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    • North American Rail Network Lines - Class I Freight Railroads View

    Metadata Updated: March 1, 2025

    The North American Rail Network (NARN) Rail Lines: Class I Freight Railroads View dataset is from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)/Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). This dataset is a subset of the NARN Rail Lines dataset that show the ownership and trackage rights for all the Class I freight railroads: “Burlington Northern and Santa Fe (BNSF),” "Canadian National (CN) Railway," "Canadian Pacific (CP) Railway," "CSX Transportation," "Norfolk Southern (NS) Railway," "Kansas City Southern (KCS) Railway," and "Union Pacific (UP)". It is derived from the North American Rail Network (NARN) Lines dataset, and for more information please consult, https://doi.org/10.21949/1519415. The NARN Rail Lines dataset is a database that provides ownership, trackage rights, type, passenger, STRACNET, and geographic reference for North America's railway system at 1:24,000 or better within the United States. The data set covers all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Mexico, and Canada. A data dictionary, or other source of attribute information, is accessible at https://doi.org/10.21949/1528950

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Date February 3, 2025
    Metadata Created Date September 24, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date March 1, 2025
    Reference Date(s) July 14, 2023 (creation)
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) Metadata

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date February 3, 2025
    Metadata Created Date September 24, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date March 1, 2025
    Reference Date(s) July 14, 2023 (creation)
    Responsible Party Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid North American Rail Network Lines - Class I Freight Railroads View
    Category Tag 16E15F51 D96E 4051 9124 75665Abdc6Ff ["Energy Infrastructure","Transportation","Transportation Network"]
    Access Constraints Access Constraints: unrestricted
    Bbox East Long -52.266666999999998
    Bbox North Lat 71.433333300000001
    Bbox South Lat 14.483333
    Bbox West Long -168.283333
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded
    Harvest Object Id 32f779ef-5bd4-4d43-978a-1a52c6099ce5
    Harvest Source Id ee45e034-47c1-4a61-a3ec-de75031e6865
    Harvest Source Title National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) Metadata
    Licence This NTAD dataset is a work of the United States government as defined in 17 U.S.C. § 101 and as such are not protected by any U.S. copyrights. This work is available for unrestricted public use.
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    Metadata Language eng; USA
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-168.283333, 14.483333], [-52.266667, 14.483333], [-52.266667, 71.4333333], [-168.283333, 71.4333333], [-168.283333, 14.483333]]]}
    Progress onGoing
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True

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