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The suggestion has been made on Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Trains that we select a different color than is currently used on Portal:Trains and navigation templates (such as {{ EMD GPs}}). For consistency, the portal and the templates (as listed on Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/Article templates) should all be changed at the same time; not a tremendous deal, but it would be seen on a wide array of articles. I am not a graphic artist, and I don't play one on TV, so my own color selection might be less than ideal. Are there any suggestions for suitable colors that we can switch to? Slambo (Speak) 16:27, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
Let's do a little experiment here to try other backgrounds with black text...
Current background color: c0c090 | See {{ EMD GPs}} |
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Standard talk page notice color: f8eaba | See {{ User Trains WikiProject}} |
Todolist items block color: ffefdf | See {{ Todo, trains}} |
color: cc9933 | |
color: ffcc66 | |
color: ffff99 | |
Alternate existing background color: ccccff | See {{ NERR}} |
color: 99ccff | |
color: 99ffcc | |
color: 9999ff | |
color: ccff99 | |
color: cccccc |
Perhaps part of the problem may be that the current color, c0c090, is not one of those known to be HTML safe according to [1]? I would tend to doubt that as the problem since the standard talk page notices also use colors that are not known to be browser safe. So, the question is: Is any of these colors better than the current color or do we pick a completely different color? Since the talk page notices are already coded to use the second and third of these, the current color seems the best choice of those that have been presented here. I'm not too keen on ccccff as it looks a little too far toward purple for me. Slambo (Speak) 20:56, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
In rail transport, a train is a vehicle or (more frequently) a string of vehicles capable of being moved along a continuous line of rails or other guideway for the purpose of conveying freight or passengers between points on a predetermined route. The train may be hauled or propelled by one or more vehicles designed exclusively for that purpose ( locomotives) or may be driven by a number of motors incorporated in all or several of the vehicles ( multiple units). As of 2018 [update], there are approximately 1,052,000 kilometres (654,000 mi) of railway track in use worldwide. ( World Bank (via Archive.org)) |
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Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2005_in_rail_transport for December 14.
Which Monday would that be? Should "on Monday" be removed? Thanks!
The trains project todolist template, {{ todo, trains}}, has been nominated for deletion. An eager editor has gone through the articles that use it and already substituted it with a different template that does not use Category:To do, trains and does not link to this project. Please voice your opinions on WP:TFD. Slambo (Speak) 11:49, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
Has anyone written an article on oscillating signal lights, as used by many US railroads between approx 1940s and 1960s? I linked to Mars light on Milwaukee Road class A and it goes nowhere, but there are so many names for these things I wonder if I just didn't find it. — Matthew Brown ( T: C) 18:56, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
I had some extra time today so I started experimenting with an infobox template for locomotive articles. What I've come up with is something that can be used for any type of locomotive and for both a class of many locomotives and a single locomotive. My experimental template is at User:Slambo/Infobox Locomotive, and I just added it to Wikipedia:Infobox in the proposals section there. Out of all the parameters that are available in the template (which I will list on the template talk page shortly), only the name (the text above the top border) and powertype (the text to the right of the "Power type" heading cell) parameters are required. Any parameter that is not specified will not appear in the output. Thoughts? Slambo (Speak) 02:40, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
I've been making a few notes on User:Slambo/Trains MOS on article creation criteria and style guidelines based on existing articles that I've been looking at and updating in the last month or so. I'd appreciate if other project members would take a look and edit/comment as appropriate. AdThanksVance. Slambo (Speak) 16:17, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I'm a member of the Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team, which is looking to identify quality articles in Wikipedia for future publication on CD or paper. We recently began assessing using these criteria, and we are looking for A-class, B-class, and Good articles, with no POV or copyright problems. Can you recommend any suitable articles? I noticed the list on the main page, are there any others? Please post your suggestions here. Thanks a lot! Gflores Talk 17:40, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
It seems to me that the wheel numbered articles are overall descriptions which should cover in a general way all the articles in the corresponding category (much work neded to achieve that, but leaving that problem aside for now). So it seems to me also that each wheel numbered article must be included within the appropriate category (e.g. 4-4-0 should be a member of category 4-4-0 locomotives), and it should be listed as the main article for that category.
That begs the question of whether the numbered articles should also appear separately in category, 'locomotives by wheel arrangement', where they are now. My instinctive reaction is that it is not doing any harm, and has the benefit of providing a category link at the bottom of the number article page which enables people to navigate to this main category. However, some people are very adverse to articles appearing in both category and sub-category entries, and might wish to not permit this. If I had to choose, I would say it was more important that the numbered articles be listed in the sub-category entry, because they provide an important overview, but I think it is beneficial that they appear in both. Suggestions? Sandpiper 13:10, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
I think it is a general principle of organisation that information should not be included twice over. I am quite happy that an article about a particular train class should contain whatever is known. But if the wheel numbered articles are intended as a summary of that configuration, what information belongs in that summary article?
I am also worried that, say, the 4-4-0 article might end up saying many similar general sorts of things to the 4-6-0 article. It might be that it would be more useful to compare a 4-4-0 to a 4-6-0 by the same designer or company, than to be comparing a US 4-4-0 to a UK 4-4-0 when the designs had absolutely nothing to do with each other. Should 4-4-0, etc. articles be written more from the POV of identifying and distinguishing different types, rather than discussing design?
If somoeone goes into category locomtives, then chooses steam, how do they find articles about actual classes? I think they might get lost at that point. It looks as though there should also be many more articles about different manufacturers, designers, etc. so that people could get into the trains that way. Sandpiper 13:41, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
I changed the transclusion for Wikipedia:Good articles, so that it is possible for a bot to generate a list of tagged good articles not included on the main list there. Hopefully this won't have changed anything else. TheGrappler 04:03, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
I've been thinking about proposing a WikiProject of its own, but then found out this project covers pretty much of the subject matter already, so I thought it'd be best to ask here:
Whilst it probably does not justify a WikiProject of it's own, I think the amount of articles (especially considering stuff that is mediocre at best in en, (like LZB versus its German counterpart, de:Linienförmige Zugbeeinflussung) and the sheer amount of German rail material (being the largest operator in continental Europe) justifies some categorising effort of its own. How can this be integrated into the Trains wikiproject? Thoughts, comments anyone? -- Doco 18:46, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
We are approching the 1st of April and will have to switch a lot of infoboxes over to the New Franchisee (First) so ideas for colours to use for First Great Western and First Capital Connect.
Secondly, with First Great Western, should Express (HST), Link and Local (ex-Wessex) be listed as such?
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Tiverton Parkway |
First Great Western (Express) ( Great Western Main Line) |
Newton Abbot | ||
Exeter Central |
First Great Western (Local) ( Exeter-Exmouth) |
Terminus | ||
Terminus |
First Great Western (Link)* ( Exeter-Paignton) |
Exeter St Thomas |
(*)I know this service isn't link but the station were all three meet doesn't have an article yet
Enotayokel 01:40, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
In a little browsing around today, I noticed that there's an open bounty for featured articles about rapid transit systems. For every rapid transit system article that reaches featured status before June 1 2006, User:OpenToppedBus is offering a £5 donation to the Wikimedia Foundation.
So, what topics are near that level already? A few editors tried to get Bay Area Rapid Transit through FAC a few months ago but it failed on a few objections. There are quite a few other worthy candidates listed in Category:Rapid transit as well. Slambo (Speak) 20:41, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
Hi. There are a remarkable number of articles on Japanese railways (see Category:Rail transport in Japan) on Wikipedia, and I've been adding some of my own. I know it's sort of a niche market (although Railway culture is big in Japan), but I'm thinking of creating a WikiProject to standardize the articles somewhat. Should they simply be incorporated into WP Trains, or do they merit the creation of a descendant project, something like WikiProject Trains in Japan? - Tangotango 05:34, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
There is an AfD proposed for the California-Nevada Interstate Maglev. If anyone is interested, they can review the article and AfD and vote on the proposal. Yes the article needs work. Vegaswikian 19:50, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
The current Hong Kong Collaboration of the Week is KCR (Kowloon-Canton Railway). If you've got any additional information (and references), now's the time to head over there and add them. Slambo (Speak) 15:09, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
This article has been listed twice at WP:FARC, but no one bothered to detail what the problems were until now. Please go to Talk:Wigwag and see if you can't help address any of the listed concerns to save this old FA. This really needs some people familiar with the subject. Thank you. - Taxman Talk 14:33, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Templates for deletion#Template:Trains portal/DYK date and leave your comments. Thanks. Slambo (Speak) 10:47, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
I am working on italian rolling stocks on it.wiki. Check out the complete list of done and to-do at http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utente:Jollyroger/Lista_dei_rotabili_italiani.
I have come across a lot of articles on particular railroads where the introduction doesn't specify whether the railroad carries freight, passengers, or both. (It looks like there are many freight-only.) This would be very informative in establishing context, and reduce some amount of confusion.
There are also many lists of railroads in the United States, where the name of the railroad doesn't clearly indicate what part of the country the company operates in. It would be exceedingly useful if these lists were annotated with the states of operation where needed. Otherwise, the sheer number of listings just gets overwhelming, and if you are looking for information with a view to a particular region or area, it can be hard to sort through everything. Something similar may be necessary for other countries. -- Beland 01:41, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
The template {{ Train topics}} is a bit overpopulated now and, I think, should be reduced to the core topics that were originally listed on the project page. I've started discussion on the template talk page. Slambo (Speak) 19:59, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
I've been going through all of the railroad articles I come across and tagging their discussion pages with the TrainsWikiProject template. I've seen some other projects (I can't remember which one, offhand--perhaps I'm dreaming this up) that have a deal in their templates that automatically adds that article into the related category. Presumably this is so it's easier to track those articles for future reference (and hopefully improvement) from within the WikiProject. Can we make the Trains template do the same thing? A lot of these articles I'm finding are rather obscure, and I may never stumble across them again. If they were automatically categorized in a Trains category (or a Trains Unsorted or similar) one, it would make going back to inspect them a far easier chore. Something we can do? Is there an easy way to keep track of all WP:Trains articles so we can go through and work on them? cluth 21:05, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
The Level crossing article has considerable info on Crossings around the world -- nothing on level crossings in Ireland, which is not a particular problem for me. But I have a very complete set of detailed photographs of an Irish grade crossing, including the resident 'flagman' and flagman's booth (exterior and interior), taken in 2003. If anyone is interested in having such pics for your WikiProject Trains work, let me know on my talk page. I'll be glad to share them with anyone who wants them for a Wiki project. N2e 00:02, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
In looking through Category:Rail stubs today, I came across Skybus Metro. The system sounds like any of a number of suspended railways such as Schwebebahn Wuppertal or H-Bahn.
The whole thing reads like advertising copy, but Googling for key phrases didn't come up with anything similar to delete it as a copy of someone else's work. I was tempted to nominate it on WP:AFD as original research because the name in the attached link is suspiciously close to the article author's name. Thoughts? Slambo (Speak) 18:39, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
Hi guys. I translated an article I wrote for it.wiki. Can you check it and give it a fix? I am not an english native speaker, sorry. A polish friend is going to complete the voice with infos on the use of these loco in Poland, then the article could be moved to principal namespace. User:Jollyroger/FS_Locomotive_E412 thanks and C ya -- Jollyroger 17:42, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
There's some discussion on the Featured article review project talk page about defeaturing current featured articles for a lack of inline citations. Several of the articles that deal with railroad subjects fall into this category and will likely be defeatured. I'm taking another look through the four articles that I've taken through the FA process to get them up to current standards. Anyone else care to review/update others? Slambo (Speak) 16:12, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
At my user page there are some low-quality images of railroad tie replacement equipment that I took within the last few months. The location is Rosemont, Pennsylvania, part of the Pennsylvania Main Line (the replacement of ties along the old Pennsylvania Railroad route between Philly and Harrisburg used by Amtrak. Spikebrennan 17:47, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
Following the lead of a few other WikiProjects, I've started the Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/Recent changes page so we can click on a link to see all the changes to rail transport related articles via the related changes functionality. The list is most assuredly not complete, so please take a look at the list and add articles, templates, images, categories, etc., as you work on them. Thanks! Slambo (Speak) 14:46, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
See Talk:UK railway stations - S
Also, does anyone have a small steam train symbol? Simply south 14:28, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
I am interested in making units consistent and have previously edited train articles with this in mind. I have created a simple tool that makes the task quicker. If you want to use it, feel free. Simply copy the entire contents of User:Bobblewik/monobook.js to your own monobook. Then follow the instructions in your monobook to clear the cache (i.e. press Ctrl-Shift-R in Firefox, or Ctrl-F5 in IE) before it will work. This will give you a 'units' tab to press in edit mode. Hope that helps. bobblewik 19:29, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
Snopes talked about a 1938 incident supposedly in san antonio. They said it was in salt lake. Any authentic record of a train hitting a bus then in salt lake? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Southidaho ( talk • contribs)
I haven't found articles specifically for class (ICC/STB) or locomotive class (e.g. "big boy", FEF-3, J, etc.). The class disambiguation page says nothing about either.
I'm going to update class specifically to mention class of railroads (w/ links to the four articles). I'm not sure exactly what to do about locomotive classes. If nothing else it would be nice to have something for "Class" in the locomotive template to link to; I also think some sort of categorization would be good, but I'm not sure how to proceed. For instance, there is a page for Locomotives of New Zealand which lists all the classes, and also a "Category:New Zealand railway locomotives". I think this degree of exhaustiveness is impractical for North American railroads/locomotives, but I think something like "Category:Famous locomotive classes" would be good.
Suggestions? Help? Mangoe 12:23, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
Next issue in this: two railroads had "Little Joe" classes (Milwaukee and B&O). I've put up a RfM Little Joe (locomotive) to disambiguate by railroad. (Do we want to spell the RR name out? Please visit talk on above.) We can disambiguate between the two classes on the "Little Joe" disambig class. Mangoe 05:30, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
I've posted a proposal to shorten the {{ TrainsWikiProject}} template to make it a little less obtrusive on the various talk pages where it's used. Comments are welcome on the template talk page. Slambo (Speak) 14:00, 26 June 2006 (UTC)