Talk:Turtle Creek Industrial Railroad

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It's been about 2 years since I first discovered this article, and it's been a fascinating experience adding to it. I think it has progressed well beyond its humble beginnings, and I thank all who have contributed. I'd like this article to be as useful as it can be, and so I've requested others to offer their impressions of it as it is now and to give their constructive criticism for its improvement. Thanks. MDK33 (talk) 03:28, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Contributing to good article review
I do not think at this time that I can review, as a first ever for me, this article for its status as a Good Article, but I'd like to contribute a bit to that. --User:Ceyockey ( talk to me ) 02:53, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
 * checked for copyright violations using Earwig's Copvio Detector. Result was "violation unlikely"; see https://tools.wmflabs.org/copyvios/?lang=en&project=wikipedia&title=Turtle+Creek+Industrial+Railroad&oldid=&action=search&use_engine=1&use_links=1&turnitin=0.
 * added short description for Wikidata use.
 * Boucher citation in infobox and predecessor information: The text cited does not make it clear that there is a direct relationship between the two, and some additional supporting information would be useful, or an embellished explanation of how the predecessor relationship was established.
 * There is inconsistent use of date formats. Looking at early versions of the article, it appears that the first format used was MDY, as illustrated by .  Based on this, I will shortly affix a date format hatnote and do date format revisions alongside other edits.

Thank you for your contributions and help, Ceyockey. The Boucher citation of the predecessor dates from before I began editing the article, though I did re-direct the citation form a website which copied Boucher to one hosting the book itself. While the Turtle Creek Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad could be considered a predecessor of the Turtle Creek Industrial Railroad, it is not the predecessor. The line of succession is outlined and referenced in the text of the article. It begins with the Turtle Creek Valley RR, which was owned by George Westinghouse and eight other men. It was then taken over and became the Pennsylvania Railroad's Turtle Creek Branch. The Pensy merged with 2 other RRs to form Penn Central, which went bankrupt and was resurrected as Conrail for its freight lines (and Amtrak, for the passenger lines). Conrail's track diagram indicates that the line was renamed to "Turtle Creek Industrial Track", though the name didn't seem to catch on, as many references kept using the term "Turtle Creek Branch". In any case, it was Conrail which owned and operated the line directly before it was sold and became the Turtle Creek Industrial Railroad. Therefore, I've changed the predecessor listed in the info box to Conrail, and changed the ref to the track diagram which lists the last official name of the line before its sale to Dura-Bond. Several references linked in the text discuss the sale in varying degrees of detail. MDK33 (talk) 01:27, 20 January 2020 (UTC)