Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/At the North South East West Diddlesex Junction

William Crooks
Voting period ends on 6 Aug 2014  at 02:54:14 (UTC)
 * Reason:A rather good illustration of a historic locomotive, from the period when it was in use. Identified by an expert on the subject, We hope, and the identification definitely does seem to check out.
 * Articles in which this image appears:William Crooks (Could probably go into a few others, like Swinburne, Smith and Company)
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Land
 * Creator:National Photo Company, restoration by Adam Cuerden


 * Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden (talk) 02:54, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Support Yes please! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:37, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Support -- Coat of Many Colours (talk) 04:53, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Support — Of historical interest (particularly if one grew up in Minnesota). This early 20th C. photo of the 1861 locomotive seems slightly canted to the right — straighten? Sca (talk) 13:57, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Uploaded a separate, straightened version (though I still prefer the original image). — Crisco 1492 (talk)16:42, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Any other rotation requires cropping. Adam Cuerden (talk) 22:00, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Exactly why I don't like the straightened version. The gentleman in the far left is cut in half in that version. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:47, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Hence the crop/rotation I chose. Adam Cuerden (talk) 02:47, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Right. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:49, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I think there WAS a point to that when I wrote it. Don't know where it is now. Adam Cuerden (talk) 14:13, 28 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Support My personal preference is to see photos of locomotives and trains when they were in service as I think it adds more to the understanding of why this locomotive or train is/was important. There are any number of color photos of the Crooks on exhibit at Union Depot and the Lake Superior Railroad Museum, but a photo like this has captured an instant in history. We hope (talk) 19:46, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Oppose due to the man blocking part of the front of the train and the strong light at the top of the photo.  B zw ee bl  (talk • contribs) 17:11, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 03:53, 6 August 2014 (UTC)