A C172 PLT UNFAMILIAR WITH ARPT; TAXIED ONTO ACTIVE RWY.

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AT APPROX XA00 MDT I DIVERTED INTO PUB TO WAIT OUT HIGH WINDS AT COS. I HAD LANDED AT PUB APPROX 1 YR EARLIER AND TAXIED THERE THAT TIME. I HAD DONE A COUPLE OF APCHS THERE A FEW MONTHS EARLIER (NO GND MOVEMENT). AT XC59 I TURNED UP ATIS AND DISCOVERED THE TWR CLOSED AT XD00. ON THE SECOND RADIO I HEARD TWR COMMUNICATING WITH AN ACFT; AT THE END OF THAT CONVERSATION THE CTLR BROADCASTED AN END OF THE DAY MESSAGE INDICATING THE ARPT WAS NO LONGER CONSIDERED CLASS D AIRSPACE. I STARTED ENGS AND MADE A TAXIING CALL ON CTAF INDICATING I WOULD BE GOING TO RWY 35. TAXIING N ON THE RAMP I DID NOT SEE ANY YELLOW LINES; THOUGH I WAS LOOKING FOR A TAXI LINE TO FOLLOW. I HAD A CURRENT UNITED STATES TERMINAL PROCS SW VOL 1 NEXT TO ME BUT IMPROPERLY; FELT I WAS FAMILIAR WITH WHERE I NEEDED TO GO AND DID NOT AT THIS TIME CONSULT IT. SHORTLY AFTER STARTING TO TAXI MY LNDG LIGHT ILLUMINATED A WHITE LINE WHICH CAUSED ME TO PAUSE AND TURN TO THE W. STILL WONDERING ABOUT WHY THE LINE WAS WHITE I NOTICED I WAS TAXIING ON THE HOLD SHORT LINE. LOOKING FURTHER W I SAW THE LIGHTED RWY SIGN AND THEN MADE AN IMMEDIATE TURN TO THE S. AT THAT TIME THERE WAS A RADIO CALL (I ASSUME FROM THE TWR CTLR WHO JUST HAPPENED TO SEE ME BEFORE LEAVING) SAYING SOMETHING LIKE CESSNA TAXIING TO RWY 35 YOU'RE ON RWY 26. WHEN WELL CLR I STOPPED AND LOOKED AT THE ARPT FACILITY DIRECTORY. ABOUT THAT TIME THE C130 CALLED FINAL AND ASKED ME TO CALL CLR THE RWY. THE C130'S RADIO CALLS INCLUDED THE PHRASE 'LIGHTS OUT LNDG.' I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT MEANS. I'M NOT SURE HOW COME I DID NOT NOTICE THE TAXI LINE OR MISSED THE HOLD SHORT LINE. IF GND/TWR HAD BEEN OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS LIKE TAXI TO RWY 35 VIA TXWY A WOULD HAVE PROMPTED ME TO LOOK AT THE ARPT FACILITY DIRECTORY. IF I WERE AT AN UNCTLED ARPT I WOULD HAVE LOOKED AT THE ARPT FACILITY DIRECTORY.