Talk:Dyer station

Notability?
Since this particular rail station "is merely a sheltered platform" (and I've seen it, this description is accurate), why is it notable? I propose deleting this article. Xenophon777 (talk) 00:22, 23 May 2008 (UTC)


 * In the time since May, 2008, no one has offered up a response or suggestion as to the notability of this topic. Xenophon777 (talk) 01:47, 16 February 2009 (UTC)


 * It's an Amtrak station with an interesting background feature. DanTD (talk) 12:38, 20 February 2009 (UTC)


 * It's also the last station before reaching Chicago. DanTD (talk) 12:54, 20 February 2009 (UTC)


 * An interesting background feature? What would that be? In addition, what is the significance of its being the last open-air platform on the way to Chicago? I was expecting that I was going to get a response along the lines of "We're trying to document all Amtrack stations and platforms on Wikipedia as a service to the rail-riding clientele of Amtrak." Xenophon777 (talk) 16:12, 20 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Didn't you read the unofficial link, and the reference that was included? Also, it's the fact that it's the last station in general on the way to Chicago, not simply the last "open-air platform" on the way there. Besides that, if you take a look at the picture you can see it's not exactly an "open air" platform at all. Sure, it's an Amshack, but there are others that truly are open air platforms. The place is surrounded by a rail yard. That has to be worth something, even if being the last station before Chicago isn't. DanTD (talk) 21:07, 20 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I see nothing notable in the article, subject, or links. So it's the last station on the way to Chicago... why does that confer notability? There are God-only-knows how many rail yards. Is the existence of every railyard or station notable? Xenophon777 (talk) 14:45, 22 February 2009 (UTC)


 * For the same reasons as Western Avenue (Metra Milwaukee District/North Line), and every other station before a major hub is. Why are you out to delete all these railroad station articles? DanTD (talk) 00:32, 26 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I haven't deleted anything, but merely questioned the notability of, honestly, as non-notable an item as one could find. Nothing against railroad stations which genuinely are notable, such as Grand Central Station, Union Station in Indy, or stations noted for historical events, architecture, or the like. What makes an open platform, with no notable architecture or history, notable just because it's the last bit of flimflam before a major hub? Xenophon777 (talk) 00:43, 26 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Railroad stations have histories to them. The next one over, specifically Rensselaer (Amtrak station) had a genuine structure until 2001. I assume this is also the case with Dyer. I know you didn't delete the article, but you tagged it for lack of notability, which can put articles at risk of being deleted. DanTD (talk) 21:36, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

To be clear, and I've added a reference to the article to this effect, there's been railroading at this location for at least a century. The current shack is evidence of the decline of passenger transport in the United States, but the survival of it in Dyer, an important railroad junction, seems notable enough to me. Mackensen (talk) 00:38, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Other stations
This and this mention that the Michigan Central Railroad had a presence in Dyer beginning in 1857, which means it wasn't part of the original line into Chicago. It would be interesting (and useful to the article) to know when this was consolidated and/or abandoned. Mackensen (talk) 02:13, 5 March 2009 (UTC)