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Your submission at Articles for creation: Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 4963 has been accepted

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 begocc ^questions? 15:10, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I can archive my talk page. Thank you for the advice. Someone who likes train writing (talk) 15:47, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Could you look at my new archive and see if I did it correctly? Someone who likes train writing (talk) 16:24, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Theres actually a better (and automatic) version of this, using a bot. i have it on my talk page.
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Hi. I'm a big fan

I've made a draft that I am working on right now and I was thinking can you help work on it (Only if you have found any sources for it)

Once you have got everything on that article ready, I will submit the draft myself.

Draft in question: Iowa Interstate 6988 LB&SCR E2 (talk) 08:26, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I can’t take care of that draft at the moment, since I have to work today, and there are other pages I still have to take care of. However, I can list a few references for you to look into buying and using for No. 6988.

[1] - A book about all things Chinese QJ’s.

[2] [3] - Some magazines with articles about Nos. 6988 and 7081’s arrival in the states.

[4] - A magazine with an article about Train Festival 2011, in which 6988 participated in. Someone who likes train writing (talk) 15:40, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'll give you some time to do it once you've got back from work, so I won't be hassling you or anything like that, I'll let you take your time. LB&SCR E2 (talk) 21:04, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've recently made another draft which is Southern Pacific 2252. Is there any sources that you can provide me. If there's any books or newspapers or even magazines about the locomotive that you've found can you provide me the page numbers and I'll add them. Because the last thing I want this article is for it to meet GNG. LB&SCR E2 (talk) 10:56, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I can’t find any sources in Trains.com or Newspapers.com about No. 2522 whatsoever. It’s probably so obscure that I can’t imagine any major sources that cover it. You can probably buy one of these books here [5] [6] [7], but I can’t think of anything else related to No. 2522’s class. Someone who likes train writing (talk) 19:21, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Chicago and North Western 1385

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A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Congratulations on your first good article! Well done. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 20:36, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Great Western 90

Just to give you a heads up, there were these two users that were vandalizing the Great Western 90 article with joke information etc. The article is back to its original self, but the users haven’t been warned for their vandalism edits. I know your not an admin, I just wanted to give you heads up about these two users. Because you always do a great job keeping an eye on these articles. 31.210.50.129 (talk) 21:30, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I already looked at No. 90’s edit history, but thank you for letting me know. If you want to let an admin know about this situation, I’d recommend talking to Trainsandotherthings or PRRfan. Someone who likes train writing (talk) 21:58, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Your submission at Articles for creation: New York, Susquehanna and Western 142 has been accepted

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Preserved locomotive you might be interested in writing about

Hello,

I realized today that we don't have an article yet on Everett Railroad 11 [8]. It's a 2-6-0 that was originally built in 1920 by Alco intended for shipment to Cuba, but ended up with the Narragansett Pier Railroad in 1923. It later went to the Bath and Hammondsport Railroad, was retired in 1949 and went to a planned rail museum in New York, returned to the Narragansett Pier Railroad again in 1977 and was partially restored, went to the Middletown and New Jersey Railroad and was stored indoors, was bought by the Everett Railroad in 2006, went to Western Maryland Scenic Railroad's shops for a full restoration, and in 2015 finally started pulling trains for the Everett Railroad. It was converted to an oil burner in 2022. I figured you were the ideal editor to write an article on the locomotive. There's a few sources already in the Narragansett Pier Railroad which could help you get started. I'd be happy to collaborate on the article with you if you'd like. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 20:55, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Trainsandotherthings: Oh, I absolutely can! I’ll have to look through Newspapers.com and Trains magazine’s archives for a hunt for additional sources, but I figure I can pull off a page for No. 11. I’ve always planned on making a page for that locomotive, albeit as a low priority.

Right now, though, I’m still trying to flesh out the history section of the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway page. Research on that company has been such a rabbit hole, but I have gotten a lot of the history section completed by this point. All what’s left now is the Delaware Otsego section. If you want to, you can look at what I’ve done with that page so far. Someone who likes train writing (talk) 21:03, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Sorry for that, it’s been a force of habit of mine to not include any summaries for most of my edits. I’ll be sure to remember to include summaries for all of my future edits. All I just did for the T&P 610 page was to add a bunch of much-needed Newspapers.com links, in anticipation of the page’s showing on the DYK section of the main page. Someone who likes train writing (talk) 17:49, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Even if you just say something as basic as "ref" or "added citations" that's really all that's needed. It makes a world of difference for other editors trying to follow changes to articles. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 22:34, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK for Texas and Pacific 610

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Draft:Everett Railroad 11

Any objection if I move this to mainspace? I think it's ready but if you are planning to do more work on it I can hold off. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 22:00, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Trainsandotherthings No objections from me. I do plan on doing more work on it, but I can easily do that after it goes to main space. Someone who likes train writing (talk) 00:39, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Everett Railroad 11 has been accepted

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GTW 5632

Do you have anymore sources for the GTW 5632 article? Let alone more information about 5632? 121.45.255.75 (talk) 02:55, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No I do not. I think I exhausted any and all sources I could find in Jerry Pinkepank’s GTW book and on Newspapers.com. But to be honest, I don’t think this 5632 page should have been redirected in the first place, since just about all of the information has sources to back it up, and there are some locomotive pages that are just as short as this one, if not shorter. For reference, see Illinois Central 790, New York, Susquehanna and Western 206, Everett Railroad 11, and another static locomotive based in Michigan, Pere Marquette 1223. I worked on the former three, and so far, there have been no redirect attempts. Someone who likes train writing (talk) 04:49, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Everett Railroad 11

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A little help!

I might need some help with this article: Norfolk and Western classes Y6, Y6a and Y6b, because I am trying to find information about the Y6 locomotives, but most sources show as "Y6a" or "Y6b".

Can you please help me with this article? Insomniac187 (talk) 03:11, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Insomniac187 Well for starters, the Y6 and Y6a classes were almost exactly the same as each other, as they had the same exact shapes, the same specifications, and the same exact tonnage ratings. The only difference between the two was that the Y6as had altered materials for the World War II effort, so really most of the info you applied to the Y6a section should also be applied to the Y6 section. You could also even merge the Y6 and Y6a infoboxes together.

And if you’re going to keep the 2156 and 2174 pages intact, you need to rework the grammar in the Y class page to differentiate it from the other two pages. Not change the info necessarily, change the grammar. Or you could shorten the info on the 2156 and 2174 pages and give each of them a Main Article slot. Don’t be afraid to use the N&W J and 611 pages and the N&W Y3 and 2050 pages as templates for this case.

Also, if you’re on the hunt for additional information, I would recommend buying a copy of the Norfolk & Western's Y-Class Articulated Steam Locomotives book, as it was my primary source for rewriting all of the N&W mallet pages earlier this year. It’s $42 on Amazon and AbeBooks. Unless you’d rather me take photos of the pages of my own copy and email them to you.

But if this isn’t enough for your liking, there’s also the books N&W - Giant of Steam, Norfolk & Western Steam in Color, and Norfolk & Western: Steam's Last Stand. Someone who likes train writing (talk) 16:54, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

C&O 614

Just so you know, a user has added false info in the C&O 614 article of its restoration date, is there any chance you can delete them. Because I already submitted an edit request of it on the talk page, but it hasn’t been fixed yet. Thanks! 2.56.173.95 (talk) 02:35, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Someone who likes train writing (talk) 04:21, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]