User:Arb/WikiProject Rail transport in Jamaica

A project has been formed to create and improve articles related to rail transport in Jamaica. This page and its subpages contain suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of interested Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please make yourself known on the talk page and see the to-do list there.

[[Image:Nuvola apps package editors.png|20px|Goals]] Goals
The goals of this project are to:
 * Expand the existing rail transport in Jamaican articles and create new ones where required.
 * Organize and standardize these articles on Wikipedia.
 * Create or delete red linked items on this project page.

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This project covers all articles on rail transport in Jamaica including systems, lines, stations, locomotives and rolling stock.

[[Image:Nuvola apps kdmconfig.png|20px]] Participants

 * 1) Arb

Assessment
Assessment (talk) — for article assessment and ratings

Article structure
Article structure (talk) — for article format and recommendations

New article announcements
New article announcements (talk) — for new article announcements.

Resources

 * The Jamaica Railway 1845-1945, H R Fox (General Manager, Jamaica Government Railway(JGR)), The Railway Magazine Volume 91 Number 560 November and December 1945, pages 313-317.
 * The Railway Gazette, January 5th & 12th 1945.
 * Nation Library of Jamaica, Collection 1313, Gunter Collection, Centenary history of the JGR 1845-1945 compiled by Sir Geoffrey Gunter, former Chief Accountant and Auditor of the JGR, 1923-1940, together with supporting material (correspondence, memoranda, clippings, etc) and seven photographs of locomotives and of events and persons connected with the JGR, including Frank Passmore, William Smith and HR Fox. 9 items. Private 4/97
 * The Jamaica Railway part 1 (includes Locomotives of the JGR part 1 of 2 1845-1900), H G Forsythe, Locomotive International, Volume 5 Number 19 1993-05, Pages 22-26.
 * The Jamaica Railway part 2, H G Forsythe, Locomotive International, Number 21 1993-Autumn, Pages 23-26.
 * Locomotives of the JGR part 2 of 2 1901-1945, H G Forsythe, Locomotive International, Volume 5 Number 24 1994-06, Pages 21-24, ISBN 1-873150-06-7.
 * The Railways of Jamaica (Epitaph), H G Forsythe, Locomotive International, Volume 5 Number 26 1994-12, Page 19, ISBN 1-873150-08-3.
 * The Friendliest Line in the World (The Railways of Jamaica), DVD, Videolines Limited, 1993.

Top ten new articles from the noticeboard

 * Kingston railway station, Jamaica
 * Railways of Jamaica: Spanish Town to Ewarton
 * Railways of Jamaica: May Pen to Frankfield
 * Railways of Jamaica: Linstead to New Works
 * Railways of Jamaica: Bog Walk to Port Antonio
 * List of railway stations in Jamaica
 * Railways of Jamaica

Project template

 * User WikiProject Rail transport in Jamaica — for use on members' talk pages.

Navigation template

 * Railways of Jamaica NavBox — a navigation template to be added to the bottom of each article.

Passenger lines

 * Bog Walk to Port Antonio
 * Kingston to Montego Bay
 * Linstead to New Works
 * May Pen to Frankfield
 * Spanish Town to Ewarton

Bauxite lines

 * Bodies to Port Esquiville (Alcan)
 * Nain to Port Kaiser (Alpart)
 * TBD to TBD (Reynolds)
 * Upper St Ann to Discovery Bay (Kaiser)
 * Woodside to Rocky Point (Alcoa)

Military lines

 * Logans Junction to Fort Simmonds

Stub template

 * Jamaica-railway-stub — the stub template for all Jamaica related articles.

Assessment template
We hope eventually to be included in the general TrainsWikiProject assessment template:
 * — an assessment template that in future may be added to the top of each article's talk page.

But for now, we have our own:
 * — an assessment template to be added to the top of each article's talk page.

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