Yep I do not want to tag for the renderer
Hence my questions and doubts.
I tagged it demolished:bridge=yes and dismantled. I will try in a couple of days to render a small map of that area to see the changes.
This rail thing is rather convoluted to be honest.
Iād say some better definitions are in dire need. There are too many ppl to vested in historical rail lines and I do think that rail lines have impacted surroundings more profoundly then for instance roads. So there is a need to have this info still in the openstreetmap database.
Iād really say look at whatās there and what words mean. But the discussion seems to be more about feelings
disused means to me not used or planned to be used in the foreseeable future. This also means no maintenance plans for that line. ownership of the land preferable still in the hands of an entity that is or has operated rail transport or maybe the state/country
abandoned, ownership is not in the hand of an entity that is or has operated rail transport. There needs to be some sort of rail identifying marks left, for instance at least ! every kilometer a railroad tie, rails, train signals,etc. Also specific rail support buildings, loading docks, stations, etc. You should be able to use this for navigation.
dismantled, most identifying marks have been removed. for instance an embankment can be used for other things so that would not be an identifying mark. And the identifying marks are few and far apart, more then 2 km for instance. Barely to not usable for navigation.
historic, almost impossible to see that there was a rail line in the past, not usable for navigation.
Something like this would make it also easier for renderers to decide what to render and what not.