User talk:Slambo/Archives/2008/September

Bollman Truss Railroad Bridge
Better? (reply here, please) - Denimadept (talk) 16:33, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Project Rains & William Milnor Roberts & Custer
Slambo,

I am new to trying to communicate with anyone on Wikipedia. It was bedeviling to try to find someone--or to find a way to communicate. In any event, my father and I read a brief article on William Milnor Roberts, who is my great-great-grandfather. Given his contributions to railroads here and in Brazil on the matter of trains, he is included in your project. Given that he was also among the first presidents of the American Society of Civil Engineers, he should also be connected to any project related to that.

Anyway, our family members have quite a bit of information on him but no one is inclined to write the wiki page. If someone wishes to use our materials, we can certainly help.

There is another connection, this time to General Custer. It is a complicated story but because of Roberts' involvement with St. Louis railroad bridges--and his surveying of the Montana Territories--his family met Custer, his wife and the officers of his army. Mrs. Custer took a liking to Roberts' daughter, Annie, and engineered the courtship with and marriage to Captain Yates. Annie was the sister of my great grandfather. Somehow my brother was out near Little Bighorn at the time of Custer's death but, anyway, Yates dies standing next to Custer (as well as that could be determined). A book of Annie's correspondence was recently published.

For what it's worth, Annie spent the rest of her life accompanying Mrs. Custer on her lecture tours.

Anyway, please email me at jcrext@praxisllp.com if anyone wants help on the materials for wiki entries. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.225.10.190 (talk) 00:13, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Hellingly Hospital Railway
I've just noticed that an article I wrote (Hellingly Hospital Railway) was one of your selected articles – just out of interest, how was it selected, as I've never seen it discussed anywhere (and as one of the most obscure articles out there, it's barely linked-to anywhere on the 'pedia). I'm just curious as to how and where it came to notice... – iride  scent  21:14, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Research on the internet
Slambo, do you have notes, electronic presentation materials, or a link to the info you presented on researching railroads on the internet? Sounds fascinating, and my efforts are hit and miss. Thanks Lrh442 (talk) 18:10, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

N&W 611
[duplicate of message at my Commons talk page]: Slambo, you have a good eye. It's one photo, but I did retouch it to lighten the shadows of the loco and train. If it doesn't look too good, I can upload the un-retouched version so you can compare them. Let me know what you think.  JGHowes talk  -  20:38, 23 September 2008 (UTC)