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List of EuroCity services

I've created this article, based on the list that was on the EuroCity pages, to try and make it more informative and current. It's a work in progress, so it's still incomplete and a bit messy - any contributions to completing the page would be welcome. I noticed that a number of people are creating new articles for specific TEE/EC services, so this ties neatly into that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ArtVandelay13 (talk • contribs) 16:58, 6 March 2013

AfD

The GEC Alstom Push-pull article has been nominated for deletion. Mjroots (talk)

Wikipedia:Today's featured article/May 18, 2016

FAC has been averaging fewer than 7 promotions per week for a while now, so the Today's Featured Article selections have to go further and further back. Brian has scheduled this one for May 18 ... but I see that the lead ends with "as of 2011 is operational", so this one hasn't been updated in a while. Could someone have a look please? - Dank (push to talk) 01:17, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

I've copied this to WT:UKRAIL. -mattbuck (Talk) 06:17, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

My thinking was that these were historic locomotives and that there would be little recent history to update. Let me know if this is a problem. We do need an article of this type at TFA, though. Brianboulton (talk) 08:53, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

Sure ... not complaining, eventually we may have to run a lot of older FAs. But I can't use "as of 2011"; all I can do is either mention the fact without a date, or not mention it. - Dank (push to talk) 13:00, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

Updated to 2014 (also the current situation). Mjroots (talk) 20:32, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks MJ! - Dank (push to talk) 21:20, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

New FL nomination - List of Miami-Dade Transit metro stations

I recently nominated List of Miami-Dade Transit metro stations for the second time, after it was nominated and then archived last year with no consensus. Please help this WikiProject grow by adding your input to the FLC link here: Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Miami-Dade Transit metro stations/archive2. –Dream out loud (talk) 08:17, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

Need help with new page

I started a new page, please see Draft_talk:Constitution-Talca_Ramal

The last remaining narrow gauge ramal train in Chile. Inserted in the depths of Chile, the Ramal Talca-Constitución 88 km journey borders the north bank of the Maule River for about three hours, covering the communes of Talca, Maule, Pencahue and Constitución.

It has been over one hundred years and the landscape around the Ramal Talca - Constitución hasn´t undergone much change over time. This idyllic train is perfect to reminisce past times and rural traditions, it represents a living heritage of an area and is of unique historical and cultural value.

I need help to read throught the sources and get an article together.

If anyone has time to read through the following and help contribute to the draft I would really appreciate it.

Station Map

does anyone know how to make the station map? I made a start Draft:Constitution-Talca_Ramal#attempt_to_copy_station_guide — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.44.139.201 (talk) 00:05, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

I removed your two lists of references, as they were identical to those given at Draft talk:Constitution-Talca Ramal. Discussion should also take place there. --Redrose64 (talk) 06:32, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

Ok thank you. I submitted a draft. Any help perfecting the article would be appreciated. It is my first full article, so I expect errors. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.44.139.201 (talk) 05:11, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

LTSR change of voltage

As a child I lived in Tern Gardens, Cranham. As such my bedroom was 60 feet from the railway. I was sad that the steam trains were going but excited at the night-time activity of the wiring trains preparing for the new electric trains.

When the electric service started we had problems with television and radio reception. as a train left Upminster interference would grow to destroy reception for the passage of the train. We complained and were visited by two gentlemen from the Post Office. They brought in a wonderful cabinet that opened in our living room to display dials and lights. They put on headphones, the first time that I had seen such things. They stayed for an hour monitoring the problem then left. My mother asked if they were doing this in every house in our square. They replied that although they had, had many complaints only two residents had come forward, ourselves and a man who had interference in his hearing aid. They said that the problem seemed to come from the switch over mechanism at Front Lane Bridge, Cranham, where voltage changed from low to high. Shortly afterwards a television detector van toured the area and nabbed all the people who had complained, but had not paid their TV licences!!!

The point of this tale is that the LTSR articles states that the change over from 6.25v to 25k volts was at Barking, perhaps not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.23.29.38 (talk) 09:37, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

There were several voltage changeover points on the former LT&SR system. But the matter of voltage changeover positions really belongs at the talk page of the relevant article; please respect WP:NOTFORUM. --Redrose64 (talk) 10:39, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

Category:Blue Ribbon Award (railway) winners has been nominated for discussion

Category:Blue Ribbon Award (railway) winners, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect (talk) 01:46, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

3801

There is a discussion at Talk:3801 on the merits of whether Australian locomotive 3801 should be included on the Hunter Region places and items of interest navbox. Two editors have articulated the cases for and against. Anybody care to offer an opinion? Rad1x11 (talk) 12:13, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

That's not what the discussion is about. 3801 is included in the historical section of the navbox because of the locomotive's historical association with the Hunter Region (3801's infobox image even shows the locomotive pulling the Newcastle Flyer, which was the main passenger transport between Newcastle and Sydney for 59 years). The problem here is that Rad1x11 is refusing to allow the inclusion of the navbox in the article. --AussieLegend (✉) 13:24, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

I tend to agree with AL. The discussion at Talk:3801 is properly about whether {{Hunter Region places and items of interest}} should be placed on 3801. Were there to be a discussion as to whether 3801 should appear in {{Hunter Region places and items of interest}}, that would properly be at Template talk:Hunter Region places and items of interest. --Tagishsimon (talk) 13:35, 12 June 2016 (UTC)