Talk:Guelph Junction Railway

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I'd like to take a photo, but I can't actually figure out which train tracks in Guelph are part of this railway -- could someone please post either local directions, or a link to an online map? --Padraic 15:28, 22 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There's a map at http://guelph.ca/business/economic-development-office/guelph-junction-railway/ ....PK T(alk) 17:22, 24 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No, that's definitely not right

The Waterloo Junction Railway is owned by the City of Waterloo since 2000. Maury Markowitz (talk) 15:43, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Is it? My understanding is it was owned by the Region. Julius177 (talk) 17:01, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Julius177: The second example in this article's lede is owned by Greater Winnipeg, aka Winnipeg Metro Region, which is administratively the same level as the Region of Waterloo. So what precisely is the line in the sand being used here? Maury Markowitz (talk) 17:35, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The City of Waterloo and Region of Waterloo are separate bodies at different tiers as opposed to single tier cities like Hamilton or Guelph. It would be misleading in my opinion to conflate the two, and umbrella terms such as "local government" should be used instead for clarity, or it should be explained in the article body. Julius177 (talk) 05:20, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Julius177: The City of Winnipeg and the Winnipeg Metro Region are separate bodies at different tiers as opposed to single tier cities like Hamilton or Guelph. Yet a railway owned by the Winnipeg Metro Region is being used as an example of a city-owned railway in the lede. Maury Markowitz (talk) 23:49, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I see what you mean. In that case I think I do see an inconsistency and think the comparison to Winnipeg should be dropped or overhauled. The lede is pretty bare so I would be in favour of a longer explanation or some other restructuring that either adds more examples or removes the comparison altogether. I think a more appropriate comparison would be to the OBRY or the BCRY as my understanding is that they are owned by lower-tier municipalities and feel like more accurate and relevant comparisons since they are nearby in Ontario. This information isn't conveyed well in any of these articles, though arguably it is its own subject anyway and perhaps categories or a list article might be useful here to clarify and make relevant examples more available. Julius177 (talk) 00:30, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]