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Title: National Rail Network 1:2,000,000

Contributors:

Dates

  • Issued: 2001
  • Coverage: 2000

Publishers

  • Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Summary

The Rail Network is a comprehensive database of the nation's railway system including all railway mainlines, railroad yards, and major sidings in the continental U.S. at the 1:2,000,000 scale. The data set covers the 48 contiguous States plus the District of Columbia.

Subjects

  • Transportation
  • United States
  • Rail
  • Railroads
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-124.246014, -66.98248, 49.024442, 25.454264)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-124.246014, -66.98248, 49.024442, 25.454264)

Provider

Harvard

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Bureau of Transportation Statistics, (comp.). National Rail Network 1:2,000,000. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Line data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-ntadrail2m

Format

Shapefile