Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains
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First, an important note for everyone to remember:
A few Wikipedians have gotten together to make some suggestions about how we might organize data in articles about trains and railways/railroads. These are only suggestions, things to give you focus and to get you going, and you shouldn't feel obligated in the least to follow them. But if you don't know what to write or where to begin, following the below guidelines may be helpful. Mainly, we just want you to write articles!
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Title
WikiProject Trains
Scope
This WikiProject aims primarily to improve the coverage of trains and all things railway/railroad in Wikipedia. In support of this goal, this WikiProject will define standards for articles and track our progress in such coverage. It will also be a central place for those interested in such topics to discuss common themes.
Articles within this project that need to be updated or created are listed on the project todo page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/Todo
Template:Portalpar Highlights of this project's output are listed on Portal:Trains
Parentage
The parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject Transport.
Descendant Wikiprojects
Similar Wikiprojects
Similar WikiProjects are:
Participants
- Benjamin smith (I can mainly contribute about French railroads and I can translate articles from French-speaking Wikipedia)
- Duncharris
- siliconwafer
- Slambo (lead editor for Portal:Trains and most of the pages in Category:Timeline of rail transport and its subcategories; particular emphasis on US railroads and history, especially Wisconsin railroading and the earliest American railroads)
- SPUI (emphasis on Florida, New Jersey, and New England, and infrastructure as opposed to equipment)
- Rickyrab
- Rmeier
- Vaoverland (particlar emphasis on history of US eastern railroads, infrastucture, and people as opposed to equipment)
- CComMack (particular emphasis on currently operating US passenger railroads)
- Mackensen (talk) (particular emphasis on railroading in Michigan)
- ckape
- JYolkowski
- User:atsfrr3000 Emphasis on steam locomotives.
- Fawcett5 Emphasis on Canadian railroads, especially passenger trains and biographies of rail pioneers of western Canada.
- Jawr256 Mostly railways in the UK
- Spot87 Just about anything, specifically North American Locomotives and Railroads
- Rhallanger U.S. Passenger Trains, Amtrak, U.S. Railroad Profiles & History, Railroad Construction.
- Janke Emphasis: Modelling, especially live steam and backyard railroad stuff.
- samluke777 (Working on UK rail companies)
- User:Rob110178 East Coast Railroading. Transit Systems in particular.
- MrHudson Emphasis on western United States
- Thryduulf Mainly UK railways, including trams and light rail systems - especially photographs of trains/trams and stations.
- Gwernol (British narrow gauge railways, live steam model railways and narrow gauge railways in general)
- Lordkinbote
- Axver (Strong emphasis on New Zealand's locomotives and network history; seeking to complete articles for each individual line)
- [[User:Lholden|LHolden - strong emphasis on New Zealand's rail network, also Tasmania and Queensland.
- ColinFine Not the slightest interest in anything that moves, but very interested in how, when and where railways were built (and abolished) in the bits of the UK I know - mostly, West Yorkshire.
- CCMichalZ Mostly contributes into Polish rail transport, with special care for the Tricity region.
- Foxhound (particular emphasis on U.S. Eastern railroads)
- Lynbarn UK narrow gauge, esp. the Lynton & Barnstaple)
- Gws57 - History of Illinois and Chicagoland defunct railroad companies.
- LrdChaos (primarily modern-era passenger/commuter operations and modern electric locomotives)
- Railsmart
- R wmorley -Mainly English railways, Especially the Great Western, particular interest: Steam Locomotives
- Tubezone Chicago & Mexican railways
- Jerryg Pacific Northwest locomotives, in particular the three steam locomotives currently residing in the Brooklyn Roundhouse in Portland, Oregon
- Cluth New brakeman trainee with Alaska Railroad. Will try to contribute terminology, general operating practices (e.g. signal aspects, DTC, PTC), and equipment operation (e.g. air brakes, hand brake types, air hoses--hey, I'm a brakeman), also some info on equipment and what is used in Alaska.
- UbiquitousGeep Trains and railroads have been my lifelong interest. Subsequently, I have a broad knowledge of the subject, and add material as time permits.
Structure
Hierarchy definition
Top level
The top level page for this is rail transport.
Secondary level
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| Operations |
| Stations |
| Trains |
| Locomotives |
| Rolling stock |
| History |
| Terminology |
| Terminology |
| By country |
| Disasters |
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Secondary levels are given in the box (discussion please)-->
the rest is to be discussed...
General strategy and discussion forum
- /General
- /Strategy
- /Todo - articles to write and expand, links to repair.
- /Article templates - templates that can be used on rail transport articles.
Pages needing attention
Template:Wikipedia:Pages needing attention/Railroads
Featured articles
(in alphabetical order)
- BC Rail - front page feature October 4 2005
- Căile Ferate Române - front page feature July 22 2005
- Canadian Pacific Railway - front page feature April 23 2005
- Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railroad
- Franklin B. Gowen (president of the Reading Railroad)
- Indian Railways - front page feature October 16 2005
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel - front page feature March 23 2006
- John Bull (locomotive)
- London Underground - front page feature June 21 2004
- Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) - front page feature February 11 2006
- MTR - front page feature June 11 2005
- Pioneer Zephyr - front page feature March 23 2005
- Rail transport in India
- Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works
- TGV - front page feature January 15 2006
- Wigwag - front page feature July 5 2004
- William N. Page (co founder of the Virginian Railway)
Featured article candidates
Current candidates
These pages (in alphabetical order) are currently candidates for Featured Article status. Please review them and help them reach Featured status
- There are no current candidates for featured article status.
Past candidates
These articles were nominated for Featured Article status, but all the objections given were not resolved before the articles were removed from the current candidates page. These articles have the potential of becoming featured articles; please review the objections and improve them so they can be promoted to featured status.
- Bay Area Rapid Transit (nomination)
- Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad (nomination)
- Fox River Grove level crossing accident (nomination)
- Jordanhill railway station (nomination)
- Maglev train (nomination)
- New York City Subway nomenclature (nomination)
- Passenger car (see Talk:Passenger car)
- Tram (nomination)
- Virginian Railway (nomination)
- Washington Metro (nomination)
Peer review
The following articles (listed in alphabetical order) are undergoing peer review. The peer review process can be used to improve an article that would become a featured article candidate.
Good articles
The following articles have been identified as Good articles. They could easily become featured with a little more work, but as they stand now, they are factually accurate, contain correctly tagged images, and are referenced. Follow the guidelines and procedures at WP:GA for inclusion in this list. Template:Wikipedia:Good articles/Trains