
      Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: The horizontal accuracy for these data can be stated as being that associated with data compiled at the 1:100,000 scale.
  Lineage:
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Publication_Date: 2006
          Title: The Official Railway Guide
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: New York, NY
            Publisher: Commonwealth Business Media
      Type_of_Source_Media: paper
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 2009
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: ORG
      Source_Contribution: The Official Railway Guide
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: State DOTs
          Publication_Date: 2005
          Title: Rail Maps
      Type_of_Source_Media: paper
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 2006
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: DOTs
      Source_Contribution: State DOTs
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Rail Companies
          Publication_Date: 2009
          Title: Rail Maps
      Type_of_Source_Media: computer program
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 2009
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: RCs
      Source_Contribution: Rail Companies
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description: Verify and validate the rail network.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: ORG
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: DOTs
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: RCs
      Process_Date: 2005
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
  Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
  Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
    SDTS_Terms_Description:
      SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String
      Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 167451
Spatial_Reference_Information:
  Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
    Geographic:
      Latitude_Resolution: 0.000000
      Longitude_Resolution: 0.000000
      Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
    Geodetic_Model:
      Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984
      Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984
      Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
      Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
  Detailed_Description:
    Entity_Type:
      Entity_Type_Label: rail_lines
      Entity_Type_Definition: National Rail Network
      Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: FID
      Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Shape
      Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: FRAARCID
      Attribute_Definition: Unique ID
      Attribute_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Numeric Value
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: MILES
      Attribute_Definition: Length of segment in miles
      Attribute_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Numeric Value
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: STATEAB
      Attribute_Definition: State railroad abbreviation which follows the Postal abbreviation
      Attribute_Definition_Source: USPS
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Codeset_Domain:
          Codeset_Name: Official List of U.S. Postal Code Abbreviations
          Codeset_Source: U.S. Postal Service (USPS)
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: STATEFIPS
      Attribute_Definition: Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) State Code
      Attribute_Definition_Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Codeset_Domain:
          Codeset_Name: Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS)
          Codeset_Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: CNTYFIPS
      Attribute_Definition: Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) County Code
      Attribute_Definition_Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Codeset_Domain:
          Codeset_Name: Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS)
          Codeset_Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: STCNTYFIPS
      Attribute_Definition: Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) State and County Code
      Attribute_Definition_Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Codeset_Domain:
          Codeset_Name: Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS)
          Codeset_Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: FRAREGION
      Attribute_Definition: FRA Regional Boundaries
      Attribute_Definition_Source: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, RI, VT
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: DC, DE, MD, OH, PA, VA, WV
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 4
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: IL, IN, MI, MN, WI
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 5
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: AR, LA, NM, OK, TX
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 6
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: CO, IA, KS, MO, NE
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 7
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: AZ, CA, HI, NV, UT
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 8
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: AK, ID, MT, ND, OR, SD, WA, WY
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: RROWNER1
      Attribute_Definition: The reporting mark of the 1st owning railroad. A mark of 'XXXX' indicates an abandoned link. Rule 260 codes are used where available. A mark of 'DUMX' indicates an added connecting link.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Codeset_Domain:
          Codeset_Name: FRA Rule 260 and Owner Codes
          Codeset_Source: FRA
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: RROWNER2
      Attribute_Definition: The reporting mark of the 2nd owning railroad, if any.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Codeset_Domain:
          Codeset_Name: FRA Rule 260 and Owner Codes
          Codeset_Source: FRA
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: RROWNER3
      Attribute_Definition: The reporting mark of the 3rd owning railroad, if any.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Codeset_Domain:
          Codeset_Name: FRA Rule 260 and Owner Codes
          Codeset_Source: FRA
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: TRKRGHTS1
      Attribute_Definition: Reporting mark of the 1st railroad having trackage-rights.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Codeset_Domain:
          Codeset_Name: FRA List of Railroad Name Abbreviations
          Codeset_Source: FRA
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: TRKRGHTS2
      Attribute_Definition: Reporting marks of any additional railroads having trackage rights.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Codeset_Domain:
          Codeset_Name: FRA List of Railroad Name Abbreviations
          Codeset_Source: FRA
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: TRKRGHTS3
      Attribute_Definition: Reporting marks of any additional railroads having trackage rights.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Codeset_Domain:
          Codeset_Name: FRA List of Railroad Name Abbreviations
          Codeset_Source: FRA
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: TRKRGHTS4
      Attribute_Definition: Reporting marks of any additional railroads having trackage rights.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Codeset_Domain:
          Codeset_Name: FRA List of Railroad Name Abbreviations
          Codeset_Source: FRA
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: TRKRGHTS5
      Attribute_Definition: Reporting marks of any additional railroads having trackage rights.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Codeset_Domain:
          Codeset_Name: FRA List of Railroad Name Abbreviations
          Codeset_Source: FRA
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: TRKRGHTS6
      Attribute_Definition: Reporting marks of any additional railroads having trackage rights.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Codeset_Domain:
          Codeset_Name: FRA List of Railroad Name Abbreviations
          Codeset_Source: FRA
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: TRKRGHTS7
      Attribute_Definition: Reporting marks of any additional railroads having trackage rights.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Codeset_Domain:
          Codeset_Name: FRA List of Railroad Name Abbreviations
          Codeset_Source: FRA
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: TRKRGHTS8
      Attribute_Definition: Reporting marks of any additional railroads having trackage rights.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Codeset_Domain:
          Codeset_Name: FRA List of Railroad Name Abbreviations
          Codeset_Source: FRA
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: TRKRGHTS9
      Attribute_Definition: Reporting marks of any additional railroads having trackage rights.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Codeset_Domain:
          Codeset_Name: FRA List of Railroad Name Abbreviations
          Codeset_Source: FRA
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: STRACNET
      Attribute_Definition: Type of military interest flag - this code should match the publication 'Civil Rail Lines Important to 'National Defense, September, 2003'
      Attribute_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: (blank)
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Not important
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: S
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: On the STRACNET system
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: C
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: A connector to the STRACNET system
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: SIGSYS
      Attribute_Definition: Type of signaling system.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Centralized Traffic Control
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: ABS
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Automatic Block Signals
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: ACS
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Automatic Cab Signals
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: ATS
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Automatic Train Stop
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: ATC
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Automatic Train Control
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: MAN
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Manual Block, including dark
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: TTO
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Time Table/Train Order
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: TRACKS
      Attribute_Definition: Number of tracks
      Attribute_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Numeric Value
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: FRFRANODE
      Attribute_Definition: The FRA assigned node number at the topological start of the link
      Attribute_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Codeset_Domain:
          Codeset_Name: The attribute FRAIDN from the 100k node layer
          Codeset_Source: FRA
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: TOFRANODE
      Attribute_Definition: The FRA assigned node number at the topological end of the link
      Attribute_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Codeset_Domain:
          Codeset_Name: The attribute FRAIDN from the 100k node layer
          Codeset_Source: FRA
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: NET
      Attribute_Definition: Indicates which operations is part of the network, spatially
      Attribute_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Abandoned
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: F
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Ferry
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Main sub network
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: O
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Non-Mainline Active track
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: PASSNGR
      Attribute_Definition: Passenger Railroad Operations
      Attribute_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: "blank"
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Not applicable
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Amtrak
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Commuter
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: R
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Rapid Transit
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: T
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Tourist
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: V
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Via Rail Canada
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: AC
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Amtrak & Commuter
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Amtrak & Tourist
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: DEN07CODE
      Attribute_Definition: Density Category for the latest year available, 2007
      Attribute_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Unknown or dummy
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 0.1 to 4.9 MGT
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 5.0 to 9.9 MGT
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 10.0 to 19.9 MGT
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 4
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 20. to 39.9 MGT
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 5
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 40.0 to 59.9 MGT
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 6
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 60.0 to 99.9 MGT
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 7
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 100.0 and greater MGT
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FRA
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      Attribute_Label: SUBDIV
      Attribute_Definition: Subdivision,  if available
      Attribute_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Character Value
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: YARDS
      Attribute_Definition: Name of the Yard, if available
      Attribute_Definition_Source: FRA
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Character Value
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: VERSION
      Attribute_Definition: The VERSION is a 2-digit number that will be incremented for all records in the database whenever a new release is distributed.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: RITA/BTS
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Range_Domain:
          Range_Domain_Minimum: 00
          Range_Domain_Maximum: 99
  Overview_Description:
Distribution_Information:
  Distributor:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Person_Primary:
        Contact_Person: Geospatial Information Program
        Contact_Organization: Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE
        City: Washington
        State_or_Province: DC
        Postal_Code: 20590
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202-366-DATA
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: answers@bts.gov
  Resource_Description: Downloadable Data - National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2009
  Distribution_Liability: None
  Standard_Order_Process:
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        Format_Name: ESRI Shapefile
        Format_Version_Number: 2009
        File_Decompression_Technique: No compression applied.  However, if using digital transfer online option, note access instructions.
        Transfer_Size: 40.680
      Digital_Transfer_Option:
        Online_Option:
          Access_Instructions: The NTAD DVD can be ordered from the online bookstore at www.bts.gov.  NTAD can also be downloaded from the Geographic Information Program web sit at http://www.bts.gov/programs/geographic_information_services/.
        Offline_Option:
          Offline_Media: DVD
    Ordering_Instructions: Call (202-366-DATA), or E-mail (answers@bts.gov) RITA/BTS to request the National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2009 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 Geographic Information Program web sit at http://www.bts.gov/programs/geographic_information_services/.
  Custom_Order_Process: Call (202-366-DATA), or E-mail (answers@bts.gov) RITA/BTS to request the National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2009 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 Geographic Information Program web sit at http://www.bts.gov/programs/geographic_information_services/.
  Technical_Prerequisites: Software that can process GIS files.
  Available_Time_Period:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Single_Date/Time:
        Calendar_Date: 2009
Metadata_Reference_Information:
  Metadata_Date: 20090403
  Metadata_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
        Contact_Person: Raquel Wright
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: FRA - Mailstop 15
        Address: 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
        City: Washington
        State_or_Province: DC
        Postal_Code: 20590
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202.493.6415
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  Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
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