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== Good article reassessment for ] ==
== One other H10-44 ==
] has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the ]. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. ] (]) 17:23, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

There is also a Milwaukee Road H10-44 in excellent cosmetic condition at the Brodhead, Wisconsin Museum. It sports number 781 and was built in 1950. I have no indication of operational condition but it sits on an isolated track with Milwaukee Road Caboose 01900.

== ] ==

{{done}}
Are there any pictures of the ] on WP? --] (]) 16:47, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
:Search http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Silverliner+V&l=5 on Flickr. ] (]) 16:56, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
::Uploaded Flickr image. — ] (] • ] • ]) 23:06, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

== Soliciting help with the Grand Canyon Limited ==

I've just finished creating a about the final Grand Canyon Limited...or, more precisely, its nameless successor (the train lost its name at some point between March and June of 1968). According to the Official Guide of the Railways for April 1971 and according to Keith L. Bryant Jr.'s ''History of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry.'' it was the final Santa Fe passenger train to operate and in fact as far as published schedule is concerned (I don't have records of actual arrival times) was the last pre-Amtrak passenger train of any original Amtrak member railroad. However, when I checked the ], I see that it shows the train being discontinued in January 1970.

I feel that my own references are pretty sound, but I do not have any of the references cited in the article to compare reliability of the source material. I could go ahead and change the article myself, of course, and I may just do that if I can't persuade anyone here to help. However, I would prefer to work with another editor, preferably someone with access to some of the reference material that I don't have. I can provide information from a pretty extensive collection of Official Guides of the Railways and a few other books such as ''Some Classic Trains'' and ''More Classic Trains''.

Is anyone interested in working with me on this? If so, contact me via ] or by email—my email address is readily available on my web site, (I check the email more frequently than the talk page). Thanks In Advance! ] (]) 00:55, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

:Eric, I had to re-read your post a couple times to understand the nuanced question: I think it's the difference between the named ''Grand Canyon Limited'' and the nameless 23/24 that kept on going after the name (and service to the actual GC) was dropped, right? I think that needs to be explained on the ] article page, and if you have Official Guides for the periods in question, those are more than adequate sources IMO.

:For what it's worth, Steve Glischinski says in his book : "A version of the train remained in service until Amtrak, although direct service to the Grand Canyon ended in 1968." (p. 141). So it seems to me that the information given in the GCL article is wrong and should be corrected. Does this help? (P.S. Love your SS site.) ] (]) 04:25, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

::All right, I'm planning to go back and edit the current page as soon as I get some time to sit down and put together the information. Thanks for the reply. ] (]) 02:33, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

:::No problem bud. ] (]) 03:01, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

== On Indian train articles ==

Hi all,<br>
Following on from the ] thread above, I found hundreds of other articles on Indian train services which seem to be very low on notability. Most have one source - a timetable website which allows some (not all) details to be verified. Some have no source at all. They typically have content/formatting problems as well; certain typos seem to be very widespread, so I assume there's been a lot of copy & pasting.
*Typical examples might be ] or ]. These are representative of two different authors who appear to have written most of the articles; most other articles look quite like one of those examples. There are lots more articles in ] and subcategories. I'm currently doing some housekeeping, trying to fix minor content flaws, and looking for other examples which could be brought into a category.
*Some appeared to have more serious problems. There were duplicates (ie. one article for the ''A to B Express'', and another article for the ''B to A Express'', with copy & pasted content). A small number had faked images or other deceit. I think I've found & fixed most of those, but work is ongoing.
Unilaterally sending them all to AfD, individually, would be disruptive, so I'd like community input: What should we do? If many are deletion candidates, I think it would be a good idea to tie them up in a neat bundle rather than AfDing individually. Perhaps we need some kind of "triage" to quickly distinguish between the fixers and the ones which should be nominated for deletion. Any comments / suggestions? ] (]) 11:27, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
:I definitely think a cleanup drive is needed. I would hold off on automatically AfDing too much. Certainly these articles need more sources to better establish notability. But I'm wary of offhandedly dismissing these, lest we reinforce a systemic bias. These services aren't inherently less notable than European or American services, it's just our articles that need improvement. Certainly these services draw numerous riders, and likely have some history on record. Searches of English-language Indian newspaper sites may help there.
:Some may be best served by merger with the lines they run on, as some of these are only differentiated by stops served. So that may be an avenue to explore. ] (]) 15:42, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
::Merging by route sounds interesting. Are there any good sources for ''routes'' rather than services? (maybe an Indian rail atlas, or something equivalent to RUS documents in the UK).
::Very good point about ]. However, I'm skeptical that most individual TER or 普通旅客列车 or DB Regio services would pass the notability hurdle.
::It seems increasingly likely that one of the main editors of these articles is something of a hoaxer - in which case I wouldn't trust any detail in such articles unless they're directly sourced, but if we lack resources to find additional sources (in the next week/month/whatever) then they'll be reduced to what's on the timetable website: "''Train leaves station at 11:00 and arrives at 22:30''". If we can't even get a meaningful name from the timetable websites, how do we even know the article title is sane? ] (]) 16:38, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
:::::We should resiist the urge to label the editors as hoaxers and belittle their contribution.] (]) 09:44, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
::::::I tried hard to assume good faith, but the evidence became irresistible. ], perhaps it would be possible for an admin to undelete some of the deleted images so you could see for yourself - for instance, photos of buildings in other parts of the world were copied off news websites, logos mentioning Indore were crudely photoshopped onto them, and then the photos were presented as uploader's own work - as a photo of a building in Indore. I could also present some diffs of less obvious issues, though it would take a long time to build a complete set of diffs. However, this is a side-issue; in the meantime we still have a big pile of minimally-sourced, low-notability articles on train services. ] (]) 10:40, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
:::Most of them aren't notable, and should probably be taken to AfD. See also an earlier discussion ] which ended without consensus. Regards, ] (]) 11:02, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
::::I had no idea that project page existed! Will put a pointer there, too. Thanks. ] (]) 12:03, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
::: India' train network is one of largest in the world so it is natural there would be large number of trains . There are several hundred articles in[REDACTED] on trains of the United States. ] (]) 19:17, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
:::: The User ] has unnecessarily created category called train services in India.There is no such category for any other country.] (]) 19:20, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
:::::Then maybe there should be. In any case, ] is not an argument. However: have a look in {{cl|Named passenger trains}}. --] (]) 21:07, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
::::::Categories are useful for organising large numbers of articles. There are hundreds of articles on Indian train services alone, and bear in mind that India has thousands more notable stations, rail accidents, rail-related organisations, rolling stock &c. I created one category for specific ''services'' (and put in subcategories for defined categories of service, the equivalent of EC / IC / ICE &c in parts of mainland Europe). More will join that category as I clean up the mess. Previously, we had lots of different articles scattered in different locations; the parent ] was a mess; the hierarchy was broken; and ] contained a hundred non-named train services. I'm not interested in categorisation for categorisation's sake, but ] has been very helpful for the content work that I've been doing. ] (]) 00:21, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
:::::::I think this discussion raises a larger issue. There's a huge number of articles on en.wiki about rail topics of questionable notability. To give but one example, there is an en.wiki article about every ], including, eg, the one nearest to my home - a pair of platforms each crowned with a bus shelter. There are also lots of articles about named trains worldwide. Based on my knowledge of what you can find on en.wiki about train stations and train services, I suspect that en.wiki's original policies about what is a notable rail topic and what is not have essentially gone out the window long ago, with the consequence that any station and any named train anywhere in the world would now qualify for its own article, merely because it is a station or named train. I would therefore be reluctant to support deleting any of the Indian articles the subject of this discussion. ] (]) 05:26, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

== ] of ] ==

]] has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at ].<!--Template:Tfdnotice--> ] ] 01:00, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

== 8th & Market Street (SEPTA-PATCO station); Missing map ==

What happened to the map at ]? The image was in the PATCO Speedline chapter ], and had two descriptions; 1)"A map of the station layout on display across from the South Fare Gates," and 2)"A map of the station layout, shown below, is on display across from the South Fare Gates." Now it has a thumbnal with a missing link. ----] (]) 23:56, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

== AfD notice ==


== Czechoslovak class 475.1 steam locos ==
The ] article has been ]. ] (]) 06:03, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
:The rather similar ] has also been ], on the same grounds that there isn't any (only proposals so far). ] (]) 07:50, 5 April 2011 (UTC)


I have been , "arguably one of the most technically advanced steam locos of the post WW2 years". Apparently a further 25 were built for North Korea in 1951.
There seems to be a similar problem with ] and ] with the (non-existent) ] and ] duplicating similar content in ] and about the same speculation and proposals for a possible railway to link Rwanda to the coast which ''just might'' get extended into Burundi. ] (]) 09:04, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
:There are very many such articles (for instance, see ] and ] and ] and ]). Note that even for countries which ''do'' have railways, the list of stations actually just links to towns (which may or may not have functional stations; they're towns which a railway appears to pass through on a map). Altitudes are taken from an unreliable source. Most of these articles seem to be trying to be a map - for instance an article might contain a sublist of towns on a north-south line, and then a sublist of towns on an east-west line; the town nearest the junction between the two lines would appear in both lists. I planned to replace a lot of these articles with map templates but it sucked up all my free time. There's a long thread about this in the archives but I got tired of swimming against the tide - if the community is now more enthusiastic about further action (or, heaven forbid, if the creator stops churning out this stuff) then I might start work on them again. ] (]) 09:37, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
::As for the last point, editors who persist in doing so can ultimately be blocked. ] (]) 10:32, 5 April 2011 (UTC)


We don't seem to have an article on them - or have I missed one by another title? <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); ]; ]</span> 10:29, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
As a general comment, editors here may wish to add ] to their watchlists. AfD debates with relevance to this project should be (and normally are) listed on that page. ] (]) 10:50, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
:Thanks, I've done that. Should I add an AfD tag to ] as well, or just wait for these merge/deletes to go ahead, certain editors to be blocked, and then just proceed with uncontested merges? ] (]) 10:59, 5 April 2011 (UTC)


===Redirects?===
Now that ] and others have been deleted, should they be recreated as a simple redirects (eg to ]) or specifically left deleted?


== Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Trains/Recent changes ==
I favour using redirects as there are other articles that use the ] (which can be edited to point directly to the "Transport in ..." articles), but also those "Rail transport in ..." which use the ], which will show up as redlinks unless redirected, and may encourage recreation as articles.


I formally propose that we automate link updates or shut down the ] subpage, most links have not been updated there in 18 years. '''<span style="background:#0000FF;padding:3px;">]</span><span style="background:#FFFFFF;padding:2px;border:solid 1px blue">]</span>''' 20:23, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
The alternative to the latter would be to create a ] which can also pipe links to the "Transport in ..." articles. Similar for Asia, except that ] is used for both "Railway stations in ..." and "Rail transport in ...". Any thoughts? ] (]) 09:10, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
* '''Support''' Whatever. Something. But it's just broken as it is. ] (]) 21:07, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
:Sounds reasonable to redirect them (I've previously done that with others), although it could be argued that the whole ''Railway stations in Africa'' navbox is slightly redundant; it points to dozens of different articles which are either content-free or redundant, and who's going to want to browse between them if we already have more general "''Rail transport in...''" articles? At worst, just delink countries in the navbox if there's nothing to say about them. ] (]) 10:05, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
::]. Creating these redirs in place of the deleted articles will help to prevent the recreation of near-empty articles with no hope of expansion. When creating such redirs, point them at a relevant section in the relevant 'Transport in XXX' country article. --] (]) 15:42, 12 April 2011 (UTC) *I suspect that some time in 2006, {{user|Slambo}} decided that it was too much of a task to keep maintained. We could send the whole set to ]. --] &#x1F98C; (]) 21:37, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
*:I'd rather it be marked as historical rather than deleted if it isn't resurrected. ] (]) 23:00, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
*It seems like it should be a relatively easy bot job to update from ]. However, I'm not sure if there's any bot set up to do that. Do any other Wikiprojects use this style of recent changes tracking? ] (]) 22:00, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
*:There are lots of WikiProjects with Recent changes pages in their space, but at first glance all appear defunct. Some examples from the first couple of pages of my search results:
*:*] - marked as historical, last regularly updated 2015
*:*] - last updated 2022, last regularly updated 2013
*:*] - last updated 2009
*:*] - just transcludes ]
*:*] - a list of links to ] for each category of the project's articles, the list was last updated in 2007.
*:No project appears to have as many subpages with "recent changes" in the title as WikiProject trains does. More than one directs readers who stumble upon the page to look at Article alerts, although this does a different (if related) job.
*:{{tpq|It seems like it should be a relatively easy bot job to update from Category:All WikiProject Trains pages.}} I agree. If there isn't a bot that currently does this, then it seems like it will be pretty straightforward for someone with the appropriate skills to create one. Generating lists of pages is almost always regarded as a non-controversial bot task. ] (]) 23:27, 30 December 2024 (UTC)


== ] ==
::: Thanks for the replies.
::: @RedRose -- I'd be happy to go along with that, but doesn't that mean that any further identified non-content articles should be tagged for a merge, rather than a delete?
::: @Bob -- There are many continents where there are sufficient countries that have "Rail transport" or even "Railway stations" to justify articles and use a continent based navbox template; the problem is then how to handle those that don't. If only a few countries in the world justified an article (eg Countries with ]d railways), I'd do a custom template (see ] -- which has a few red links itself).
::: I've done some more homework, both on general Misplaced Pages Manual of Style (mostly ] and ]), and on relevant projects and task forces (], ], ], and ]), and am starting to get a ].
:::# I didn't even know that ] existed, but then again, it looks rather like a task force. One thing it doesn't appear to do is any "Railway stations by country" series. I also note that both regular station articles and the country series take the {{tl|TrainsWikiProject}} template (with "stations=yes" for standalone stations).
:::# The ] "writes and maintains the articles in the ] and ] series" (the latter is merely a redirect to ], although there are navboxen, and several articles exist). Apart from an Infobox and the use of generic navboxen (eg {{tl|Africa topic}}), there is little guidance (eg on whether or not to have a stub article for a country with no railways).
:::# The ] also appears to have no "By country" series, although I note that there is a prominent Red Link at the ]. There is no infobox, and the navboxen are either generic or derived therefrom.
:::# The guidance for Red Links from Navboxen is that they are acceptable if part of a series (eg {{tl|Africa topic}}), but shouldn't really be there in custom boxen (either pipe the link elsewhere, make it a non-link, or remove it). Links to redirects should be avoided, as they won't auto-embold.
:::# The advice at the continent-based templates (eg ]) is to use redirects to suppress red-links (but these will not auto-embold). Templates can be pseudo-created from them, but appear to be little better than a redirect.
:::And my conclusion? That could take months. There appears to be little project guidance on any of these ''By Country'' topics, but there could be with a some concerted effort. There's certainly nothing stopping anyone creating or recreating a ] or ] if they use the default continent-based templates. ] (]) 16:11, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
::::All good points. As far as unwanted articles are concerned, I've watchlisted a lot of them (and will systematically watchlist all of them, when I get to the bottom of my todo list) so any stray new article should be spotted. Watchlisting isn't just for ''active'' articles.
::::Lacking formal national guidelines, I don't think we need to worry ''too'' much about all these articles (apart from the sheer workload); hopefully we can apply common sense in judging whether or not we need a separate article on railways-in-X or whether it can be rolled into a parent article, or whether a certain infobox or navbox is appropriate, &c. My personal feeling is that where a country X has (or had, or will have) a single railway, then it would often be better to follow ] and write an article about ''that railway'' rather than try to apply generic headings & conventions to a "Railways in X" article even where they're an uncomfortable fit. I feel that the "national" pattern is just another attempt to create a neat matrix where it might not always be necessary, and then somebody feels they have to fill every point in the matrix...
::::Redirects are cheap - and easy. However, sometimes I feel a little guilty where a redirect is effectively getting rid of an existing (albeit useless) article without going through AfD or PROD. It feels ''extrajudicial''. Nonetheless I've used it for things like ], Qatar, Mauritius &c and others have done the same thing with Vatican City and Lesotho.


A discussion is ongoing at ] on whether to keep the new or old format of the infobox station name template that's on top of every MRT article.--] (]) 12:16, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
::::: I've noticed articles on my watchlist being recreated (or moved there).
::::: Applying common sense would be useful if it wasn't an oxymoron; that's why we really need rules (or at least guidelines), and remember ]. I'm not against "Rail transport in X", "History of rail transport in X", or even "Railway stations in X", so long as they are used ''sensibly'', and some of the ones we have seen recently are patent ''non-sense''.
::::: One of the guidelines is to avoid having a stubby article which could easily be merged elsewhere (eg into "Transport in X"), and another is not to annoy the reader by pointing them to a "main" article which adds nothing to the current article.
::::: I would agree with your single railway in some cases. The stubby ] duplicates quite a lot of ] and the "Railways" section of ], whilst ] merely links to the very stubby ]. I'd agree to keep the ''Trans-Mongolian Railway'', but the rest of the articles could probably be merged into ] (with appopriate redirects) without losing anything.
::::: I think a national pattern can work in some cases, especially where they are nationalised (in which case the "Rail transport in X" can redirect to the "X National Railway Co", but that may not always work (there are still independent railways in France, for example).
::::: Redirects aren't really ''extrajudicial'', as they can be reversed, history may be checked, and any useful information can be recovered and merged elsewhere. But did you really want to lose that Good Article ]? ] (]) 23:49, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
:::::: I'm so glad you brought this up, Tim. Have you seen the "Write - by region" section of ]? It's almost entirely redirects to national railroads. When ], nobody paid any attention. ----] (]) 04:07, 13 April 2011 (UTC)


== ] ==
::::::: I hadn't, actually, or at least not that I remember. I note that that page has fewer than 30 watchers, so that could have had something to do with it. My immediate thought is that those of us concerned about it "sign up" at ], and see if we can agree a sensible way forward with the others there.
:::::::I notice that the task force pages mentions the {{tl|Infobox rail transport by country}} template as uniquely used at ], rather than the {{tl|Infobox rail network}}, which appears to be used by a mixture of "Rail transport in X", "Y National Railways" and a few private railways (which should perhaps use {{tl|Infobox rail}}). So, that's another thing that needs to be resolved. ] (]) 22:30, 13 April 2011 (UTC)


Please help find sources. ] (]) 03:14, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
== Please check ] ==


== ] ==
Hello,<br>
I'm currently working as the ] at ], where students recently created the article for the ] steam locomotive located there. I wanted to touch base with you all and ask that you check the article for any necessary clarifications. We were a DYK and some of you may have already come upon the article through that, as I mistakenly included an inaccurate generalization as the DYK hook (I know to triple check hooks, now!) We are about to post a QR code in the exhibit for this train and I thought it'd be helpful to check with you all, in addition to our curators, before that goes live. Thanks ahead of time! Let me know if you have any questions. ] (]) 17:20, 5 April 2011 (UTC)


Here is another station to source. ] (]) 03:34, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
== Reassessment req ==


== Qingdao–Jinan, China - four articles ==
The ] article needs to be reassessed please. ] (]) 19:08, 7 April 2011 (UTC)


Greetings, in my wanderings around Misplaced Pages, I came across ]. While searching for sources, I found these additional articles (which I added into See also section):
== Standardized info boxes? ==


* ] – a faster parallel high-speed railway
Currently I have noticed that a lot of the foreign trains, for example the German ones, have infoboxes taken straight from the German language version of the wiki. Obviously when I see them, I add the conversion figures in, but should the English wiki have a standardized layout for ALL train infoboxes? I appreciate this is a lot of work but I'm myself fixing a heck of a lot of older train articles that lack conversion tables.
* ]
* ] – the older "conventional" railway running along the Jiaoji passenger railway


Since I am not familiar with the topic, I am asking for help here. Wondering if any duplication, and if so maybe combine articles? Regards, ] (]) 20:38, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
] (]) 11:09, 11 April 2011 (UTC)


== What is a ‘rail service’? ==
:Where there is a huge number of articles from a foreign Wiki it is not uncommon to use a version of their infobox as it saves huge amounts of time. Note that this one cleverly translates all the fields automatically into English. Other such infoboxes even translate some of the data. Standardising is a good aspiration, but needs to be thought through carefully. For example, it makes sense to include the best features of both infoboxes, not just discard one. The German one covers all railway vehicles, not just locos, and has some extra fields. It also has a neat colour scheme based on the railway colours of the railway operator or firm. The standard loco box probably has unique features too. And the German infobox is a massive help to translators as it leaves them free to do what others can't - translate the article text. Otherwise they have to convert every infobox in every article individually - not good use of their time or skills. If you explain what conversions you have been doing, I may be able to fix the problem within the infobox. --] (]) 11:31, 11 April 2011 (UTC)


Don’t answer here - please see ] ] (]) 17:07, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
:PS Actually there is a more fundamental question here: is it really necessary want to clutter infoboxes with two or sometimes 3 sets of data in different units in every field? Why not leave the data in the units used by the country of origin? --] (]) 11:38, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
::See ] and ] (which is a subsection of WP:UNITS). --] (]) 11:55, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
:::We are writing for a global audience, therefore both metric and imperial measurements should be given. ] (]) 04:30, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
::::We could update the info box to do the conversions automatically. ] (]) 19:58, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
:::::An infobox with auto-conversions would be a brilliant idea, would save everyone a lot of work in the long run. I was more on about unit conversions rather than changing them to the British train-style layout, as obviously doing that on my own whim would be a very bad idea. ] (]) 20:50, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
::::::My attitude to this sort of thing has changed somewhat over time since I became an editor. My present view re articles about non-anglophone-world rail topics is that top priority should be given to the task of translating the articles, rather than to fiddling around with the infoboxes. Certainly the translation of German language articles is made a lot easier by the English language versions of the de.wiki infoboxes, and those infoboxes are more than presentable enough to be used otherwise unmodified on en.wiki. A similar technique is used on some other wikis, eg articles on Japanese wiki about Italian rail topics use modified versions of the it.wiki infoboxes. It's also possible to create a so-called "wrapper" infobox that will automatically transform, eg, a de.wiki style infobox into an en.wiki style one, but I haven't been game to try creating such a "wrapper" just yet - that task would require a fair bit of confidence in getting the programming just right. On the topic of measurements, my view is that both metric and imperial should always be given on en.wiki, not least because both are commonly used in English - metric in most Commonwealth countries, and imperial in the USA and UK. There are various different convert templates that can be used in infoboxes to convert measurements in one of these systems to the other one. ] (]) 09:17, 13 April 2011 (UTC)


== Notability ==
::::::: On measurements, I agree that both metric and non-metric (Imperial &/or US-customary) units should be used on International, US, UK (and probably Irish) topics, but am less worried about seeing non-metric conversions on topics from metric countries (including post-conversion Commonwealth countries and RoI), even if this is at odds with ].
::::::: If it's easier to just take infoboxen from other wikis (eg DE, IT or JP) for their own trains but just with the original metric measurements, then I'd be happy to see that, rather than not getting them at all due to a problem with converting the units. ] (]) 21:50, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
::::::::I think the metric system is fairly well established now. Having measurements only in that does not significantly alter the usefulness of an article, and its not as though readers will be without web access if they want to invoke a conversion utility in another window. I would not bother converting metric to inches in any context. The content is perfectly valuable without conversion. --] (]) 17:09, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
== ] ==


I would appreciate advice on the Notability of train stations. I am aware of the general advice, ], which states that stations do '''not''' have inherent Notability. I am therefore assuming one needs to look at:
I'm fairly sure this never existed. There is a discussion at ]. If anyone knows anything could they join there, else I will nominate for deletion. --] (]) 17:09, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
:* Is there sufficient coverage in a range of reliable sources?
:Not mentioned in Jowett. ] (]) 18:03, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
:* The context, i.e. the station's historic/current position as a stopping point on a wider network;
:* Its history e.g. is it a historic building, demonstrated by (in the UK) being ]?
:* Anything else?
I can ask at the Helpdesk, but this seemed an appropriate starting point. Any advice gratefully received. ] (]) 07:58, 13 January 2025 (UTC)


:You have the right idea. Stations that are in active use have more leeway that disused stations. Flag stops without structures probably aren't notable. If there's no article about the physical line that the station is on (and the station is active) then that should probably be written first. ] ] 13:30, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
== Weight or Mass? ==


== Good article reassessment for ] ==
Should infoboxes use the term Weight or Mass? Separate, slightly different, but related, threads started at ] and at ]. Comments there are invited. --] (]) 14:58, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
] has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the ]. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. ] (]) 01:39, 14 January 2025 (UTC)


== Reliable source? ==
:"Weight". "Mass" may be correct scientifically, but nobody ever talks about the "mass" of a locomotive. Since the likelihood of our ever having articles on railroads in orbit or on other planets are slim, in this context the terms are synonyms so go with what's most common.&nbsp;–&nbsp;] 15:02, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
{{atop|Discussion moved to ]. ] ] 21:33, 19 January 2025 (UTC)}}
{{U|Mackensen}} - Thanks very much for the helpful response two above. Can I now ask a related question on sourcing. I'm aware of an earlier ] on which suggested it should be used as an External link but not as a source. I think that was your suggestion. Has any similar discussion taken place on this site, ? It looks both comprehensive and well-researched. But I think it remains a user-created blog, without the editorial oversight one would expect in a Reliable source. So, usable as a source or not? Again, much appreciate your time. ] (]) 11:17, 15 January 2025 (UTC)


:I'm aware of two, both somewhat cursory:
== Images of Stations in the ScotRail Network ==
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:I haven't looked into its reliability myself as I don't do much with UK articles. I would post a notice on ] to ensure that the folks there are aware of this question. ] ] 12:04, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
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== Good article reassessment for ] ==
I am currently applying to ScotRail for permission to take photographs of all the stations on the ] for the purposes of illustrating their Misplaced Pages articles, where the current image is more than one year old. In my letter to them I have explained that my interest is to ensure all Misplaced Pages articles for stations on their network have relevant, up to date images which accurately depict the stations (for example, the ] has changed quite a bit since the photo currently in use was taken in 1998). I have asked permission to photograph the Argyle Line because my local station lies on it and I wanted to focus on a small group at first. However, if there are any stations in Scotland which this project feels need photographs urgently, I will add them to my application. It will be sent to First ScotRail's Sponsorship and Events Manager on 26 April 2011 so I need any requested stations by them. Please note, ] and ] are operated by ], who have more stringent security in place and give out permits to take photos less frequently (and generally also charge people for the privilege). --] (]) 18:44, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
] has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the ]. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. ] (]) 02:17, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
==]==
Currently, there is an article which covers the 1913 locomotive, but there was also an older version. I propose a rename of the Class D article, for more see it's talk page. ] (]) 10:43, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

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Good article reassessment for Buenos Aires Underground

Buenos Aires Underground has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 17:23, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Czechoslovak class 475.1 steam locos

I have been reading about these 4-8-2 locos, "arguably one of the most technically advanced steam locos of the post WW2 years". Apparently a further 25 were built for North Korea in 1951.

We don't seem to have an article on them - or have I missed one by another title? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:29, 27 December 2024 (UTC)


Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Trains/Recent changes

I formally propose that we automate link updates or shut down the Recent changes subpage, most links have not been updated there in 18 years. Cards84664 20:23, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

Template talk:SMRT infobox colour

A discussion is ongoing at Template talk:SMRT infobox colour on whether to keep the new or old format of the infobox station name template that's on top of every MRT article.--ZKang123 (talk) 12:16, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Asuka Station

Please help find sources. Bearian (talk) 03:14, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

Brynseng (station)

Here is another station to source. Bearian (talk) 03:34, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

Qingdao–Jinan, China - four articles

Greetings, in my wanderings around Misplaced Pages, I came across Qingdao–Jinan through train. While searching for sources, I found these additional articles (which I added into See also section):

Since I am not familiar with the topic, I am asking for help here. Wondering if any duplication, and if so maybe combine articles? Regards, JoeNMLC (talk) 20:38, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

What is a ‘rail service’?

Don’t answer here - please see Talk:Yüksek Hızlı Tren#Definition in first sentence? Chidgk1 (talk) 17:07, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

Notability

I would appreciate advice on the Notability of train stations. I am aware of the general advice, Misplaced Pages:NTRAINSTATION, which states that stations do not have inherent Notability. I am therefore assuming one needs to look at:

  • Is there sufficient coverage in a range of reliable sources?
  • The context, i.e. the station's historic/current position as a stopping point on a wider network;
  • Its history e.g. is it a historic building, demonstrated by (in the UK) being listed?
  • Anything else?

I can ask at the Helpdesk, but this seemed an appropriate starting point. Any advice gratefully received. KJP1 (talk) 07:58, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

You have the right idea. Stations that are in active use have more leeway that disused stations. Flag stops without structures probably aren't notable. If there's no article about the physical line that the station is on (and the station is active) then that should probably be written first. Mackensen (talk) 13:30, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Caltrain Modernization Program

Caltrain Modernization Program has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 01:39, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

Reliable source?

Discussion moved to Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject UK Railways#Train station articles. Mackensen (talk) 21:33, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Mackensen - Thanks very much for the helpful response two above. Can I now ask a related question on sourcing. I'm aware of an earlier discussion on Railscot which suggested it should be used as an External link but not as a source. I think that was your suggestion. Has any similar discussion taken place on this site, Disused Stations? It looks both comprehensive and well-researched. But I think it remains a user-created blog, without the editorial oversight one would expect in a Reliable source. So, usable as a source or not? Again, much appreciate your time. KJP1 (talk) 11:17, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

I'm aware of two, both somewhat cursory:
I haven't looked into its reliability myself as I don't do much with UK articles. I would post a notice on Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject UK Railways to ensure that the folks there are aware of this question. Mackensen (talk) 12:04, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Good article reassessment for Delhi Metro

Delhi Metro has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 02:17, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

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