Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Trains

GA review requests
I’ve recently nominated a steam locomotive page, Texas and Pacific 610, and I was wondering if anyone could take the time to look it over and let me know if it’s eligible for the Good Article grade or not. Someone who likes train writing (talk) 22:57, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

Editing map diagram for the North-South Commuter Railway
Hello, can I request that you edit a route-map template for the North-South Commuter Railway? For the New Clark City station, this should be underground, while the tracks will also run at grade before running elevated again, as well as an at-grade section beside a spur leading to Clark International Airport and transitioning into elevated again before a bridge above Clark Spur Road. Also, the spur line runs at grade up to Mabalacat Depot and a tunnel going to the airport station. Then, we put the elevated alignment above expressways like the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway, the NLEX Harbor Link and its C-3 to R-10 segment, Skyway Stage 3, and the CAVITEX C-5 Link. The spur to the depots is located south of Meycauayan station and north of Calamba station. Thank you!Jussie2024 (talk) 22:07, 12 June 2024 (UTC)


 * - you are the best person to edit the diagram. I would suggest that you copy it to your sandbox, and work on it there. Just change one line of the diagram at a time, preview and if it looks good, save. That way you won't mess up. Icons in use can be found at C:Template:Bsicon. Mjroots (talk) 06:52, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Copyright problem at Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
After an investigation it appears that the original version of Chesapeake and Ohio Railway is a copyright violation from the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. Please see Talk:Chesapeake and Ohio Railway for discussion. A complete rewrite may be necessary. Mackensen (talk) 14:55, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Category:Railway stations by company
Is there any guidance about whether "station" in this context means "depot", as in "building" or can it mean "place on a timetable where the train stopped" as in a location, not necessarily with an existing building? Thank you! Valfontis (talk) 04:20, 23 June 2024 (UTC)


 * I guess anything where trains (passenger or freight) stop and which has some infrastructure related to this stop? Ymblanter (talk) 11:08, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks! So former stations would be the same thing? A place named on the timetable where the train once stopped? I ask because the category people didn't like a similar category I created years ago that was similar and I had trouble explaining that "station" does not equal "depot". Could you define "infrastructure" in this context? For former stops it's hard to prove they had any. Maybe a train orders office, or a siding, but what if there's pretty much nothing there? I assume there would have been a sign. Valfontis (talk) 04:09, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
 * If the question is specifically for former stations, the list/category must define whether these are included. I would say whether anything from the former station still exists is irrelevant, what is relevant is whether at any time moment the object was defined as a station (and sources can demonstrate this). Ymblanter (talk) 05:44, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
 * The word "depot" has WP:ENGVAR issues. The U.S. meaning seems to be a small passenger station; there are two British meanings: one is a goods-only station (these range in size from the huge Somers Town goods depot in London down to some that consisted of one or two sidings plus an office), the other is a maintenance facility for locomotives and coaches. -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 17:26, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks @Ymblanter and @Redrose64. Yup, I'm in the U.S. I've noticed that people who aren't into trains just assume if you say "station" that this means there was a structure with a sign on it with the name of the place that acted as a waiting room. The categories I was looking at didn't have any usage notes so I wondered if there had been a centralized discussion anywhere. I personally think station means "place where the train stops/stopped". Full stop, haha. Valfontis (talk) 20:28, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * This whole discussion does pose some questions. FWIW, "freight depot" is also a common term for a railroad freight house in the United States (e.x. this freight depot in Connecticut). Perhaps the resolution here is to split this into "railway passenger stations" and "railway freight stations", though I have a sneaking suspicion we have many times more articles on passenger stations than freight ones (let's put it this way, I have both the only GA and the only FA on a rail yard/freight facility in all of Wikipedia last I checked, while there's at least 200 passenger stations at GA status). Trainsandotherthings (talk) 22:36, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I think that's overcategorization, honestly. And the defunct ones would take some research. The line I am thinking of stopped passenger service in 1960, and all service in the 1970s. I have no idea if they let passengers get off at every station. Just for context, in the American West, there are thousands of places that only have a name because there was a railway station there. Often a larger area is referred to by the name of the station, or an actual town will grow up around the station, but for WP:GEOLAND purposes, being a mere station is not enough. I put a former station cat on a redirect but I wanted to see if my usage was correct. (An AfD determined the place wasn't really a place per WP:GEOLAND. Fair enough, but it was a station.) Valfontis (talk) 22:02, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

RtM of interest to US editors of this WP?
For info, I have initiated an RtM at Talk:Right-of-way (property access) that proposes Right-of-way (property access) → Right of way (railroad) --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 22:41, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Frisco Station
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Frisco Station that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Safari Scribe Edits! Talk! 10:17, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Short descriptions
Wikipedia talk:Short description

Comments invited. Andy Dingley (talk) 14:59, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Joondalup line
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Joondalup line that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject.  98𝚃𝙸𝙶𝙴𝚁𝙸𝚄𝚂  •  [𝚃𝙰𝙻𝙺]   22:38, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Newton Dale Halt railway station
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Newton Dale Halt railway station that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Safari Scribe Edits! Talk! 11:57, 16 July 2024 (UTC)