Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Trains/Todo

named passenger trains
I found an extensive list of named passenger trains at http://monon.home.insightbb.com/mpages/pn.html --K4 pacific 02:40, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

things related to Virginia's railroads
I have been doing a lot of research and some article work on things related to Virginia's railroads.

1. some older railroads don't seem to have AAR symbols and/or logos 2. project would benefit for a consistent way of indication of progression/succession to current major US railroads 3. individuals are becoming identified, some rather obscure I want my work to fit in properly, and would appreciate some guidance, and help so I can concentrate my work on content. The following are suggestions/problems for the coordinator for Wikiproject Trains. I do not have a problem with eliminating some which may be considered inappropriate for the project or WP.

Thanks for any help! Vaoverland 22:01, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Famous and not-so-famous people related to railroads

 * Nicholas Mills Chesterfield Railway
 * Beverly Randolph Chesterfield Railway
 * Abraham S. Wooldridge Chesterfield Railway
 * Claudius Crozet, Virginia's State Engineer
 * Virginia Board of Public Works
 * Virginia State Corporation Commission
 * Moncure Robinson, (1802-1891) a European-trained civil engineer and U.S. railroad pioneer Chesterfield Railway
 * Whitmell Pugh Tunstall founder of R&D
 * Algernon Sidney Buford president of R&D, founder of Bon Air, Virginia
 * Samuel Spencer became Southern's first president
 * Hays T. Watkins, Jr. Chessie, CSX
 * Michael J. Ward CSX
 * Prime F. Osborn III of Seaboard and the first CEO of CSX
 * John W. Snow CSX CEO, United States Secretary of the Treasury
 * Lucius E. Johnson a president of N&W
 * Frederick J. Kimball first president of N&W, pioneer of coalfields in WV and VA
 * Henry H. Rogers look at draft in talk

Railroad towns and cities

 * Mullens, West Virginia railroad town on VGN, N&W, NS
 * Page, West Virginia railroad town on VGN, N&W, NS
 * Victoria, Virginia railroad town on VGN, N&W
 * Roanoke, Virginia railroad town on on VGN, N&W, NS

CSX predecessors
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad predecessor to ACL, CSX

NS predecessors
NOTE: The following are NS predecessors. By 1890, the R&D System covered 3,300 miles of track in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Texas. In 1892, the R&D and subsidiaries entered receivership. Reorganized by J.P. Morgan and his New York banking firm of Drexel, Morgan and Company, they emerged in 1894 as the Southern Railway CompanySouthern Railway Company]], which controlled over 4,000 miles of line at its inception. In 1980, Southern Railway Company changed its name to Norfolk Southern Railway, and became part of today's Norfolk Southern Corporation.

Richmond and York River Railroad crucial role in George McClellan's Peninsula Campaign, (R&D) SOU, NS Piedmont Railroad in North Carolina, acquired by Richmond & Danville North Carolina Railroad (R&D), SOU, NS Piedmont Air Line a system of railroads across the southeast, (R&D) SOU, NS Richmond and West Point Terminal Railway and Warehouse Company essentially part and parcel of R&D from the beginning and throughout life (R&D) Georgia Pacific Railway (R&D) Rabun Gap Short Line Railway (R&D) Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway (R&D) Lawrenceville Branch Railroad (R&D) Northeastern Railroad of GeorgiaEast Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway (R&D) SOU NS Alabama Great Southern Railroad (R&D) SOU NS

Recently completed new or improved articles for consideration
Richmond and Danville Railroad

Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Passenger Depot
The list I recently made for various Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Passenger Depots needs expansion. I can only confirm two cities so far, so naturally, those who know better than I do about the subject should work on it. DanTD 16:40, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Chicago 'L' Infobox improvements
I'd like to see more line-specific headings on infoboxes for Chicago's elevated lines. I just tried to make one for a Red Line station, and it didn't work. DanTD 22:20, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Indianapolis (Amtrak station)
Since it's clear that Indianapolis (Amtrak station) and Union Station (Indianapolis) are not one in the same, any expansion on the Amtrak station article would be welcome. DanTD 18:14, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Steam locomotive weight
I put this post in the Template talk page last September, but have had no reply. If none materialises I shall just correct the error whenever I come across it. — "I find in some steam locomotive articles that the definition of "weight" as "The locomotive's total weight" is a source of confusion. In some cases this has been taken to mean the total weight of the locomotive and tender (already covered by the template "locotenderweight" - the combined locomotive and tender total weight). If I have understood right, "weight" stands for the weight of the locomotive (power unit) alone, presumably in working order. This is a far more useful criterion if we remember that a locomotive can be attached to several different tenders in the course of its career. For instance giving the loco+tender weight for French locomotives would be particularly meaningless as locomotives and tenders were maintained by separate services and had more or less independent careers."--John of Paris 18:19, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

History of rail transport in Ireland
An editor tagged several section of History of rail transport in Ireland as POV and today deleted them all citing lack of sources, not POV. Unfortunately I don't have any of my Irish railway books assessable, so cannot help, but maybe someone where can have a look and assist. Most of what was deleted is factual, perhaps not that well written and possibly with a POV slant but not total POV and certainly salvageable and, I am sure, can be sourced. If this project has a better place to post this please move it there. Thanks ww2censor (talk) 05:20, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Staten Island Railway infoboxes/routeboxes
I tried to make some "s-rail" routeboxes for somebody who was working on articles on Staten Island Railway stations, and it didn't work. Can anybody out there make some and/or tell me how I can do it? DanTD (talk) 19:42, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

"Northern Railroad"
In Ogdensburgh and Lake Champlain Railroad, we have "The Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain Railroad was founded in 1849 as the Northern Railroad running from Ogdensburg, NY to Rouses Point, NY".

Then there's the Northern Railroad of New York, "incorporated on May 14, 1845." Anyone care to reconcile these? dab, perhaps? -- Mwanner | Talk 13:50, 7 September 2008 (UTC)


 * The 1845 date is correct for incorporation. 1849 might be when it opened. --NE2 01:37, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Great American Stations as Stub Removal
I've been using links to Amtrak's Great American Stations website, and swiping bits of information in order to expand random Amtrak station articles. I encourage other editors to do the same and take off from where I started. DanTD (talk) 03:47, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * For stations in North Carolina, the NCDOT Rail Division site has proven to be quite helpful. DanTD (talk) 12:33, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

PRR 4800 needs fixing
Would anyone care to do some work on the PRR 4800 article? DanTD (talk) 02:30, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

E&BV Subdivision needs fixing
The article for E&BV Subdivision needs fixing too. Plus, somewhere I read that it was named the "EB&V Subdivision." DanTD (talk) 14:03, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

Original source of the term "gandy dancer"?
Moving this question, to here. (Hope that's an appropriate place...) Richard Myers (talk) 17:15, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

Station backlog on unassessed articles page
Why are there so many articles about obscure railway/metro station and nothing else on the unassessed list? I tried to assess some of these articles so there is not an embarrassing 12k on the list, but 99% of them are just one line stubs about train stations. Can anything be done to reduce the workload, or will editors still have to go through several thousand station "articles" and tag them as stubs of low importance? --FrankieG123 (talk) 00:47, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Stubs don't work
The Europe rail transport stubs does not work. Neither "Europe-rail-stub" or "Europe-rail-transport-stub" as given in the stub article work (I tried to use both for ASVi museum) Hugo999 (talk) 22:25, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

RijnGouweLijn
Could someone take a look at RijnGouweLijn. This was translated from Dutch by a non-native English speaker three years ago, using automatic translation. While appreciating that effort, the article really needs a complete rewrite into natural English by a native speaker, and a considerable amount of duplication needs eliminating. Skinsmoke (talk) 23:30, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Tampa Street Railway
The stub on Tampa Street Railway could be easily expanded by the reliable information and old photographs shown in the lower part of the article The Lafayette Street Bridge - Part 2 of 4 by Lucy D. Jones, University of South Florida. --NearEMPTiness (talk) 05:04, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

Madrid Commuter Train
A ton of work needs to be done of articles about Madrid's commuter train network, Cercanías. Articles about the stations and lines are almost non-existent. It looks like many of the stations' pages were created by a user on a block and therefore automatically deleted. And they've never been remade. Could use some help with these. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cait.123 (talk • contribs)