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    Railroad Centerlines

    Metadata Updated: April 4, 2026

    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.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date September 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date April 4, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Open data from Lake County, Illinois

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date September 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date April 4, 2026
    Publisher Lake County Illinois GIS
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=ff7fdb31eef047b592601df4b4ee7bd0&sublayer=0
    Data First Published 2016-11-23T20:01:51.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2026-03-29T11:11:56.783Z
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id fefc857a-3423-460f-b638-d3e322ae32a8
    Harvest Source Id e2c1b013-5957-4c37-9452-7d0aafee3fcc
    Harvest Source Title Open data from Lake County, Illinois
    Homepage URL https://data-lakecountyil.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/lakecountyil::railroad-centerlines
    License https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/89679671cfa64832ac2399a0ef52e414/data
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -88.2025,42.1424,-87.7640,42.5003
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 45c3f7760af338a3ef8b1481e05dafcadc4811632634c0bac316fe18e8a99f7a
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": -88.2025, 42.1424, -88.2025, 42.5003, -87.7640, 42.5003, -87.7640, 42.1424, -88.2025, 42.1424}

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