User:MountainRail

Hello, and welcome to my User Page! My interests for Wikipedia are primarily in the areas of rail transportation and railroad history (see list below), but I also have an avid interest in computer science and mathematics.

My interests:
 * U.S. Railroad History
 * Mostly eastern coal-hauling lines (C&O, N&W, VGN) and logging.
 * Early Virginia railroads
 * Some Western Montana Railroads
 * Virginia unincorporated communities
 * Black powder and "Old West" firearms, especially Colt firearms

Current Wikipedia projects:
 * Rewriting the Highland County, Virginia article
 * Early Railroad History
 * Content additions
 * Citations

Draft Articles:

If you have ideas pertaining to the following drafts or wish to help, please leave a message on my talk page. Thanks!
 * Current Draft Articles: Marent Gulch Trestle, List of locomotives on the National Register of Historic Places, Little Rock Tunnel
 * On Hold/Future Draft Articles: Kanawha and Michigan Railway, Staunton and James River Turnpike

Articles created:
 * Beaver Dam Railroad – Symbol question.svg
 * Brookville Tunnel – Symbol question.svg Symbol support vote.svg
 * Charlottesville and Albemarle Railway – Symbol question.svg Symbol support vote.svg
 * Chesapeake and Ohio Depot (Pikeville, Kentucky)
 * Colt-Burgess rifle
 * Colt Model 1839 Carbine
 * Colt Ring Lever rifles – Symbol question.svg
 * Crozet Historic District
 * Devils Backbone (Highland County, Virginia)
 * Greenwood Tunnel – Symbol question.svg
 * Inland Theater
 * Jarman Gap – Symbol question.svg
 * Laurel Fork (North Fork South Branch Potomac River)
 * Luray Norfolk and Western Passenger Station
 * Mann's Creek Railroad – Symbol question.svg
 * Meems Bottom Covered Bridge – Symbol question.svg
 * Mount Calvary Lutheran Church
 * Northern Pacific Railroad Completion Site, 1883 – Symbol question.svg
 * Northern Pacific Railroad Depot (Missoula, Montana) – Symbol question.svg
 * Potomac, Fredericksburg and Piedmont Railroad – Symbol question.svg
 * Snodgrass Tavern – Symbol question.svg
 * St. James Church (Charlottesville, Virginia)
 * Tennessee State Route 133
 * Communities:
 * Atlee, Virginia - Bearwallow, Virginia - Bethel, Highland County, Virginia - Clover Creek, Virginia - Doe Hill, Virginia - Forks of Waters, Virginia - Hamburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia - Happy Creek, Virginia - Hardscrabble, Virginia - Liberty, Highland County, Virginia - McDowell, Virginia - Meadowdale, Virginia - Mill Gap, Virginia - Mint Spring, Virginia - Mustoe, Highland County, Virginia - Noble Furnace, Virginia - Patna, Virginia - Piedmont, Augusta County, Virginia - Pleasant Valley, Rockingham County, Virginia - Possum Trot, Virginia - Sirons Mill, Virginia - Star Cave, Virginia - Sutherland, Tennessee - Trimble, Virginia - Vanderpool, Virginia - West Augusta, Virginia

Other articles I have a great interest in:
 * Blue Ridge Railroad (1849-1870)
 * Blue Ridge Tunnel
 * Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
 * Highland County, Virginia
 * Virginia Central Railroad – Symbol support vote.svg