Talk:George Francis Train

Detailed Biography of George Francis Train
The bottom of the article states that it "incorporates text" from a book by Allen Foster. More than merely incorporating, however, this entire section feels like it was copied and pasted directly from that source, reading more like a magazine than an encyclopedia. As the editor that added this section has only one other article contributed to, and that being a blatant advertisement for another book by Allen Foster, I am concerned that there might be some self-promotion going on here. --199.80.13.96 22:29, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

67 days or 80 days
According to the german article, his trip took 80 days including an imprisonment in Lyon for 13 days. --Qaywsxedc (talk) 20:30, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Train and Ireland
According to this website: http://www.theeasterrising.eu/090RepublicanBrotherhood/IRB.htm Train was a committed Fenian and once attempted to buy Ireland on their behalf! That sounds like a story worth telling if anyone can source the details.

(His attempt was unsuccessful and it wasn't until the late twentieth century that Ireland was eventually sold to the Americans.) DublinDilettante (talk) 01:56, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Conflict with Nellie Bly Page
The article states that Train completed his 67 day trip in 1880. This conflicts with the Nellie Bly article, which states he completed it a few months after her 1889-90 voyage. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.178.231.5 (talk) 01:05, 25 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Fixed; the 1880 date seemed to be a typo. Thanks! Graham 87 02:50, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Jail
From the intro: "That year, he was jailed for having defended Victoria Woodhull against obscenity charges..."

Further down, it says he was jailed because of obscenity charges. I don't know enough about the guy to change this, but it doesn't really make any sense. You aren't typically jailed for defending someone in America, even back then. If the obscenity charges were brought because Train was defending Woodhull then the article should really say that instead.

In addition, the way it is written it makes it sound like Train was acting as Woodhull's lawyer, yet I can find no indication that he was doing that or what his defense of her consisted of. Primium mobile (talk) 17:26, 12 January 2015 (UTC)