User:NE2/lists


 * Predecessors
 * 1) Create and save list 1:
 * 2) *Links on User:NE2/dead-end railroads
 * 3) *Recursive Category:Predecessors of North American railroads
 * 4) *Recursive Category:Defunct public transport operators in the United States
 * 5) Create list 2:
 * 6) *Recursive (1 level) Category:Defunct railroad companies of the United States
 * 7) Filter symmetric difference with list 1

Except for lists, former Class I railroads that still operate, and railroads that have left one state but still operate in another, any remaining articles need to be placed in one of the lists or categories used to create list 1.

More lists:
 * Category:Railway companies by year of establishment
 * Category:Railway companies by year of disestablishment
 * Category:Non-railway predecessors of railway companies


 * Spin-offs
 * 1) Create and save list 1:
 * 2) *Links on User:NE2/not spin-offs
 * 3) *Recursive Category:Spin-offs of North American railroads
 * 4) *Recursive Category:Intermodal transportation authorities in the United States
 * 5) Create list 2:
 * 6) *Recursive (1 level) Category:Railway companies of the United States
 * 7) *Recursive (1 level) Category:Defunct railroad companies of the United States (if I feel like it)
 * 8) Filter symmetric difference with list 1


 * Current common carriers
 * 1) Create and save list 1:
 * 2) *Recursive (1 level) Category:Railway companies of the United States
 * 3) Create list 2:
 * 4) *Links on List of common carrier freight railroads in the United States (minus the non-railroad links; it may be easier to copy onto another page)
 * 5) *Contents of Category:Non-operating common carrier freight railroads in the United States
 * 6) Filter symmetric difference with list 1 (or vice versa)
 * 7) Run through with don't follow redirects, all changes unchecked, and skip if no changes are made or page doesn't exist, then check the skipped box in the logs tab for any that exist