Talk:Medway Branch

Citation style
I know you prefer Harvard style referencing, but I don't think this is a good place for it. This is never going to be a particularly lengthy article, and it's not going to have a lot of the repeat citations where that style makes things simpler. Right now, five of the six sources only appear once, and there's a repeat page number only once, so the Notes list duplicates the References list. Using rp to handle the Karr page numbers seems like a cleaner way for this article.

Side note: Once I add a bit more (one of my books gives an exact opening date) I'd like to nominate it for GA. There's no length requirement provided it's sufficiently broad in its coverage, and I think getting this tiny, short-lived branchline to GA would be entertaining. Any objection? Pi.1415926535 (talk) 19:39, 17 April 2023 (UTC)


 * No objection (on either matter). One thing I was looking for and couldn't find was the gauge used by the Norfolk County Railroad at the time of construction. Mackensen (talk) 22:24, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Sounds good, thanks. References are converted, and I'll expand it a bit soon. This related expansion is all your fault, too ;) It would have to be the same gauge as the Boston and Providence Railroad, since through trains were run. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 00:04, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
 * For what it's worth, I am hoping to start an article on the Norfolk County Railroad by this weekend. It's second in line for my projects after the Providence and Springfield Railroad. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 13:30, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
 * @Trainsandotherthings: The P&S looks great, and looking forward to seeing the Norfolk County article. BTW, I hope I didn't step on your toes creating Southbridge Branch (New England) - I intended to stub it out using my Shoreliner copy, and then it got away from me. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 04:57, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Not a problem, I didn't have access to that Shoreliner issue anyhow. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 12:44, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I finally got around to starting the Norfolk County Railroad article, though it's just using Karr right now and needs expansion still. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 17:31, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

Route map
In the RDT I see now the two "Medway" dots are two stations with the same name. So the horizontal pink line at the top must be the one from the rival company. I am guessing the diagram might be at a very specific time after the rival line was built but before this one was closed? If so it might help to have an RDT before and after that one with dates underneath to show the evolution of the network. And perhaps the company name could be put in brackets after "Medway"? Also why the circle meaning "station out of use line in use"? Is that because after the station closed that section of line going right was still used for storing or passing trains? Chidgk1 (talk) 07:47, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Any present day advantages?
It looks nice in the pic. In UK many disused railway lines have been converted into cycle paths. I wonder if that is also true in the USA and whether anyone has suggested that or walking for this line? Also are there any environmental advantages of the disused line? Perhaps someone local might be able to add more info to the article. Chidgk1 (talk) 07:54, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Was it worth it?
I wonder whether the financial backers and/or local people considered the nine years of use worthwhile for the money spent? If not did no one foresee the rival line? Chidgk1 (talk) 07:57, 25 August 2023 (UTC)