Index: /trunk/styles/standard/elemstyles.xml
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--- /trunk/styles/standard/elemstyles.xml	(revision 1713)
+++ /trunk/styles/standard/elemstyles.xml	(revision 1714)
@@ -1175,15 +1175,21 @@
 	</rule>
 
+    <!-- disused often appears together with highway=xy -->
+    <!-- -> normal display with line, linemod for combinations -->
 	<rule>
 		<condition k="railway" v="disused"/>
-		<line width="1" colour="oldrail#202020" dashed="true"/>
-		<icon annotate="true" src="misc/deprecated.png"/>
-		<scale_min>1</scale_min>
-		<scale_max>50000</scale_max>
-	</rule>
-
+		<line width="1" colour="oldrail#202020" dashed="true" priority="-10000"/>
+		<linemod mode="over" width="1" colour="oldrail#202020" dashed="true"/>
+		<icon annotate="true" src="misc/deprecated.png"/>
+		<scale_min>1</scale_min>
+		<scale_max>50000</scale_max>
+	</rule>
+
+    <!-- abandoned often appears together with highway=xy -->
+    <!-- -> normal display with line, linemod for combinations -->
 	<rule>
 		<condition k="railway" v="abandoned"/>
 		<line width="1" colour="oldrail#202020" dashed="true" priority="-10000"/>
+		<linemod mode="over" width="1" colour="oldrail#202020" dashed="true"/>
 		<icon annotate="true" src="misc/deprecated.png"/>
 		<scale_min>1</scale_min>