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Hi Slambo, your input is needed here. Regards, Ganeshk (talk) 04:06, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, and help needed

Hi, thanks for rating this article. Can you suggest how to add a map for that article?? Debangshu Mukherjee (talk) 22:54, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

One possibility is to start with a locator map like there is on the article for Mathura itself. See 2009 Cairo train collision or 2009 Rudine train derailment for examples of this. Once that is added, you can then look to creating a map (perhaps using Adobe Illustrator or similar software to create the graphics) with a smaller scale to show the track section where the accident occurred; there are a few examples of crash diagrams in the various subcategories of Category:Rail transport accidents on Wikimedia Commons (the category for Australia has a few good examples). Slambo (Speak) 11:18, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Cats before stubs

Thanks for adding the cats to Lebanon Valley Railroad. However, according to WP:CAT and WP:STUB you should have put them above the stub template. Please keep an eye out for stubs in the future. --J Clear (talk) 23:42, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

More RailGauge templates "needed"

In Narrow gauge rail transport#Sweden the following micht be usefull for the sake of consitency: 1093, 802, 1217 and 1188. In the interim I have resorted to 1,093 mm (3.586 ft), 802 mm (2.631 ft), 1,188 mm (3.898 ft) and 1,217 mm (3.993 ft). I could have done 1,093 mm (43.03 in), 802 mm (31.57 in), 1,188 mm (46.77 in) and 1,217 mm (47.91 in). A template that would convert mm to feet and inches might also be usefull in other applications. These 4 need also be added to the list of rail gauges Peter Horn 21:01, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

1,440 mm or 4 ft 8.69 in or 1440 from Brazil Peter Horn 17:04, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

From Transport in the Dominican Republic#Railways: 558, Temporary fix: 558 mm (1.831 ft). I doubt if all of those Swedish rail gauges are ligit. See Railroad Gauge Width Peter Horn 01:36, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Guess what, all the above missing gauges are, according to that web site, ligit! Peter Horn 01:43, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

My time right now is limited due to the holidays, but I wanted to assure you that I've seen your messages. There are a number of tasks that have been put off in the last couple weeks that I hope to get back to soon. Slambo (Speak) 15:51, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Kapiche

Just a trial run: 1,219 millimetres (3.999 feet) See what I mean?

Eureka!! 1,219 millimetres (4 feet 0 inches) 1,219 mm (4 ft 0 in) Peter Horn User talk 02:54, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Also, the following conversions shown, and perhaps others that I'm not aware off, should perhaps be a tad more precise 500 feet (150 m) should really give 152 m, and 4 feet (1,200 mm) should really give 1219 mm. Examples: 500 feet (152.4 m) and 4 feet (1,219.2 mm) (4 feet (1.22 m)). Perhaps I could learn how to correct these anomalies as I find them. Peter Horn 18:44, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

I keep finding "new" ones. In Rail transport in Australia#Timber I came across 991 mm gauge which I provisionally rendered as (changed to) 991 mm (3.25 ft) which could be 991 mm (39.0 in) or 3 ft 3 in. Peter Horn 01:17, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

991, 991 mm (3 ft 3 in) Peter Horn User talk 16:36, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

And yet another one that needs correcting, 1945, see 1,945 mm (6 ft 423⁄40 in) and Transport in the Netherlands#Railway tracks Peter Horn 03:42, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

: 1945 is also found in Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij Peter Horn 18:47, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Well, the holidays are now history, but there are still a few tasks around the house to clean up (we've still got our tree to take down), and the next semester at school for me starts on Monday. I intend to do some work on this tomorrow (Friday, January 9), and have noted a few quick points from this discussion that need to be addressed in the todolist at the top of this page. Many of the conversions in {{RailGauge}} use {{convert}} to do the grunt work, and I suspect that those you mentioned that are inaccurate are a result of this. The note about the conversion for 500 ft should be taken up at Template talk:Convert (I haven't looked yet to see if it's already been mentioned there) as I have not been involved in the development of that template. Slambo (Speak) 11:42, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

I will put a note at Template talk:Convert as you suggested. Also,I have taken note of your to do list, so sooner or later things will get done. Thanks. I will use this section as my reference page as I go back into the articles to add the new RailGauge templates when you make them available, the existing 1945 will appear correctly in all articles once you shall have corrected it. I will be watching this section every other day or so. Peter Horn 23:03, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

PS 1219 gauge & 48 gauge already exists. Peter Horn 23:08, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Eureka! Add |sigfig= e.g. 500 feet (152 m) Peter Horn 23:27, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Or 500 feet (152 m) 500 ft (152 m). Peter Horn User talk 02:58, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm having a harder time than I thought at allocating time to update this template. The homework assignments from school as well as household emergencies (we had a pipe burst two weeks ago and we're still cleaning up from it) and the Featured Article Review (see below) have all taken more time than I had anticipated. Take a look at my test area for this template to see what I have been able to get done. Feel free to play with the template there and fix any mistakes that I have made. Once we have a good copy there, we can copy/paste the final edits to the live template. Slambo (Speak) 16:58, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

I "guess" some are still pending. Peter Horn 19:23, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

One more, 765 mm (2 ft 6+1⁄8 in) instead of 765 mm (2 ft 6.1 in) Peter Horn 02:46, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

The above "gem" I had found in Transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo#Railways and Rail transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. However, Matadi-Kinshasa Railway#Specifications gives 762 so I posted a note at Talk:Matadi-Kinshasa Railway#Clarification needed. Peter Horn User talk 17:34, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Slambo, Please see my additions at the end of Template talk:RailGauge#Please add & insert some more and I'll be posting some additional ones there later. Peter Horn User talk 02:48, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Please see

Slambo, please see for more rail gauges:

• Template talk:RailGauge#More oddball rail gauges
• Template talk:RailGauge#Yet more oddball rail gauges

I have asked User:Keith D to help out as well. Peter Horn User talk 21:51, 24 November 2009 (UTC)