Talk:Tooele Valley Railway

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Harry McClintock Claim

The language of the link to Harry McClintock working on the Tooele Valley Railway seems strange and out of focus (primarily the Tooele Valley of course operated in Tooele, Utah and not Salt Lake City as stated in the language). I have placed a citation needed claim to the segment until I can find more reliable sources to challenge or improve the claim. Xboxtravis7992 (talk) 20:10, 15 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A couple of months back someone added the claim to virtually every railroad McClintock was known, or believed, to have worked with. I'd say just delete it. It is sourced on other railroad articles. Dave (talk) 22:59, 15 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Looking into this a bit more. The only reliable source I could find with a "10 minutes of Googling" challenge is this article which confirmed he worked for the Southern Pacific, among other railroads. I also found this which says "according to legend" he worked on the railroad line that went through Richfield in central Utah (this would be the Marysvale branch line of the old Denver and Rio Grande Western. I could not find any source about the Tooele Valley Rail. So unless you can find something, I'd say I tried but couldn't, so delete.Dave (talk) 00:43, 16 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I did some additional research and bought a copy of the Railroad Magazine October 1957 magazine that is referenced in Harry McClintock's Wikipedia page as a source which I had hoped to contain a reference of his boomer days and maybe the Tooele Valley Railway. Nada, nothing, zilch. Its a beautiful obituary and a neat article about McClintock, but there is no list there showing his railroad working history and no mention of Tooele at all. Deleted the segment in question in the main article due to clear lack off sourcing.

Until a more reliable source can be found this might as well all just be foamer tall tales and hearsay. Xboxtravis7992 (talk) 21:08, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I did partially restore the the mention of his employment at the Southern Pacific Railroad. That's the one I could find a source for.Dave (talk) 04:11, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]