Introduction to Short Line Rail Data Management

Short Line Rail Data Management can be used to map rail infrastructure, edit data, and view maps in the field and office.

It turns ArcGIS into a system for short lines to easily inventory their track and infrastructure and keep information up to date. It provides simple to use interactive rail maps and dashboards for office and field staff, and increases collaboration.

After deploying, organizations with no digital data can immediately begin mapping their systems using GPS or digitizing data with web or desktop software. Organizations with existing spatial data can load it and begin using the apps

Deploy the solution

This solution can be deployed in your ArcGIS organization.

Deploy the solution

See Deploying a solution for more information.

Requirements

Short Line Rail Data Management requires the following:

  • ArcGIS Online
  • ArcGIS Pro
  • ArcGIS Field Maps

Information products

Short Line Rail Data Management includes the following information products:

ItemDescriptionMinimum user type

Rail Field Editor

An ArcGIS Field Maps map used to edit rail assets

Creator

Rail Dashboard

An ArcGIS Dashboards app used to view rail asset information

Viewer

Rail Viewer

An ArcGIS Instant Apps app used to view the rail map

Viewer

Rail Editor

A web map used to edit rail asset data

Creator

When you deploy this solution in your ArcGIS organization, you also get a solution item that organizes the key information products and summarizes all the ArcGIS items (applications, forms, projects, maps, feature layers, feature layer views, and so on) included with the solution. The solution item also illustrates any dependencies items have on each other.

Data dictionary

Review the data structure and descriptions of the layers included in the solution.

NameDescription

Rail Assets

A reference guide to the Rail Assets feature service that provides an overview of the data structure, field descriptions, and other metadata about the layers.

Release notes

The following are the release notes:

VersionDescription
1.0 (Nov 2025)
  • First release of Short Line Rail Data Management