Railway Network (Node) - Data Dictionary
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.
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FID |
Internal feature number. |
Long Integer representing an object identifier |
| 1 |
Shape |
Feature geometry. |
Geometry |
| 2 |
FRANODEID |
Unique Node ID |
Double Precision Floating Point |
| 3 |
STATEAB |
State railroad abbreviation which follows the Postal abbreviation |
Character String |
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STCNTYFIPS |
Attribute_Definition: |
Character String |
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FRAREGION |
FRA Regional Boundaries |
Double Precision Floating Point |
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BORDER |
Indicates if the node is located on a polygon boundary |
Character String |
| 7 |
ONMAINNET |
Indicates of the node is located on the main sub network |
Double Precision Floating Point |
| 8 |
NAME |
The station name, which was appended from the 2M network |
Character String |
| 9 |
VERSION |
The VERSION is a 2-digit number that will be incremented for all records in the database whenever a new release is distributed. |
Character String |
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STFIPS |
State FIPS |
Character String |
Find this web page at:
http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_atlas_database/2007/html/railway_nod.html
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