User:Tim PF/Trains

Notes about topic for Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Trains or Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK Railways

General electrification issues

 * 1500V and 3000V or 1.5kV and 3kV?
 * How do autotransformers help?

Railway electrification system
Railway electrification system
 * European map: (Europe rail electrification en.svg)
 * standardised voltages
 * No main nnnV DC railway electrification article(s).

List of current systems for electric rail traction
List of current systems for electric rail traction
 * rename to List of railway electrification systems
 * is standard voltage valid?
 * move non-standard systems down the article?
 * move defunct systems either out or down?

Multi-system (rail)
Multi-system (rail)
 * Adoption by project?
 * [\[Category:Multi-system locomotives]\]

Contact systems

 * Overhead lines
 * Third rail

Misc xxs

 * French Tri-current
 * Talk:Hybrid train ‎ (→Hybrid railcars and multiple units: question about DMUs) (top)
 * Talk:Hybrid train ‎ (→Ultracapacitors: new section)

Electro-diesel issues

 * split electro-diesel locomotives

Operation Thor

 * Operation Thor

Electro-diesel (2)

 * Clear up current LIRR & Metro-North usage.
 * GE Genesis ‎ (→Single cab and push-pull train usage information, please.:
 * Talk:EMD DE30AC and DM30AC ‎ (→Single cab and more on push-pull train usage information, please.
 * British Rail Class 73 - Does anyone know why these were built, and more information?
 * Cleanup SNCF Class B 81500 as per SNCF Class B 82500
 * InterCity 125 ‎ →1984 electro-diesel hst:

Other Rolling Stock

 * Acela Express Trainset -- just a section within Acela Express with an infobox.
 * Voiture État à 2 étages rename to Voiture État à deux étages or Voiture à étage État?

Narrow Gauge

 * Narrow gauge railway - use more and
 * Medium gauge railway - is it real?
 * Minimum gauge railway - tidy up?

RailGauge

 * Template:RailGauge - more aliases, eg "metre gauge", "Russian gauge", "Iberian gauge"?
 * Cape gauge
 * Standard gauge (or standard gauge)
 * Ohio gauge
 * Irish gauge
 * Provincial gauge → Indian gauge
 * -- should display as 15 in

Non-electrification issues

 * Template:Midland Main Line ‎ (→Manchester and various cut-offs: new section)
 * Template:WCML readying for incorporation into West Coast Main Line
 * User:Tim PF/WCML
 * Electric locomotive ‎ (→Battery locomotive: new section)

Push-pull train

 * Push-pull train
 * Merge in Top and tail?
 * Control car (rail)
 * Control cab (rail)
 * multiple units and railcars, railbuses, etc.

Rail transport in Ireland
Rail transport in Ireland
 * Renaming "Routes and overview" section to "Passenger Services"
 * Moving "Passenger Services" to a new Rail passenger services in Ireland

Stations

 * Railway station layout‎ - split or whatever.

Lists of rail accidents

 * Lists of rail accidents navigation template (Template:Lists of rail accidents)
 * Split down into decades

Rail accident article structure
Most accidents can fit into a common structure, eg
 * Top
 * Summary
 * [Prologue]
 * Incident
 * Blockage and diversions
 * Recovery
 * Interim measures
 * Investigation
 * Inquiry
 * Recommendations
 * Similar crashes
 * Trivia (eg Hatfield / Selby loco)

Add conversion tags to

 * Land speed record for rail vehicles
 * Template:High-speed rail by country

Delete empty redirects

 * Bombardier Voyager family - [unused redirect links]
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/British Rail Classes 220 and 221
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/Voyager (train)
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/Bombardier voyager family
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/Voyager train

British Rail Class xx rename?

 * Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (British railway locomotive and multiple unit classes)
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK Railways
 * Talk:British Rail Class 70 (diesel)

UIC terminology

 * International Union of Railways (UIC) not always used for article names (eg Classification yard)
 * Merge 2 templates:
 * Template:Railway track layouts
 * Template:Rail tracks