Railroad Centerlines

Download In State Plane Projection Here. 

** In addition to the Railroad Centerlines feature class, the hyperlink download above also contains a generalized layer, as well as all tracks including spurs ** 

This dataset was created as a cartographic backdrop as well as for any analysis that requires railroads locations. The railroads were originally traced off aerial photography taken in April of 2000 using heads up digitizing in ESRI ArcGIS and later revised using photography taken in 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012 and 2013. This dataset should satisfy National Map Accuracy Standards for a 1:1200 product. Update Frequency: This dataset is updated on a weekly basis.

Data and Resources

Field Value
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issued 2016-11-23T20:01:51.000Z
landingPage https://data-lakecountyil.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/lakecountyil::railroad-centerlines
license https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/89679671cfa64832ac2399a0ef52e414/data
metadata_type geospatial
modified 2025-09-14T11:10:54.705Z
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publisher Lake County Illinois GIS
resource-type Dataset
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Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • AmeriGEO
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • CKAN
  • GEO
  • GEOSS
  • National
  • North America
  • United States
  • lake-county-illinois
  • railroads
  • transportation
  • transportation-spatial-data
isopen False
license_id other-license-specified
license_title other-license-specified
maintainer LakeCounty_Illinois
maintainer_email gis@lakecountyil.gov
metadata_created 2025-09-23T21:40:43.553004
metadata_modified 2025-09-23T21:40:43.553010
notes <p style='margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; background:white;'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt; font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif; color:#4C4C4C;'><a href='https://maps.lakecountyil.gov/gisdata/rail.zip' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'><span style='color:blue;'>Download In State Plane Projection Here</span></a>. </span></b></p> <p style='margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; background:white;'><span style='font-size:11.5pt; font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif; color:#4C4C4C;'><br /></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; background:white;'><span style='font-size:11.5pt; font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif; color:#4C4C4C;'>** In addition to the Railroad Centerlines feature class, the hyperlink download above also contains a generalized layer, as well as all tracks including spurs **</span><span style='font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:11.5pt;'> </span></p> <p style='margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt;'><span style='font-size:11.5pt; font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif; color:#4C4C4C; background:white;'><br /></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt;'><span style='font-size:11.5pt; font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif; color:#4C4C4C; background:white;'>This dataset was created as a cartographic backdrop as well as for any analysis that requires railroads locations. The railroads were originally traced off aerial photography taken in April of 2000 using heads up digitizing in ESRI ArcGIS and later revised using photography taken in 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012 and 2013. This dataset should satisfy National Map Accuracy Standards for a 1:1200 product.</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt; font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif; color:#4C4C4C;'><br /></span></p><p style='margin-top:12.0pt; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:12.0pt; margin-left:0in; background:white;'><span style='font-size:11.5pt; font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif; color:#4C4C4C;'> <b>Update Frequency:</b><br /> This dataset is updated on a <b>weekly</b> basis.</span></p>
num_resources 11
num_tags 12
title Railroad Centerlines