Thanks Ironmatic1 to answer your questions.
1) These will eventually be deleted as they are outside the scope of OSM.
2) Mapping for the renderer is not allowed.

And we have OHM to take up where we want to save this sort of old data. Believe me I have been down this road. I have vouched for all of the above. We can chat about this further on Discord and/or Slack.
Best Regards, Natfoot

Hello ironmatic1,
Unfortunately things get deleted in OSM from time to time. Things that can be classified as history often get deleted and mapping for the renderer is not allowed. If you want this sort of data to persist the best option is Open Historical Map.
I'd be happy to help in any way. I edit railroads here and on Open Historical Map.
I just added this line in OHM. Please create an account and add the details.
Best regards, Natfoot

Hi there ironmatic,
I messaged you through Open Street Map. If you login and check your messages you will see my message. I am an active railroad contributor and can answer any of your question. Check my profile for other resources.

The Port Angles location has not been changed yet. Also SPB is listed for the location by the State of Washington for the Lake Union location, where you have LKE. Could you please let me know where I can find this data to reference.

Hey, Thank You for adding this information. Another tag that you could add is railway:signal:main:form=sign
Don't worry I am inconsistent at adding this to all the lights. eg. railway:signal:main:form=light
Best, Nat

Sorry I am a bit punchy tonight I don't mean any bad intent more tong in cheek as I am used to adding back abandoned railroads.

Sorry I am a bit punchy tonight I don't mean any bad intent more tong in cheek as I am used to adding back abandoned railroads.

The problem like a lot of these paths is not if it does or does not exist the problem is if it is legal or trespassing. Has the user identified themselves as the property owner?

yes that must be a typo.

Thanks for the pointers at the Mapillary. I changed it as well as the signs that are there. I will need to go back and look at how to add the Begin CTC to OSM. CTC is Centerlized Traffic Control a dispatching system for the railroad.
Regards,
Nat

Howdy, Sense we are having conversations in the comments section. The signals here node/7091921118#map=19/39.76207/-104.99537
If you look at the bing imagery you can see that the signal heads are pointed only in one direction rather than "both" I can see that this control point or railway=junction does have signals in both directions but have two locations of the signals. Do you have updated information for this? What are your thoughts on signals position either in line or along side of the railway line?

Howdy, It has been changed back.

Howdy, If these are gone mapping them as railway:razed is an acceptable use of the railway tag. I would encourage you in the future to not delete railway items that have been removed and to tag to them with railway:razed Keeping complete data will reduce questions in the future.

I did use the Maxar imagery as well as the bing imagery. Mostly I am using the bing imagery to get the switches right on the switch stands and to correctly identify the locations of derails.

I am well aware of what railroads are and how they are appropriately tagged within OSM. I am also aware of how complicated the OSM tagging system is for railways and how the documentation on the wiki could be better. Have you seen openrailwaymap.org? I encourage you to see what the railroad mapping community has done for the united states.

Also the 3D mapping you have done is impressive. Though f4viewer is incorrectly rendering the railway class rather than the tagged item. For instance it is rendering railroads for railway:construction and railway:abandoned.

Best Regards,
Nat

because I am in editing in ID and moved to quickly onto something else. Spur has been added now.

Dear Hydrogen Cat,
I do apologize for your discomfort in this matter. The right of way is found on government maps including the USGS. You will need to strike it from a few more maps than OSM.

It is fixed now.

Thanks for catching that.

Could you be more specific. This area is CTC

Thank You for your contributions.
If you would like to connect we have a large OSM mapping community here in the Seattle area and you can find out about our activities on Meetup.

If you have stream/water that floods the passageway intermittently how would you tag it? I know multiple places where this is true.