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Another editor left a note on my talk page recently about the RailDriver article's potential speedy deletion. There has been some improvement and removal of the prod notice, but this article is still considered a candidate for AFD. The main contention is that of verifiability and making it seem less like advertising. I located a few other independent sites that discuss the product and listed them on the talk page, but there is a note there that if the article isn't further improved soon, it will be sent through AFD. Slambo (Speak) 11:37, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
http://jmri.sourceforge.net/help/en/html/hardware/raildriver/index.shtml or even http://www.virginmedia.com/games/inpictures/gaming-controllers.php?ssid=4 (maybe not that one)
I'd also suggest adding it to the category Category:Train simulation video games even though it's really an add-on - so that poeple can find it..
The article may be a bit over detailed to be honest.
Bits like "It is light enough to move around but heavy enough to stay in place while in operation." make it sound like an advert - I'd cut that if I were you.
If you want someone else to try to rewrite it I'll have a go - but to be honest if the 'wiki-lords' are feeling uncharitable I doubt it would pass an AFD - even if rewritten - why not check to see if the person who has suggested it for deletion feels it is notable enough to be worth working on, or do they intend to propose it for deletion anyway? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Carrolljon ( talk • contribs) 21:12, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
Jezhotwells ( talk) 21:42, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
This article is now listed at AFD. Slambo 42 (unprivileged login of Slambo) - T 16:50, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
Question - is there such a category - I can't seem to find anything?? If not where should the new category go - category experts please. Carrolljon ( talk) 19:08, 22 January 2009 (UTC) UPDATE Category:Rolling stock leasing companies now exists - if anyone can add to it etc. Thanks. Carrolljon ( talk) 19:31, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
It seems there are now two categories - I need to do a merge - any advice on which to keep and which to delete - the choice is Category:Rolling stock leasing companies or Category:Rail transport leasing companies. Thanks. Carrolljon ( talk) 22:40, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 January 23#Railroad categories -- NE2 07:01, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
Does anyone know anything about Locomotion Capital - as far as I can tell it was a joint venture between Vossloh and Angel Trains - My guess is that is was absorbed into Angel Trains cargo (european leasing company) - but as I said I can't find much more. It really should have at least a stub article - Thanks. Carrolljon ( talk) 22:52, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
The original page Diesel Traction Group has been moved to Diesel Traction Group (NZ) with a disambiguation link to Diesel Traction Group (UK). The British Rail Class 52 page has also had a link placed on it to Diesel Traction Group (UK) in the hope that such a page will eventually be written, meanwhile the Diesel Traction Group (NZ) page is being expanded. PatrickDunfordNZ ( talk) 04:52, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
The article Frank Smith (fireman) was recently reviewed through AFD and closed as a no consensus based on the signifigance of having participated in an historic event, the last steam powered train run in the UK. However, it appears that his run may not have been the last. I was wondering if somebody from Wikiproject trains with some familiarity with steam locomotive service in the UK could have a look at the material in the article and on talk:Frank Smith (fireman) and shed some light. Thanks. -- Whpq ( talk) 09:50, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
This i just a small question based on past experiences on Wikipedia. Its probably just minor but i just want clarification as to what counts as original research when referencing timetables. Also, should timetables be used as references? Simply south not SS, sorry 14:08, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
I have requested the move of Empire Builder to Empire Builder (Amtrak). Reasons given at the talk page. Mjroots ( talk) 14:37, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
There is currently an AFD for Frank Smith (fireman) - Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frank Smith (fireman) (2nd nomination) which is discussing the last steam powered train service in the UK. As this AFD involves rail transport, your opionions would be valuable in the AFD. Regards. -- Whpq ( talk) 21:42, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
I have a question about naming conventions for train stations. the current page Science Park/West End (MBTA station). They MBTA just recently added "West End to the signs at the station, but they have also stated that "West End" will not be added to mbta maps or to other documents.Should thsi page be named Science Park/West End (MBTA station) or just Science Park (MBTA station)? -- Found5dollar ( talk) 16:52, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
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I thought this WikiProject might be interested. Ping me with any specific queries or leave them on the page linked to above. Thanks! - Jarry1250 ( t, c) 22:24, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
So this project is basically a central area for people to help with improving train articles right? Can anyone join? I railfan frequently and am interested in the history of trains. GNRY09 ( talk) 04:28, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
If you get stuck in general - you can ask questions at Wikipedia:Questions, there's also the Wikipedia:reference desks for topical questions.
If you write an article why not tell us about it here and someone will probably have a look at it and maybe add even more useful info to it. Good luck. Carrolljon ( talk) 05:01, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
Now that we are on the subject, wouldn't it make more sense to call this WikiProject Rail transport? It does not just cover trains but many other vehicles as well e.g. trams and certain types of ferry. Simply south not SS, sorry 23:47, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
The result of the proposal was no consensus. JPG-GR ( talk) 05:22, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Should this project be renamed to Wikipedia:WikiProject Rail transport to to the massive scope it covers, beyond trains and that? Simply south not SS, sorry 23:56, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
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Back in January 2009 I requested that Boston and Maine Railroad Depot should be merged into Reading (MBTA station) since both stations are one in the same. Since it doesn't seem like anybody has been paying attention, I thought I'd address the issue here. I'm also going to bring this up on WikiProject NRHP. ---- DanTD ( talk) 14:05, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
fr:Gare de Bordeaux-Saint-Jean and most of the French rail stations have great templates allowing to show the services that serve a specific station. Is there any way that we can make S-line work with SNCF stations? Thanks. gren グレン 19:47, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
I've been thinking about this article recently. It will never be fully complete, and any attempt to complete it will be pretty thoroughly unmanageable. I've come up with a possible solution: split it by decade, for example list of defunct United States railroads (1990-1999). Every railroad that operated or owned trackage during that decade would be listed. Does this sound like a good idea? -- NE2 04:24, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
It might be more practical to abandon a national list and focus on state-level lists. List of Michigan railroads, is more or less complete (it lists all companies which actually operated). Mackensen (talk) 18:20, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
I question whether we should have boxes like the one at the bottom of Wisconsin and Southern Railroad. It doesn't seem that being given one of these awards is important enough to call that much attention to. -- NE2 06:02, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Hello I am about to start improving the tractive effort article - unfortunately I don't know a lot about steam engines - specific it is clear that a steam engines tractive effort (when using a connecting rod type drive) would vary as the drive wheel rotates.
If anyone has any expert knwoledge on this - specifically the things steam engineers do to minimise or work with this effect - then it would be good if they could improve that section with more info, or alternatively leave links to sites dealing with this aspect on the pages talk section so that someone else could incorporate it. Thanks. 87.102.43.12 ( talk) 03:30, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
As described at Talk:CrossCountry#removal_of_picture there is some disagreement over the value of the 'computer drawn livery images'. I would suggest their blanket removal - others want to keep them - or start some project of standardisation.
My arguments for removal are fairly clear at the link above. Thanks FengRail ( talk) 01:12, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
This is the type of image I wish to remove:
As a suggestion - British Rail corporate liveries covers BR liveries in detail with references - note that the paint decription codes are provided. Inclusion of RAL (color space system) , Pantone or British Standards color number or the equivalent would be important. Maybe a Post privatisation British railways corporate liveries page would be a good idea? FengRail ( talk) 01:54, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Are they accurate? If so, I don't see the problem. They're probably too simple to be copyrighted, and do a good job of showing what a train will look like (rather than just the head-on angle shots so popular with railfans). I see the above "North York Centre" as much more of a problem, since it seems to be "bloat" without any benefit. -- NE2 02:42, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
The trademark concern is not relevant here, as we are not engaging in trade. We have a proposed guideline for that: WP:SOSUMI. -- Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) ( Talk) 10:24, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Keep The purpose of the images, is to provide a guide of what the trains look like, showing the whole train - a photo rarely does this. They are a good addition to the pages, providing a new medium of viewing the trains. Some are more detailed than others (showing First Class, disabled and bike space etc.). If you want lots of photos, go to one of many websites. Regards, Btline ( talk) 18:57, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Curiously the creator of many of these images appears to have requested their deletion see User_talk:Unisouth#My images deleted and User:Unisouth - though I may have misunderstood that message. I have tried to contact them about this discussion anyway. (I'm not attempting deletion - just suggesting that they are unsuitable for the train articles - perhaps that amounts to the same thing) FengRail ( talk) 04:01, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Modeling 2' gauge railroads -- NE2 04:11, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
I have redone this list, and I believe it to be almost complete. If people can check railroads that they're familiar with, that would be great. There are possibly a few outdated reporting marks, and Conrail doesn't seem to have one since 1999 (how can that be?). -- NE2 22:40, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
The Bombardier Innovia article has been tagged as falling under TWP. It's not clear from the article whether or not this is a train. No rail gauge is mentioned in the article. Trains run of rails, right? If it ain't on rails (Maglev excepted) it's not a train. Seems to me that this is more like a guided bus than a train. What do other editors think?
Please check up Lanskaya article and {{ Saint Petersburg Finlyandsky - Beloostrov through Sestroretsk}} on grammatical and spelling errors. I'm study English, and its my first experiment in EnWiki. Thank you.--Andrey! 16:41, 16 February 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by AndreyA ( talk • contribs)
The input on it is carried out from under the bridge, the two-mid-flight ladder blocked by the high arch barrel.
Across the station will held line of creating a high speed rail line between Saint Petersburg (Finlyandsky Rail Terminal) and Helsinki
Question:
The direction platform to Saint Petersburg a straight line, lateral, an input on on it is carried out from Serdobolskaya street and from the Bolshoy Sampsonevsky prospect.
Does this mean the same as:
Also - I still can't underdstand " the two-mid-flight ladder " - are these staircases - or someting to do with the electricity? —Preceding unsigned comment added by FengRail ( talk • contribs) 15:51, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Please would someone have a look at Mid-Norfolk Railway, which I am trying to improve. I think it's around GA standard now, but any advice/suggestions welcome. Thanks. DiverScout ( talk) 23:08, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
I wish to write in article Sestroretsk rail station about the reason of creation of a line - transport any cargoes to and from Sestroretsk armory. Whether will correctly tell:-- Andrey! 13:11, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
The line has been constructed for service of trains Sestroretsk armory.
Request for help - the figures for continuous tractive effort just don't seem to add up (multiply) - see the talk page for details - is it me, or a typo, or what.?
If any Class 60 or engineering experts can sort this one out please.. Thanks. FengRail ( talk) 19:45, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
[Simply south's messages reformatted for readability -- NE2 06:30, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
Do you think this project should have its own newsletter although i wonder how it would be arranged and get out to people and if so what should it be called the star? Simplysouth notSSsorry 13:04, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
Remember that we need people to write this. WikiProject U.S. Roads has a newsletter for a while but replaced it by a "blog" of sorts because people got tired of writing the newsletter. As for a list of new articles, you can always look through Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Rail transport articles by quality log. -- NE2 22:11, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I have made a request for the addition of several data elements to {{ Infobox rail}}. These optional elements would provide editors with the ability to capture pertinent corporate information about the railroad (such as Type, financial information, number of employees etc.) in a manner consistent with articles on other companies ({{ Infobox Company}} was the template for these additions). As this template falls under your project, any feedback from interested editors is more than welcome at the the relevant talk page. Many thanks! - Richc80 ( talk) 19:44, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
If anyone in the project is inclined, this listing in AfC needs some help: Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Submissions/WAG Indian railways. AKRadecki Speaketh 21:14, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
Please note that based on changes to Wikipedia:Naming conventions (events) in July 2008, I moved a bunch of articles about rail accidents to the standard Place name rail accident format instead of haphazard variants such as "train accident", "rail crash" and "train wreck". Specific names associated with notable events, such as "disaster" where appropriate, or specific types of accidents such as "derailment", "collision", or "level crossing accident" could be used instead of the more generalized "rail accident." This series of moves is inconsequential, but nobody objected to the moves that were done in July, or to the change proposed at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (events) where I suggested this action. I am therefore finishing the job. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kivel ( talk • contribs) 02:25, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/All Aboard! 20th Century American Trains -- NE2 09:44, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
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FengRail ( talk) 19:30, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
Epoch I to Epoch V redirects created - should anyone wish to link these terms from an article etc. FengRail ( talk) 18:23, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
(cross-posting from Talk:Hiawatha (Amtrak))
"The article as named is a misleading conflation of two different services. In the 1970s Amtrak operated a Hiawatha on the Chicago-Minneapolis route. This was a direct successor to the old Milwaukee Road brand. Separate from this is the Hiawatha Service, an umbrella term for a number of trains on the Chicago-Milwaukee corridor (which have at times had their own names). I would suggest treating the newer Chicago-Milwaukee Hiawatha Service (Amtrak) as its own concept in its own article, with links back to this article discussing the old Hiawatha, which really died off with the North Star. Note that Amtrak refers to the current service as "Hiawatha Service" on its website: [1]. Mackensen (talk) 12:23, 3 March 2009 (UTC)"
Comments and brickbats much appreciated. Mackensen (talk) 12:25, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
Well, I've done it. The article is at Hiawatha Service and (mostly) discusses the Chicago-Milwaukee corridor. Whether a separate article at Hiawatha (Amtrak) is necessary is debatable; the article at North Coast Hiawatha could expand to cover the history. For now it redirects to Hiawatha Service. Mackensen (talk) 03:10, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
I recently ran into the article Shenandoah (B&O) and was confused by the article name. General disambiguation practice would suggest that it is better to disambiguate the article with something like (train) or (passenger train). Looking through some categories reveal that there are a bunch of solutions out there:
My suggestion would be to use Nancy Hanks (train) as the standard solution. If there are several trains with the same name they would then disambiguate into (passenger train)/(freight train) (or whatever they are). If several passenger trains have the same name they would disambiguate using company name (SSW passenger train)/(B&O passenger train). This is just what I came up with from the top of my head. Comments or suggestions? / Pax:Vobiscum ( talk) 12:59, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
Let me throw my hat in here. This discussion needs to consider what would happen to Amtrak services, which are disambiguated as Name (Amtrak). Following this principle, trains could be called Name (Operator), which would give us Mercury (New York Central)/ Mercury (NYC). I'm loath to the use the full names--we could wind up with some really long titles! Mackensen (talk) 00:53, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
Noone seems to have any problem with using "Nancy Hanks (train)" as the disambiguation standard in those cases where there is just one train with a particular name. It's short, clear and to the point. In the more complicated cases, perhaps we can agree on a flexible solution where both "Nancy Hanks (Central of Georgia train)", "Nancy Hanks (CG train)"and "Nancy Hanks (United States train)", "Nancy Hanks (US train)" are possible (depending on what works best in the specific case). Does that seems like a workable solution? Pax:Vobiscum ( talk) 09:09, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
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Thanks. — Headbomb { ταλκ κοντριβς – WP Physics} 09:36, 15 March, 2009 (UTC)
Category:Rail yards created to cover all types of 'rail yard'.. Already added articles I could find to it. FengRail ( talk) 17:35, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
At the same time List of rail yards made (from the German wikipedia page linked from it). Note the European bias..
American, African and Asian rail people have fun expanding this.. Good luck. 20:57, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
Found another potential merger of a historic and a commuter railroad station, this time on the MARC Brunswick line. Gaithersburg (MARC station) with Gaithersburg B & O Railroad Station and Freight Shed. Evidently at least one of the two buildings in the historic former B&O station and freight shed is operated by MARC. I've already addressed the issue on the proposed mergers page. ---- DanTD ( talk) 19:49, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
I've sorted the non-Class I ICC valuations by state, essentially providing a snapshot of the short lines in each state ca. 1918. If you'd like any of the valuations transcribed (those with separate article links have them) or any of the partial transcriptions expanded, let me know and I'll see what I can do. -- NE2 16:18, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
76.66.193.69 ( talk) 01:25, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
Before I make more, is there anything that can be improved about the map in Yreka Western Railroad? -- NE2 19:55, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
I added city names to the YW map, and made a map for the Willamette Valley Railway. Right now I'm going to concentrate on this style, giving a general idea of where the railroad is; someone else can do a more zoomed-in view if wanted. -- NE2 15:29, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
I have been adding "RDT" to applicable templates to help distinguish them from other templates and now more as a norm to show they are RDTs (or Route Diagram Templates). Although i did not propose this, i carried it out being bold and thinking it was uncontroversial. Similar suffixes to the same types of templates have been added (not by me and even some with the suffix RDT not by me either) such as "map", "route map" and "route diagram". As recently this has been questioned, could i ask for people's opinions at Wikipedia talk:Route diagram template#Suffices. Simply south ( talk) 20:42, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
I just added some to Category:Companies operating former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad lines, and I'm wondering what people think about this category. I personally like it, but there are some issues to work out: which companies get them, and what stage in their evolution do we go by? For instance, it would be silly to have one for Chessie System, because it would be redundant to B&O/C&O/WM. Conversely, a Union Pacific category might be more useful with only lines it controlled before 1982 (when it acquired the MP and WP). Also, spin-offs that were acquired by another system might pose a problem: is the Columbus and Greenville Railway ex-Southern, ex-Illinois Central, or both? -- NE2 03:08, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
I've completed the categorization of current common-carrier U.S. freight railroads. Former railroads, if categorized likewise, should probably be in separate categories so that the case of current railroads that formerly operated lines of a company can be dealt with. -- NE2 22:58, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Would Louisiana and Delta Railroad fit under the Category:Companies operating former Southern Pacific Transportation Company lines, or does the existing SP category suit it just fine? ---- DanTD ( talk) 15:11, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
Anyone have any idea what the sorting mechanism has placed Union Station (Chicago) in the C section and not the U section? -- Christopherbailey ( talk) 18:46, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
The Vote on date autoformatting and linking is now open. All users are invited to participate. Lightmouse ( talk) 15:01, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Steam enthusiasts talk about the 'motion' of a steam locomotive (well, we do in the UK at least!) but I don't know how this is defined. Something should be added to the glossary, and the Steam locomotive components page too (plus motion, while you're at it!)
EdJogg ( talk) 10:31, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
Motion (UK): the connecting rod, coupling rods and valve gear that connect and direct the force of a steam engine's pistons to the crankpins and hence the driving axles
motion: The pistons, connecting rods and valve gear of a steam locomotive. (from The Railway Dictionary, An A-Z of Railway Terminology, Alan A Jackson, Alan Sutton Publishing, 1996)
I just gave this article a B rating - I think it may deserve an A, but that probably requires a second or third opinion. FengRail ( talk) 21:36, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
Trying to find Class 7100 electric [3] [4] at Pacific National - the templates Template:AusLocos and Template:VRLocos are confusing - lots of locos turn up at the latter - but the company doesn't exist anymore, and the former has hardly any locos at all in it.
I'm not even sure if there is an article or not. The loco is not listed at "Pacific National".
Anyone know?
At the same time I'd like to suggest categorisation by gauge in the Aus. articles, helpful to those who don't know it very well. Thanks. 213.249.232.187 ( talk) 23:58, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
Could i please ask an admin to move this to {{ WikiProject Trains}}? The reason is that i would like to set up the article alert subscription (or someone else could) but this actually has a major impact on other child and related projects who are grouped under this one. Many rail related changes are not shown under those projects. Simply south ( talk) 19:07, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Once again, I need help fixing a template, this time it's Template:S-line/MNRR right/Harlem. What I've been trying to do is to split the template between the current terminus at Wassaic and the former terminus at Chatham, and it didn't work. The routebox within the infobox at Fox Chase SEPTA Station should give you an idea of what I'm trying to do. I asked for help from WP:NYCPT, and nobody there is doing anything for me. ---- DanTD ( talk) 14:20, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
The articles Rail track and the obvious related stuff are a bit confusing - with the same topic being covered on multiple articles - for example "fishplates" are covered on at least three articles - rail profile fish plate and a gallery at rail profile.
In the short term I intend to tidy them into Rail tracks with subpages Railway rail, Railroad tie (sleepers), Rail fastening systems, fishplate and continuously welded rail. (other articles such as rail gauge seem ok.) Is that ok?
In the long term any suggestions as to organisation of content? FengRail ( talk) 19:36, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
If anyone has a reliable source for these it would be appreciated if you could verify and cleanup the articles listed here. Thanks! -- Pascal 666 07:54, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
I finally created the Highbridge (Metro-North station) article, as much of a stub as it is. Now, will somebody tell me how to add the "Employees Only" note to the routebox on the Yankees-E. 153rd Street (Metro-North station) article without messing the thing up? So far I've only been able to add it to the Morris Heights (Metro-North station) routebox. ---- DanTD ( talk) 19:48, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
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I just finished a timeline of Class I railroads in three parts (due to size): 1910-1929, 1930-1976, 1977-present. It's certainly not complete; I listed the most serious omissions at Talk:Timeline of Class I railroads (1910-1929). If you know any of these or see anything else missing, please help, but make sure your information is correct, and try to keep it to mainly physical changes that affected the entire system of a railroad or former railroad. (Regulatory changes such as Staggers could make up another whole list!) If anyone has access to volumes of the "Annual Report on the Statistics of Railways in the United States", please let me know and I'll see if you can help.
Hopefully this will be of use in clarifying historical matters. -- NE2 09:40, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
Adapted from
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New Zealand's
Alexander Turnbull Library has placed some historic NZ photos on
Flickr The Commons with no known copyright restrictions. These include some of New Zealand railways. Very easy to
upload to commons using the
Flickr tools.
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All the {future ____ public transportation} templates ({{
future australian public transportation}}, etc) are being replaced by {{future public transportation|country= }}
(see discussion at
Template talk:Future public transportation). Is it ok if I collapse the list of templates at
Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/Article templates?
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I have uploaded several scanned slides on the regional meter gauge trains around Valencia. These pictures where taken in 1981 and 1987. See ( Commons:Category:Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana). These pics where taken partly in the FEVE period. (With the FEVE logos) There are several issues:
Greetings,
Smiley.toerist ( talk) 22:18, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
Just found that there is a {{ rws}} template that seems to do the same job as {{ stnlnk}} in displaying station names. Necessary duplication?
EdJogg ( talk) 12:22, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
I received a message from 67.193.221.128 who blatantly accused me of "Shameless Self-Promotion" over this image that I grabbed from flickr (the person I uploaded from isn't me near the begining of April. Thinking the response was just a troll, I responded likewise, reverted, and went on with my life. Now I have User:Jsp3970, who is also accusing me of "shameless self-promotion," and uploaded his own pic to "stop a possible revert war." Again, I "commented" and reverted it back. Now I have 67.193.221.128 again undoing my edits, and thats when I noticed something.
File:VIAFPA9RM6309.jpg, which I "replaced" with my flickr find, was taken by User:Jsp3970. It's about a year apart, and the size differences is...great.
Now I want this to end. I would like a third opinion on the matter. According to the Wikipedia:Image_use_policy under Rules of thumb, #3 states: Upload a high-resolution version of your image whenever possible. Comparing File:VIAFPA9RM6309.jpg and this image, yes, the handcart should've been outta the way, but still, you can see the difference. The focus should be on improving the article, and I feel my Flickr find helps by allowing viewers to see a FP(ARM in the best picture possible in the article (of course, I do invite Jsp3970 to contribute better quality FP9ARM pics if he can to beat the one I got; no shame). -- 293.xx.xxx.xx ( talk) 08:30, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
File:VIA GM FP9.jpg is clearly preferable to File:VIAFPA9RM6309.jpg. No comment on the interpersonal dispute (because I can't be arsed to read through it). -- NE2 09:13, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
I have nominated BC Rail for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Arsenikk (talk) 12:25, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
Ladies and gentlemen, while you're working on nuisances such as British_Rail_Class_24, the article on the busiest, largest and arguably most important railway system in Europe, with thousands of locos and hundreds of thousands of employees, remains a miserable stub for more than 2 years. Thank you for your attention. Ukrained ( talk) 22:22, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
I think you mean passenger/kilometres not passengers per kilometre. Otherwise, yes Ukrained should get some like minded freinds and improve the article. The encyclopedia anyone can edit, remember?
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Those who work for corporations in exchange for a wage can be exhorted to "prioritise their efforts". I didn't get where I am today without prioritising my efforts,
Reggie. ("Great! Super!")
However a realistic fact about this project is that people here are unpaid volunteers and pretty much set their own agenda. There is no systematic way of sweeping through all the subjects in the world; we cover the things we know about, care about and/ or are curious about (and sometimes these areas overlap). If you tried to impose plans on these people some of them would just disappear, while others would ask for payment then disappear. The model railway writer Cyril Freezer once wrote, "people who say 'someone should do something about this' ought to be reminded that they are also 'someone'.
I refer the honorable gentlemen to the reply I gave some moments ago. Britmax ( talk) 17:24, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
This is up for deletion. In my opinion i find it a very important template, although it could be reworded according to comments on the deletion page. See Wikipedia:Templates for deletion#Template:Future public transportation. The scope possibly also encompasses other related articles. Simply south ( talk) 20:48, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Boiler is rated at "High" importance within this Wikiproject, and has been selected as appropriate for the WP 0.7 DVD (and is therefore regarded as among the most important articles in the encyclopaedia) yet it is only rated 'start' class.
For some time I have been aware of the problems with the boiler article. It is still a mish-mash of water-heating and steam-generating tasks, without really covering either effectively, nor making the distinctions between the two functions clear. The article is not well-structured and really needs re-building to a form that matches its importance as a 'main' article.
In recent months the picture has been complicated by the creation of boiler (steam generator) in an effort to resolve the problems mentioned. Unfortunately, this is also in need of much the same work, and as an added problem, duplicates much of the 'steam-generating' material in boiler. In an effort to move things along, I have started a discussion about a proposed (re-)merge of boiler and boiler (steam generator) (see Talk:Boiler#Proposed Merge) and would welcome other editors' views.
Andy Dingley has made huge progress in creating and bringing up-to-scratch articles on the many sub-types of boiler (mostly sub-types of the fire-tube boiler) and is continuing with his excellent work when time permits. I have been helping out where I can (although I know little about the subject); but neither of us feel qualified to tackle the re-build.
Is there anyone around who feels they can take this on? Or at the very least, can propose a new structure for the articles that we can work on collectively?
EdJogg ( talk) 09:02, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
Template:Canada class 2 has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at
the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you.
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19:34, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
Does your project care about what happens to the talk pages of articles that have been replaced with redirects? If so, please provide your input at User:Mikaey/Request for Input/ListasBot 3. Thanks, Matt ( talk) 02:19, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
The Railway signalling template Template:Railwaysignalling has a section for interlockings, which currently lists at least 3 interlockings (Lever frame • Solid State Interlocking • Westlock Interlocking - "Signal box" is also listed but I don't think that counts). I am aware of a number of other interlocking products/types - e.g. relay (free wired or WESTPAC style).
The Interlocking page mentions four types of interlocking: Mechanical interlocking, Electro-mechanical interlocking, Relay interlocking, Electronic interlocking.
1a. Is the list in the template supposed to be a list of interlocking products, types of interlocking or both? 1b. Should "Signal Box" be removed?
2. Should there be separate articles to cover such things as Relay interlocking, Electronic interlocking etc?
3. Should there be separate articles to cover various interlocking products?
4. I have a little knowledge about interlocking and can create paragraph size stubs to cover a number of interlocking products and/or types. Is this useful?
Mdt3k ( talk) 18:35, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
I see a problem with the western terminus of the Stoughton Branch of the MBTA Providence/Stoughton Line, most notably in the article on Canton Center (MBTA station). It still includes Providence (MBTA station) as one of the two termini, when it should only include Stoughton (MBTA station). Meanwhile, every station between Sharon (MBTA station) and South Attleboro (MBTA station) only has Providence as the western terminus. I tried to looks for the template on this, but I can't find any MBTA templates. ---- DanTD ( talk) 23:39, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
Was checking out the page to get some updates on construction, when it struck me that this page is named inconsistantly with other LACMTA Metrorail articles. Other articles use a Metro X Line (LACMTA) format. I was thinking that the article should be moved to Metro Expo Line (LACMTA) for consistancy, but wanted input before making such a move. oknazevad ( talk) 07:11, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
I am pondering what to do about Line A and A Train, both of which are disambiguation pages. My instincts tell me they should be merged together because the terms could be used interchangeably. (It is possible that since I am a New Yorker, only I would have this view. If that's the case, I apologize in advance.) The same would go with other possible pairs such as 6 Line/ 6 Train; B Line (currently redirected to Bee line)/ B Train. My question is, should they be merged at all and into what title? At worst, entries would be duplicated in both sets of pages. I need this guidance in order to update and monitor such disambiguation pages. Thanks. Tinlinkin ( talk) 08:59, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Newbridge on Wye railway station -- NE2 18:48, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
I've recently redone the lists of defunct railroads for Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. For Indiana, I added another "system" column that's not in the others. What you you guys think of this format? Can anything be improved? -- NE2 12:04, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
The Category:Future public transportation (which are largely rail projects, say 2/3) has subcategories by country eg Category:Future public transport in Norway, but each of these should have a subcategory for modes of transport eg a Category:Future railway projects in Norway, which would then link to Category:Rail transport in Norway as well as the “Future Public …. Category. Similarly for Road by country for future roads/highways and future bus proposals.
This would make it easier to find local projects and also mean that the articles for a particular country would be apparent to interested people who could update and correct them. The present categories are too wide in scope (though could be retained in addition to the "by country" category). NB: some rail proposals will be for new freight or mining lines.
Similarly the Category:Future railway stations has only country subcategories for Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. It should be split by country (and perhaps major city where there are major future proposals; eg there is Category:Future transport projects in London), and each made a subcategory of the “railway stations” category for that country/city – for most there is no link at present. NB: Have also added as subcategory the existing Category:Proposed railway stations in the United Kingdom. Hugo999 ( talk) 06:48, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
What about transition of the project's template code to {{ WPBannerMeta}} and renaming into {{ WikiProject Trains}}? SkyBon Talk\ Contributions 18:54, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
Would anyone have a problem with the standard DEFAULTSORT for railroads being the title without commas or conjunctions, and with an extra space before the "Railroad" or "Railway"? For instance, Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, Chicago and North Western Railway, and Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad would be "Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul Railway", "Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul Pacific Railroad", "Chicago North Western Railway", and "Chicago Rock Island Pacific Railroad", and would appear in that order in categories such as Category:Former Class I railroads in the United States. -- NE2 15:06, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
According to Amtrak, a new train from Lynchburg,VA to Washington will be put into service this October. Most people agree that this will be another Northeast Regional train and that it won't terminate in Washington but rather continue all the way to Boston, but there is no proof Amtrak's going to do this yet. Do you think it's safe to assume that this train will be a Northeast Regional? I can't imagine it being called anything else, even if it did terminate in Washington. I would like to start editing the templates to show the Lynchburg branch, but I'm not sure if I have enough evidence to back this up. If there are any other references out there besides the Amtrak announcement please post them. Murjax ( talk) 19:30, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
I saw that the metro wreck that happened in DC was added quickly, but figured I would pass along to you all about the train wreck that happened last Friday. Incase you all would like to create an article on it. I don't do much writing anymore, but thought this might be something important to write about. I did add it to the Train wreck list though. [5]-- Kranar drogin ( talk) 04:08, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
Is there an article that covers the class of loco that 655 175 belongs to? This was the loco (appears at 1m09s) involved in the accident at Viareggio last night.
History of rail transport in North America could be the worst article on an important topic I've ever come across in Wikipedia, and History of rail transport in the United States comes pretty close! The former appears to have started as a badly written term paper, dumped in wholesale and then wikified with little improvement (it starts with 1865, and then moves swiftly to 1829 in England). And the latter is just pathetically short-- there's a better history at Rail transport in the United States, which optimistically starts with Further information: History of rail transport in the United States, even though there is, in fact, less info there.
I know that historic overviews are hard to write, but these articles seem too important to be allowed to languish is such a sorry state. I'm sorry to carp, but this really isn't my area of expertise, otherwise I'd be happy to work on them. -- Mwanner | Talk 12:47, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
I might have a go at this. If I don't, others may find timeline of Class I railroads (1910–1929) and related articles useful for getting a general feel for the evolution of U.S. railroads. -- NE2 14:31, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
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A peculiar problem has cropped up on Indian Railways. The article at present uses the company infobox, which does not provide rail-related details. On the other hand, the rail infobox leaves no scope for providing all the details of the company. Should more parameters be added to the rail infobox template to solve this problem? Regards, SBC-YPR ( talk) 14:22, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
One possibility would be a separate section to talk about the company's finances in detail, with infobox company there. I was doing this on BNSF Railway but got sidetracked and never actually wrote the section. -- NE2 14:56, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
In particular, I'm not sure about Meadows and Lake Kathleen Railroad. -- NE2 16:17, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
I've tried to improve this article by adding a diagram. It needs to be normally displayed as collapsed at the moment but I've got something wrong in the coding and can't work out what it is. Would an editor experienced in this sort of thing take a look and tweak it please? Mjroots ( talk) 08:36, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
I have reviewed Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad for GA Sweeps to determine if it still qualifies as a Good Article. In reviewing the article I have found several issues, which I have detailed here. Since the article falls under the scope of this project, I figured you would be interested in contributing to further improve the article. Please comment there to help the article maintain its GA status. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 ( talk • contrib) 03:28, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
The snowplow article says nothing about rail mounted snowploughs. Per the talk page are there any editors who can expand the article? Mjroots ( talk) 04:29, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
User:007bond has created two separate pages for the MARC Brunswick Line and Penn Lines, yet the color bars for stations along these lines continues to lead users strictly to the main article. How can they be relocated to the specific lines? ---- DanTD ( talk) 21:46, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
Re the article on joining rail tracks by means of fishplates ( Fishplate).
I am rather surprised to find that flitchplates are not mentioned at all, as I understood that "fish" is a colloquial and quick way to say "flitch." GGBiscuit ( talk) 14:46, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
Do you need further name plates of the Virgin Pendolino trains? I have a picture of the nameplate of the Virgin Enterprise. -- Tyw7 ( Talk • Contributions) 00:01, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
I would like to suggest adding technical information regarding the DLR rolling stock like the speed, etc. -- Tyw7 ( Talk • Contributions) 00:13, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
Are you still using the IRC channel #wikipedia-trains-en? If you are what time are most of you guys are on that channel? -- Tyw7 ( Talk • Contributions) 00:32, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
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The only early "Annual Report on the Statistics of Railways in the United States" that Google Books does not have is the 28th report for the year ending June 30, 1915. It would be very much appreciated if someone could check whether a local library has it and get some information from it about the Class I railroads for User:NE2/Class I table, List of Class I railroads, and Timeline of Class I railroads (1910–1929). -- NE2 02:34, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
Can somebody help at User talk:Wuhwuzdat#Reporting marks? He seems to think the Illinois Railway Museum has reporting mark IRYM. -- NE2 19:49, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
Can you comment on this template I've made
I would like to request the following pictures
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Another editor left a note on my talk page recently about the RailDriver article's potential speedy deletion. There has been some improvement and removal of the prod notice, but this article is still considered a candidate for AFD. The main contention is that of verifiability and making it seem less like advertising. I located a few other independent sites that discuss the product and listed them on the talk page, but there is a note there that if the article isn't further improved soon, it will be sent through AFD. Slambo (Speak) 11:37, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
http://jmri.sourceforge.net/help/en/html/hardware/raildriver/index.shtml or even http://www.virginmedia.com/games/inpictures/gaming-controllers.php?ssid=4 (maybe not that one)
I'd also suggest adding it to the category Category:Train simulation video games even though it's really an add-on - so that poeple can find it..
The article may be a bit over detailed to be honest.
Bits like "It is light enough to move around but heavy enough to stay in place while in operation." make it sound like an advert - I'd cut that if I were you.
If you want someone else to try to rewrite it I'll have a go - but to be honest if the 'wiki-lords' are feeling uncharitable I doubt it would pass an AFD - even if rewritten - why not check to see if the person who has suggested it for deletion feels it is notable enough to be worth working on, or do they intend to propose it for deletion anyway? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Carrolljon ( talk • contribs) 21:12, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
Jezhotwells ( talk) 21:42, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
This article is now listed at AFD. Slambo 42 (unprivileged login of Slambo) - T 16:50, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
Question - is there such a category - I can't seem to find anything?? If not where should the new category go - category experts please. Carrolljon ( talk) 19:08, 22 January 2009 (UTC) UPDATE Category:Rolling stock leasing companies now exists - if anyone can add to it etc. Thanks. Carrolljon ( talk) 19:31, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
It seems there are now two categories - I need to do a merge - any advice on which to keep and which to delete - the choice is Category:Rolling stock leasing companies or Category:Rail transport leasing companies. Thanks. Carrolljon ( talk) 22:40, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 January 23#Railroad categories -- NE2 07:01, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
Does anyone know anything about Locomotion Capital - as far as I can tell it was a joint venture between Vossloh and Angel Trains - My guess is that is was absorbed into Angel Trains cargo (european leasing company) - but as I said I can't find much more. It really should have at least a stub article - Thanks. Carrolljon ( talk) 22:52, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
The original page Diesel Traction Group has been moved to Diesel Traction Group (NZ) with a disambiguation link to Diesel Traction Group (UK). The British Rail Class 52 page has also had a link placed on it to Diesel Traction Group (UK) in the hope that such a page will eventually be written, meanwhile the Diesel Traction Group (NZ) page is being expanded. PatrickDunfordNZ ( talk) 04:52, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
The article Frank Smith (fireman) was recently reviewed through AFD and closed as a no consensus based on the signifigance of having participated in an historic event, the last steam powered train run in the UK. However, it appears that his run may not have been the last. I was wondering if somebody from Wikiproject trains with some familiarity with steam locomotive service in the UK could have a look at the material in the article and on talk:Frank Smith (fireman) and shed some light. Thanks. -- Whpq ( talk) 09:50, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
This i just a small question based on past experiences on Wikipedia. Its probably just minor but i just want clarification as to what counts as original research when referencing timetables. Also, should timetables be used as references? Simply south not SS, sorry 14:08, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
I have requested the move of Empire Builder to Empire Builder (Amtrak). Reasons given at the talk page. Mjroots ( talk) 14:37, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
There is currently an AFD for Frank Smith (fireman) - Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frank Smith (fireman) (2nd nomination) which is discussing the last steam powered train service in the UK. As this AFD involves rail transport, your opionions would be valuable in the AFD. Regards. -- Whpq ( talk) 21:42, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
I have a question about naming conventions for train stations. the current page Science Park/West End (MBTA station). They MBTA just recently added "West End to the signs at the station, but they have also stated that "West End" will not be added to mbta maps or to other documents.Should thsi page be named Science Park/West End (MBTA station) or just Science Park (MBTA station)? -- Found5dollar ( talk) 16:52, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
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I thought this WikiProject might be interested. Ping me with any specific queries or leave them on the page linked to above. Thanks! - Jarry1250 ( t, c) 22:24, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
So this project is basically a central area for people to help with improving train articles right? Can anyone join? I railfan frequently and am interested in the history of trains. GNRY09 ( talk) 04:28, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
If you get stuck in general - you can ask questions at Wikipedia:Questions, there's also the Wikipedia:reference desks for topical questions.
If you write an article why not tell us about it here and someone will probably have a look at it and maybe add even more useful info to it. Good luck. Carrolljon ( talk) 05:01, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
Now that we are on the subject, wouldn't it make more sense to call this WikiProject Rail transport? It does not just cover trains but many other vehicles as well e.g. trams and certain types of ferry. Simply south not SS, sorry 23:47, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
The result of the proposal was no consensus. JPG-GR ( talk) 05:22, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Should this project be renamed to Wikipedia:WikiProject Rail transport to to the massive scope it covers, beyond trains and that? Simply south not SS, sorry 23:56, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
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Back in January 2009 I requested that Boston and Maine Railroad Depot should be merged into Reading (MBTA station) since both stations are one in the same. Since it doesn't seem like anybody has been paying attention, I thought I'd address the issue here. I'm also going to bring this up on WikiProject NRHP. ---- DanTD ( talk) 14:05, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
fr:Gare de Bordeaux-Saint-Jean and most of the French rail stations have great templates allowing to show the services that serve a specific station. Is there any way that we can make S-line work with SNCF stations? Thanks. gren グレン 19:47, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
I've been thinking about this article recently. It will never be fully complete, and any attempt to complete it will be pretty thoroughly unmanageable. I've come up with a possible solution: split it by decade, for example list of defunct United States railroads (1990-1999). Every railroad that operated or owned trackage during that decade would be listed. Does this sound like a good idea? -- NE2 04:24, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
It might be more practical to abandon a national list and focus on state-level lists. List of Michigan railroads, is more or less complete (it lists all companies which actually operated). Mackensen (talk) 18:20, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
I question whether we should have boxes like the one at the bottom of Wisconsin and Southern Railroad. It doesn't seem that being given one of these awards is important enough to call that much attention to. -- NE2 06:02, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Hello I am about to start improving the tractive effort article - unfortunately I don't know a lot about steam engines - specific it is clear that a steam engines tractive effort (when using a connecting rod type drive) would vary as the drive wheel rotates.
If anyone has any expert knwoledge on this - specifically the things steam engineers do to minimise or work with this effect - then it would be good if they could improve that section with more info, or alternatively leave links to sites dealing with this aspect on the pages talk section so that someone else could incorporate it. Thanks. 87.102.43.12 ( talk) 03:30, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
As described at Talk:CrossCountry#removal_of_picture there is some disagreement over the value of the 'computer drawn livery images'. I would suggest their blanket removal - others want to keep them - or start some project of standardisation.
My arguments for removal are fairly clear at the link above. Thanks FengRail ( talk) 01:12, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
This is the type of image I wish to remove:
As a suggestion - British Rail corporate liveries covers BR liveries in detail with references - note that the paint decription codes are provided. Inclusion of RAL (color space system) , Pantone or British Standards color number or the equivalent would be important. Maybe a Post privatisation British railways corporate liveries page would be a good idea? FengRail ( talk) 01:54, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Are they accurate? If so, I don't see the problem. They're probably too simple to be copyrighted, and do a good job of showing what a train will look like (rather than just the head-on angle shots so popular with railfans). I see the above "North York Centre" as much more of a problem, since it seems to be "bloat" without any benefit. -- NE2 02:42, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
The trademark concern is not relevant here, as we are not engaging in trade. We have a proposed guideline for that: WP:SOSUMI. -- Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) ( Talk) 10:24, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Keep The purpose of the images, is to provide a guide of what the trains look like, showing the whole train - a photo rarely does this. They are a good addition to the pages, providing a new medium of viewing the trains. Some are more detailed than others (showing First Class, disabled and bike space etc.). If you want lots of photos, go to one of many websites. Regards, Btline ( talk) 18:57, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Curiously the creator of many of these images appears to have requested their deletion see User_talk:Unisouth#My images deleted and User:Unisouth - though I may have misunderstood that message. I have tried to contact them about this discussion anyway. (I'm not attempting deletion - just suggesting that they are unsuitable for the train articles - perhaps that amounts to the same thing) FengRail ( talk) 04:01, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Modeling 2' gauge railroads -- NE2 04:11, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
I have redone this list, and I believe it to be almost complete. If people can check railroads that they're familiar with, that would be great. There are possibly a few outdated reporting marks, and Conrail doesn't seem to have one since 1999 (how can that be?). -- NE2 22:40, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
The Bombardier Innovia article has been tagged as falling under TWP. It's not clear from the article whether or not this is a train. No rail gauge is mentioned in the article. Trains run of rails, right? If it ain't on rails (Maglev excepted) it's not a train. Seems to me that this is more like a guided bus than a train. What do other editors think?
Please check up Lanskaya article and {{ Saint Petersburg Finlyandsky - Beloostrov through Sestroretsk}} on grammatical and spelling errors. I'm study English, and its my first experiment in EnWiki. Thank you.--Andrey! 16:41, 16 February 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by AndreyA ( talk • contribs)
The input on it is carried out from under the bridge, the two-mid-flight ladder blocked by the high arch barrel.
Across the station will held line of creating a high speed rail line between Saint Petersburg (Finlyandsky Rail Terminal) and Helsinki
Question:
The direction platform to Saint Petersburg a straight line, lateral, an input on on it is carried out from Serdobolskaya street and from the Bolshoy Sampsonevsky prospect.
Does this mean the same as:
Also - I still can't underdstand " the two-mid-flight ladder " - are these staircases - or someting to do with the electricity? —Preceding unsigned comment added by FengRail ( talk • contribs) 15:51, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Please would someone have a look at Mid-Norfolk Railway, which I am trying to improve. I think it's around GA standard now, but any advice/suggestions welcome. Thanks. DiverScout ( talk) 23:08, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
I wish to write in article Sestroretsk rail station about the reason of creation of a line - transport any cargoes to and from Sestroretsk armory. Whether will correctly tell:-- Andrey! 13:11, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
The line has been constructed for service of trains Sestroretsk armory.
Request for help - the figures for continuous tractive effort just don't seem to add up (multiply) - see the talk page for details - is it me, or a typo, or what.?
If any Class 60 or engineering experts can sort this one out please.. Thanks. FengRail ( talk) 19:45, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
[Simply south's messages reformatted for readability -- NE2 06:30, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
Do you think this project should have its own newsletter although i wonder how it would be arranged and get out to people and if so what should it be called the star? Simplysouth notSSsorry 13:04, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
Remember that we need people to write this. WikiProject U.S. Roads has a newsletter for a while but replaced it by a "blog" of sorts because people got tired of writing the newsletter. As for a list of new articles, you can always look through Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Rail transport articles by quality log. -- NE2 22:11, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I have made a request for the addition of several data elements to {{ Infobox rail}}. These optional elements would provide editors with the ability to capture pertinent corporate information about the railroad (such as Type, financial information, number of employees etc.) in a manner consistent with articles on other companies ({{ Infobox Company}} was the template for these additions). As this template falls under your project, any feedback from interested editors is more than welcome at the the relevant talk page. Many thanks! - Richc80 ( talk) 19:44, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
If anyone in the project is inclined, this listing in AfC needs some help: Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Submissions/WAG Indian railways. AKRadecki Speaketh 21:14, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
Please note that based on changes to Wikipedia:Naming conventions (events) in July 2008, I moved a bunch of articles about rail accidents to the standard Place name rail accident format instead of haphazard variants such as "train accident", "rail crash" and "train wreck". Specific names associated with notable events, such as "disaster" where appropriate, or specific types of accidents such as "derailment", "collision", or "level crossing accident" could be used instead of the more generalized "rail accident." This series of moves is inconsequential, but nobody objected to the moves that were done in July, or to the change proposed at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (events) where I suggested this action. I am therefore finishing the job. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kivel ( talk • contribs) 02:25, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
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FengRail ( talk) 19:30, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
Epoch I to Epoch V redirects created - should anyone wish to link these terms from an article etc. FengRail ( talk) 18:23, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
(cross-posting from Talk:Hiawatha (Amtrak))
"The article as named is a misleading conflation of two different services. In the 1970s Amtrak operated a Hiawatha on the Chicago-Minneapolis route. This was a direct successor to the old Milwaukee Road brand. Separate from this is the Hiawatha Service, an umbrella term for a number of trains on the Chicago-Milwaukee corridor (which have at times had their own names). I would suggest treating the newer Chicago-Milwaukee Hiawatha Service (Amtrak) as its own concept in its own article, with links back to this article discussing the old Hiawatha, which really died off with the North Star. Note that Amtrak refers to the current service as "Hiawatha Service" on its website: [1]. Mackensen (talk) 12:23, 3 March 2009 (UTC)"
Comments and brickbats much appreciated. Mackensen (talk) 12:25, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
Well, I've done it. The article is at Hiawatha Service and (mostly) discusses the Chicago-Milwaukee corridor. Whether a separate article at Hiawatha (Amtrak) is necessary is debatable; the article at North Coast Hiawatha could expand to cover the history. For now it redirects to Hiawatha Service. Mackensen (talk) 03:10, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
I recently ran into the article Shenandoah (B&O) and was confused by the article name. General disambiguation practice would suggest that it is better to disambiguate the article with something like (train) or (passenger train). Looking through some categories reveal that there are a bunch of solutions out there:
My suggestion would be to use Nancy Hanks (train) as the standard solution. If there are several trains with the same name they would then disambiguate into (passenger train)/(freight train) (or whatever they are). If several passenger trains have the same name they would disambiguate using company name (SSW passenger train)/(B&O passenger train). This is just what I came up with from the top of my head. Comments or suggestions? / Pax:Vobiscum ( talk) 12:59, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
Let me throw my hat in here. This discussion needs to consider what would happen to Amtrak services, which are disambiguated as Name (Amtrak). Following this principle, trains could be called Name (Operator), which would give us Mercury (New York Central)/ Mercury (NYC). I'm loath to the use the full names--we could wind up with some really long titles! Mackensen (talk) 00:53, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
Noone seems to have any problem with using "Nancy Hanks (train)" as the disambiguation standard in those cases where there is just one train with a particular name. It's short, clear and to the point. In the more complicated cases, perhaps we can agree on a flexible solution where both "Nancy Hanks (Central of Georgia train)", "Nancy Hanks (CG train)"and "Nancy Hanks (United States train)", "Nancy Hanks (US train)" are possible (depending on what works best in the specific case). Does that seems like a workable solution? Pax:Vobiscum ( talk) 09:09, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
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Category:Rail yards created to cover all types of 'rail yard'.. Already added articles I could find to it. FengRail ( talk) 17:35, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
At the same time List of rail yards made (from the German wikipedia page linked from it). Note the European bias..
American, African and Asian rail people have fun expanding this.. Good luck. 20:57, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
Found another potential merger of a historic and a commuter railroad station, this time on the MARC Brunswick line. Gaithersburg (MARC station) with Gaithersburg B & O Railroad Station and Freight Shed. Evidently at least one of the two buildings in the historic former B&O station and freight shed is operated by MARC. I've already addressed the issue on the proposed mergers page. ---- DanTD ( talk) 19:49, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
I've sorted the non-Class I ICC valuations by state, essentially providing a snapshot of the short lines in each state ca. 1918. If you'd like any of the valuations transcribed (those with separate article links have them) or any of the partial transcriptions expanded, let me know and I'll see what I can do. -- NE2 16:18, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
76.66.193.69 ( talk) 01:25, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
Before I make more, is there anything that can be improved about the map in Yreka Western Railroad? -- NE2 19:55, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
I added city names to the YW map, and made a map for the Willamette Valley Railway. Right now I'm going to concentrate on this style, giving a general idea of where the railroad is; someone else can do a more zoomed-in view if wanted. -- NE2 15:29, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
I have been adding "RDT" to applicable templates to help distinguish them from other templates and now more as a norm to show they are RDTs (or Route Diagram Templates). Although i did not propose this, i carried it out being bold and thinking it was uncontroversial. Similar suffixes to the same types of templates have been added (not by me and even some with the suffix RDT not by me either) such as "map", "route map" and "route diagram". As recently this has been questioned, could i ask for people's opinions at Wikipedia talk:Route diagram template#Suffices. Simply south ( talk) 20:42, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
I just added some to Category:Companies operating former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad lines, and I'm wondering what people think about this category. I personally like it, but there are some issues to work out: which companies get them, and what stage in their evolution do we go by? For instance, it would be silly to have one for Chessie System, because it would be redundant to B&O/C&O/WM. Conversely, a Union Pacific category might be more useful with only lines it controlled before 1982 (when it acquired the MP and WP). Also, spin-offs that were acquired by another system might pose a problem: is the Columbus and Greenville Railway ex-Southern, ex-Illinois Central, or both? -- NE2 03:08, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
I've completed the categorization of current common-carrier U.S. freight railroads. Former railroads, if categorized likewise, should probably be in separate categories so that the case of current railroads that formerly operated lines of a company can be dealt with. -- NE2 22:58, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Would Louisiana and Delta Railroad fit under the Category:Companies operating former Southern Pacific Transportation Company lines, or does the existing SP category suit it just fine? ---- DanTD ( talk) 15:11, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
Anyone have any idea what the sorting mechanism has placed Union Station (Chicago) in the C section and not the U section? -- Christopherbailey ( talk) 18:46, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
The Vote on date autoformatting and linking is now open. All users are invited to participate. Lightmouse ( talk) 15:01, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Steam enthusiasts talk about the 'motion' of a steam locomotive (well, we do in the UK at least!) but I don't know how this is defined. Something should be added to the glossary, and the Steam locomotive components page too (plus motion, while you're at it!)
EdJogg ( talk) 10:31, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
Motion (UK): the connecting rod, coupling rods and valve gear that connect and direct the force of a steam engine's pistons to the crankpins and hence the driving axles
motion: The pistons, connecting rods and valve gear of a steam locomotive. (from The Railway Dictionary, An A-Z of Railway Terminology, Alan A Jackson, Alan Sutton Publishing, 1996)
I just gave this article a B rating - I think it may deserve an A, but that probably requires a second or third opinion. FengRail ( talk) 21:36, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
Trying to find Class 7100 electric [3] [4] at Pacific National - the templates Template:AusLocos and Template:VRLocos are confusing - lots of locos turn up at the latter - but the company doesn't exist anymore, and the former has hardly any locos at all in it.
I'm not even sure if there is an article or not. The loco is not listed at "Pacific National".
Anyone know?
At the same time I'd like to suggest categorisation by gauge in the Aus. articles, helpful to those who don't know it very well. Thanks. 213.249.232.187 ( talk) 23:58, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
Could i please ask an admin to move this to {{ WikiProject Trains}}? The reason is that i would like to set up the article alert subscription (or someone else could) but this actually has a major impact on other child and related projects who are grouped under this one. Many rail related changes are not shown under those projects. Simply south ( talk) 19:07, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Once again, I need help fixing a template, this time it's Template:S-line/MNRR right/Harlem. What I've been trying to do is to split the template between the current terminus at Wassaic and the former terminus at Chatham, and it didn't work. The routebox within the infobox at Fox Chase SEPTA Station should give you an idea of what I'm trying to do. I asked for help from WP:NYCPT, and nobody there is doing anything for me. ---- DanTD ( talk) 14:20, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
The articles Rail track and the obvious related stuff are a bit confusing - with the same topic being covered on multiple articles - for example "fishplates" are covered on at least three articles - rail profile fish plate and a gallery at rail profile.
In the short term I intend to tidy them into Rail tracks with subpages Railway rail, Railroad tie (sleepers), Rail fastening systems, fishplate and continuously welded rail. (other articles such as rail gauge seem ok.) Is that ok?
In the long term any suggestions as to organisation of content? FengRail ( talk) 19:36, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
If anyone has a reliable source for these it would be appreciated if you could verify and cleanup the articles listed here. Thanks! -- Pascal 666 07:54, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
I finally created the Highbridge (Metro-North station) article, as much of a stub as it is. Now, will somebody tell me how to add the "Employees Only" note to the routebox on the Yankees-E. 153rd Street (Metro-North station) article without messing the thing up? So far I've only been able to add it to the Morris Heights (Metro-North station) routebox. ---- DanTD ( talk) 19:48, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
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I just finished a timeline of Class I railroads in three parts (due to size): 1910-1929, 1930-1976, 1977-present. It's certainly not complete; I listed the most serious omissions at Talk:Timeline of Class I railroads (1910-1929). If you know any of these or see anything else missing, please help, but make sure your information is correct, and try to keep it to mainly physical changes that affected the entire system of a railroad or former railroad. (Regulatory changes such as Staggers could make up another whole list!) If anyone has access to volumes of the "Annual Report on the Statistics of Railways in the United States", please let me know and I'll see if you can help.
Hopefully this will be of use in clarifying historical matters. -- NE2 09:40, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
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All the {future ____ public transportation} templates ({{
future australian public transportation}}, etc) are being replaced by {{future public transportation|country= }}
(see discussion at
Template talk:Future public transportation). Is it ok if I collapse the list of templates at
Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/Article templates?
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I have uploaded several scanned slides on the regional meter gauge trains around Valencia. These pictures where taken in 1981 and 1987. See ( Commons:Category:Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana). These pics where taken partly in the FEVE period. (With the FEVE logos) There are several issues:
Greetings,
Smiley.toerist ( talk) 22:18, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
Just found that there is a {{ rws}} template that seems to do the same job as {{ stnlnk}} in displaying station names. Necessary duplication?
EdJogg ( talk) 12:22, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
I received a message from 67.193.221.128 who blatantly accused me of "Shameless Self-Promotion" over this image that I grabbed from flickr (the person I uploaded from isn't me near the begining of April. Thinking the response was just a troll, I responded likewise, reverted, and went on with my life. Now I have User:Jsp3970, who is also accusing me of "shameless self-promotion," and uploaded his own pic to "stop a possible revert war." Again, I "commented" and reverted it back. Now I have 67.193.221.128 again undoing my edits, and thats when I noticed something.
File:VIAFPA9RM6309.jpg, which I "replaced" with my flickr find, was taken by User:Jsp3970. It's about a year apart, and the size differences is...great.
Now I want this to end. I would like a third opinion on the matter. According to the Wikipedia:Image_use_policy under Rules of thumb, #3 states: Upload a high-resolution version of your image whenever possible. Comparing File:VIAFPA9RM6309.jpg and this image, yes, the handcart should've been outta the way, but still, you can see the difference. The focus should be on improving the article, and I feel my Flickr find helps by allowing viewers to see a FP(ARM in the best picture possible in the article (of course, I do invite Jsp3970 to contribute better quality FP9ARM pics if he can to beat the one I got; no shame). -- 293.xx.xxx.xx ( talk) 08:30, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
File:VIA GM FP9.jpg is clearly preferable to File:VIAFPA9RM6309.jpg. No comment on the interpersonal dispute (because I can't be arsed to read through it). -- NE2 09:13, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
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Ladies and gentlemen, while you're working on nuisances such as British_Rail_Class_24, the article on the busiest, largest and arguably most important railway system in Europe, with thousands of locos and hundreds of thousands of employees, remains a miserable stub for more than 2 years. Thank you for your attention. Ukrained ( talk) 22:22, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
I think you mean passenger/kilometres not passengers per kilometre. Otherwise, yes Ukrained should get some like minded freinds and improve the article. The encyclopedia anyone can edit, remember?
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Those who work for corporations in exchange for a wage can be exhorted to "prioritise their efforts". I didn't get where I am today without prioritising my efforts,
Reggie. ("Great! Super!")
However a realistic fact about this project is that people here are unpaid volunteers and pretty much set their own agenda. There is no systematic way of sweeping through all the subjects in the world; we cover the things we know about, care about and/ or are curious about (and sometimes these areas overlap). If you tried to impose plans on these people some of them would just disappear, while others would ask for payment then disappear. The model railway writer Cyril Freezer once wrote, "people who say 'someone should do something about this' ought to be reminded that they are also 'someone'.
I refer the honorable gentlemen to the reply I gave some moments ago. Britmax ( talk) 17:24, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
This is up for deletion. In my opinion i find it a very important template, although it could be reworded according to comments on the deletion page. See Wikipedia:Templates for deletion#Template:Future public transportation. The scope possibly also encompasses other related articles. Simply south ( talk) 20:48, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Boiler is rated at "High" importance within this Wikiproject, and has been selected as appropriate for the WP 0.7 DVD (and is therefore regarded as among the most important articles in the encyclopaedia) yet it is only rated 'start' class.
For some time I have been aware of the problems with the boiler article. It is still a mish-mash of water-heating and steam-generating tasks, without really covering either effectively, nor making the distinctions between the two functions clear. The article is not well-structured and really needs re-building to a form that matches its importance as a 'main' article.
In recent months the picture has been complicated by the creation of boiler (steam generator) in an effort to resolve the problems mentioned. Unfortunately, this is also in need of much the same work, and as an added problem, duplicates much of the 'steam-generating' material in boiler. In an effort to move things along, I have started a discussion about a proposed (re-)merge of boiler and boiler (steam generator) (see Talk:Boiler#Proposed Merge) and would welcome other editors' views.
Andy Dingley has made huge progress in creating and bringing up-to-scratch articles on the many sub-types of boiler (mostly sub-types of the fire-tube boiler) and is continuing with his excellent work when time permits. I have been helping out where I can (although I know little about the subject); but neither of us feel qualified to tackle the re-build.
Is there anyone around who feels they can take this on? Or at the very least, can propose a new structure for the articles that we can work on collectively?
EdJogg ( talk) 09:02, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
Template:Canada class 2 has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at
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19:34, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
Does your project care about what happens to the talk pages of articles that have been replaced with redirects? If so, please provide your input at User:Mikaey/Request for Input/ListasBot 3. Thanks, Matt ( talk) 02:19, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
The Railway signalling template Template:Railwaysignalling has a section for interlockings, which currently lists at least 3 interlockings (Lever frame • Solid State Interlocking • Westlock Interlocking - "Signal box" is also listed but I don't think that counts). I am aware of a number of other interlocking products/types - e.g. relay (free wired or WESTPAC style).
The Interlocking page mentions four types of interlocking: Mechanical interlocking, Electro-mechanical interlocking, Relay interlocking, Electronic interlocking.
1a. Is the list in the template supposed to be a list of interlocking products, types of interlocking or both? 1b. Should "Signal Box" be removed?
2. Should there be separate articles to cover such things as Relay interlocking, Electronic interlocking etc?
3. Should there be separate articles to cover various interlocking products?
4. I have a little knowledge about interlocking and can create paragraph size stubs to cover a number of interlocking products and/or types. Is this useful?
Mdt3k ( talk) 18:35, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
I see a problem with the western terminus of the Stoughton Branch of the MBTA Providence/Stoughton Line, most notably in the article on Canton Center (MBTA station). It still includes Providence (MBTA station) as one of the two termini, when it should only include Stoughton (MBTA station). Meanwhile, every station between Sharon (MBTA station) and South Attleboro (MBTA station) only has Providence as the western terminus. I tried to looks for the template on this, but I can't find any MBTA templates. ---- DanTD ( talk) 23:39, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
Was checking out the page to get some updates on construction, when it struck me that this page is named inconsistantly with other LACMTA Metrorail articles. Other articles use a Metro X Line (LACMTA) format. I was thinking that the article should be moved to Metro Expo Line (LACMTA) for consistancy, but wanted input before making such a move. oknazevad ( talk) 07:11, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
I am pondering what to do about Line A and A Train, both of which are disambiguation pages. My instincts tell me they should be merged together because the terms could be used interchangeably. (It is possible that since I am a New Yorker, only I would have this view. If that's the case, I apologize in advance.) The same would go with other possible pairs such as 6 Line/ 6 Train; B Line (currently redirected to Bee line)/ B Train. My question is, should they be merged at all and into what title? At worst, entries would be duplicated in both sets of pages. I need this guidance in order to update and monitor such disambiguation pages. Thanks. Tinlinkin ( talk) 08:59, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Newbridge on Wye railway station -- NE2 18:48, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
I've recently redone the lists of defunct railroads for Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. For Indiana, I added another "system" column that's not in the others. What you you guys think of this format? Can anything be improved? -- NE2 12:04, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
The Category:Future public transportation (which are largely rail projects, say 2/3) has subcategories by country eg Category:Future public transport in Norway, but each of these should have a subcategory for modes of transport eg a Category:Future railway projects in Norway, which would then link to Category:Rail transport in Norway as well as the “Future Public …. Category. Similarly for Road by country for future roads/highways and future bus proposals.
This would make it easier to find local projects and also mean that the articles for a particular country would be apparent to interested people who could update and correct them. The present categories are too wide in scope (though could be retained in addition to the "by country" category). NB: some rail proposals will be for new freight or mining lines.
Similarly the Category:Future railway stations has only country subcategories for Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. It should be split by country (and perhaps major city where there are major future proposals; eg there is Category:Future transport projects in London), and each made a subcategory of the “railway stations” category for that country/city – for most there is no link at present. NB: Have also added as subcategory the existing Category:Proposed railway stations in the United Kingdom. Hugo999 ( talk) 06:48, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
What about transition of the project's template code to {{ WPBannerMeta}} and renaming into {{ WikiProject Trains}}? SkyBon Talk\ Contributions 18:54, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
Would anyone have a problem with the standard DEFAULTSORT for railroads being the title without commas or conjunctions, and with an extra space before the "Railroad" or "Railway"? For instance, Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, Chicago and North Western Railway, and Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad would be "Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul Railway", "Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul Pacific Railroad", "Chicago North Western Railway", and "Chicago Rock Island Pacific Railroad", and would appear in that order in categories such as Category:Former Class I railroads in the United States. -- NE2 15:06, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
According to Amtrak, a new train from Lynchburg,VA to Washington will be put into service this October. Most people agree that this will be another Northeast Regional train and that it won't terminate in Washington but rather continue all the way to Boston, but there is no proof Amtrak's going to do this yet. Do you think it's safe to assume that this train will be a Northeast Regional? I can't imagine it being called anything else, even if it did terminate in Washington. I would like to start editing the templates to show the Lynchburg branch, but I'm not sure if I have enough evidence to back this up. If there are any other references out there besides the Amtrak announcement please post them. Murjax ( talk) 19:30, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
I saw that the metro wreck that happened in DC was added quickly, but figured I would pass along to you all about the train wreck that happened last Friday. Incase you all would like to create an article on it. I don't do much writing anymore, but thought this might be something important to write about. I did add it to the Train wreck list though. [5]-- Kranar drogin ( talk) 04:08, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
Is there an article that covers the class of loco that 655 175 belongs to? This was the loco (appears at 1m09s) involved in the accident at Viareggio last night.
History of rail transport in North America could be the worst article on an important topic I've ever come across in Wikipedia, and History of rail transport in the United States comes pretty close! The former appears to have started as a badly written term paper, dumped in wholesale and then wikified with little improvement (it starts with 1865, and then moves swiftly to 1829 in England). And the latter is just pathetically short-- there's a better history at Rail transport in the United States, which optimistically starts with Further information: History of rail transport in the United States, even though there is, in fact, less info there.
I know that historic overviews are hard to write, but these articles seem too important to be allowed to languish is such a sorry state. I'm sorry to carp, but this really isn't my area of expertise, otherwise I'd be happy to work on them. -- Mwanner | Talk 12:47, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
I might have a go at this. If I don't, others may find timeline of Class I railroads (1910–1929) and related articles useful for getting a general feel for the evolution of U.S. railroads. -- NE2 14:31, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
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A peculiar problem has cropped up on Indian Railways. The article at present uses the company infobox, which does not provide rail-related details. On the other hand, the rail infobox leaves no scope for providing all the details of the company. Should more parameters be added to the rail infobox template to solve this problem? Regards, SBC-YPR ( talk) 14:22, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
One possibility would be a separate section to talk about the company's finances in detail, with infobox company there. I was doing this on BNSF Railway but got sidetracked and never actually wrote the section. -- NE2 14:56, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
In particular, I'm not sure about Meadows and Lake Kathleen Railroad. -- NE2 16:17, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
I've tried to improve this article by adding a diagram. It needs to be normally displayed as collapsed at the moment but I've got something wrong in the coding and can't work out what it is. Would an editor experienced in this sort of thing take a look and tweak it please? Mjroots ( talk) 08:36, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
I have reviewed Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad for GA Sweeps to determine if it still qualifies as a Good Article. In reviewing the article I have found several issues, which I have detailed here. Since the article falls under the scope of this project, I figured you would be interested in contributing to further improve the article. Please comment there to help the article maintain its GA status. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 ( talk • contrib) 03:28, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
The snowplow article says nothing about rail mounted snowploughs. Per the talk page are there any editors who can expand the article? Mjroots ( talk) 04:29, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
User:007bond has created two separate pages for the MARC Brunswick Line and Penn Lines, yet the color bars for stations along these lines continues to lead users strictly to the main article. How can they be relocated to the specific lines? ---- DanTD ( talk) 21:46, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
Re the article on joining rail tracks by means of fishplates ( Fishplate).
I am rather surprised to find that flitchplates are not mentioned at all, as I understood that "fish" is a colloquial and quick way to say "flitch." GGBiscuit ( talk) 14:46, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
Do you need further name plates of the Virgin Pendolino trains? I have a picture of the nameplate of the Virgin Enterprise. -- Tyw7 ( Talk • Contributions) 00:01, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
I would like to suggest adding technical information regarding the DLR rolling stock like the speed, etc. -- Tyw7 ( Talk • Contributions) 00:13, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
Are you still using the IRC channel #wikipedia-trains-en? If you are what time are most of you guys are on that channel? -- Tyw7 ( Talk • Contributions) 00:32, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
Washington Metro has been nominated for a good article reassessment. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to good article quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. Reviewers' concerns are here.-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 20:59, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
The only early "Annual Report on the Statistics of Railways in the United States" that Google Books does not have is the 28th report for the year ending June 30, 1915. It would be very much appreciated if someone could check whether a local library has it and get some information from it about the Class I railroads for User:NE2/Class I table, List of Class I railroads, and Timeline of Class I railroads (1910–1929). -- NE2 02:34, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
Can somebody help at User talk:Wuhwuzdat#Reporting marks? He seems to think the Illinois Railway Museum has reporting mark IRYM. -- NE2 19:49, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
Can you comment on this template I've made
I would like to request the following pictures
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