User talk:Smiley.toerist

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Track gauge in Cuzco
Hello Smiley There is no track in Cuzco, Peru. It is Please see my comments at File talk:Cusco rail connection.jpg. Het beste. Peter Horn User talk 00:48, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

Identity of your Korean train photo
Hi. You didn't seem too certain about the identity of the Korean train image you added to the List of high-speed trains article recently. It is the "ITX-Saemaeul" train introduced in May 2014. There doesn't appear to be a dedicated article for the train on English Wikipedia yet, but it is mentioned in the Saemaul-ho article. For reference, here's a link to a news article on the train:. Hope this clears up any confusion you may have had. --DAJF (talk) 10:38, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

Aramis location
I loved your image of the Aramis track in Paris. I tried to get a similar image of the ICTS test track in Kingston, but they wouldn't let me get close enough for a photo.

I would like to add a marker on the Aramis page showing where the track was located. If I'm not mistaken, the land is now being used by a tram service facility?

Is it this? 48.835854, 2.275127

If you can drop me a note with the coordinates I'd appreciate it. Thanks!

Maury Markowitz (talk) 21:27, 10 November 2014 (UTC)


 * It was opposite the RER Boulevart Victor station on RER line C (now renamed Gare du Pont du Garigliano). If you zoom in you see the name of the station. The inner railway of Paris (La petite Ceinture) was connected with two connecting curves to the pre-RER line C. These curves connected at the south and north side of the Boulevart Victor station (South one: File:Paris 15e - Petite Ceinture - Raccordt de Grenelle (de 1964).jpg, the north one is now the "rue du professeur Florian Delbarre" ). Within this disused railway triangle area and to the north of the ring road (now tram), the Aramis project was set up. The idea was to use the disused ring railroad and give a connection to the RER C. The tram facility is to the south (File:Plan voies T3.svg). The south curve was a late creation as seen in File:Paris metro 192x.jpg (also File:1910 Leconte Monument Map of Paris, France - Geographicus - ParisMonumental-leconte-1910.jpg). I hope you can now find the location in the rebuilt area.Smiley.toerist (talk) 10:29, 11 November 2014 (UTC)
 * When I look in Google Maps on the map (as opposed to satellite) mode and zoom in a bit I can see where this triangle would be. If I am understanding your description correctly, was Aramis about at the point that now says "France Televisions" or "France 2"? Did it extend across Boulevard de Genera-Martial-Valin, or was it entirely on the north and east of this road? Maury Markowitz (talk) 14:19, 12 November 2014 (UTC)
 * The location is already in the Commons File:Boulevard Victor experimentation.jpg (location|48|50|17.93|N|2|16|17.39|E|region:FR_heading:NNW). The picture was taken from Boulevart Victor (the ring road). Google Earth has a 1949 picture of the area. There was an television station (with high antenne tower) at that time. Now demolished.Smiley.toerist (talk) 11:16, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

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Norse colonization of the Americas
You would need sources meeting our criteria at WP:RS for these claims. I've reverted you. It's barely possible you might find one for the DNA statement, you'd be wasting your time on the Viking ship claim. Doug Weller talk 13:18, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I was hoaxed on the ship. The source of the map given is http://www.mitomap.org/WorldMigrations.pdf but the link isnt working.Smiley.toerist (talk) 13:30, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
 * It seems that there is an DNA connection between North European en native Americans, but it has nothing to do with Vikings. see http://sciencenordic.com/dna-links-native-americans-europeans. Smiley.toerist (talk) 13:41, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much for looking! But that link about North Europeans has the study wrong. One of its authors, Professor Kelly Graf, said, "Our findings are significant at two levels. First, it shows that Upper Paleolithic Siberians came from a cosmopolitan population of early modern humans that spread out of Africa to Europe and Central and South Asia. Second, Paleoindian skeletons like Buhl Woman with phenotypic traits atypical of modern-day indigenous Americans can be explained as having a direct historical connection to Upper Paleolithic Siberia."  We're all related through Africa.  Doug Weller  talk 14:47, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Spasibo
Thank you for taking this photo of Leninskiye Gory in 1982, tovarish. The E/EM/EZH train brought back fond memories. TovarishhUlyanov (talk) 03:46, 18 January 2022 (UTC)