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Buffalo and Black Rock Railroad

I've raised an arcane sourcing question at Talk:Buffalo and Niagara Falls Railroad#Buffalo and Black Rock Railroad having to do with railroads in the Buffalo, New York, area in the 1830s-1840s. Eyes appreciated. Mackensen (talk) 23:21, 13 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Acceptability of model train manufacturers as sources about locomotives

I was recently looking for sources for some unsourced claims about the P32AC-DM locomotive on its article section. I ended up citing two pages from Rapido Trains (a model railroad manufacturer that makes a P32AC-DM model) - a general information page about the P32 [1], and an ordering page for their locomotive model that has two paragraphs describing the locomotive [2].

Are these generally acceptable as reliable sources? WP:VENDOR only seems to suggest commercial sources should be replaced with non-commercial sources when possible (without explicitly banning them as sources); the example given there (concerning books and music to verify page counts and running times) doesn't exactly fit in this scenario. WP:SPONSORED also doesn't fit cleanly here either (on one hand, Rapido makes money selling models of this locomotive, but on the other hand they have no incentive to misrepresent facts about the locomotive, and there doesn't seem to be a conflict-of-interest in this situation). I would also figure Rapido Trains presumably gained a substantial amount of knowledge about a locomotive from the process of researching and designing their model locomotive.

Any thoughts here? 4300streetcar (talk) 05:02, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not keen. Although I know little of Rapido's product range, and even less about their product information, I am wary of all model railway manufacturer's catalogues. This stems from the 1980s when I spotted several glaring errors in the Lima catalogues of that period; these (together with some other issues) determined me never to buy Lima rolling stock. Hornby Railways catalogues show that they have done some research, but editorial inaccuracies occasionally creep in - inevitable when the amount of page space is limited. One example that I recall was that for several years (in the 1980s and possibly 1990s), the Hornby catalogues showed the LNER Class J83 as having been designed by "N. B. Holmes" - they had taken two separate pieces of information, the North British Railway (or N.B.R.) and Matthew Holmes, and crunched them together. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 21:52, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Trainlines in Myanmar

I've recently been going through the backlog at Category:Myanmar articles missing geocoordinate data. Aside from a few places I've not been able to conclusively locate, most of the remaining articles (~15 of them) are about trainlines in Myanmar. I'd thought I'd leave them to someone who could cover the topic better than I can.

Just letting you guys know in case someone is looking for something to work on. Giuliotf (talk) 15:43, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Go to WikiData and see if you can find any of the rail lines and link them if not already. PhilDaBirdMan (Talk |WikiProject Socialism | Current Incubator Initiative) 22:03, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Kawasaki Heavy Industries C151#Requested move 3 October 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Kawasaki Heavy Industries C151#Requested move 3 October 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. XtraJovial (talk • contribs) 01:15, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Quirino Avenue station#Requested move 1 October 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Quirino Avenue station#Requested move 1 October 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. HueMan1 (talk) 04:18, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed change to Template:Infobox rail line

Should Template:Infobox rail line be changed from label31 = Commenced to label31 = Work begun? This would be less ambiguous, as its not clear to readers what exactly "Commenced" means. It could be interpreted to mean when the line opened. This change would put this infobox in line with Template:Infobox tunnel, which uses "Work begun". Steelkamp (talk) 05:57, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Seems clearer to me. I support such a change. oknazevad (talk) 06:21, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Before making such a change, check how it is used in practice - if it's being used to mean "service opened" then the change will introduce inaccuracies. Thryduulf (talk) 07:44, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Intercity in Italy

Hello

Can anyone help me identify which class of Italian train this is, other than being an InterCity? Difficultly north (talk) Time, department skies 19:26, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Difficultly north (talk) Time, department skies 19:26, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Given that the placard on front says E 403 (a bit small, maybe you missed it), I'm inclined to believe it is a locomotive of the class FS Class E.403. The file you've linked seems to be in the respective commons category as well. Hope this is what you were searching for :) YuniToumei (talk) 19:55, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Sunshine railway station, Melbourne#Requested move 25 September 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Sunshine railway station, Melbourne#Requested move 25 September 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 12:07, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed Merger of Infobox London station with Infobox station

I just stumbled across this with no notifications to WikiProjects. Please see Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2025_October_27#Template:Infobox London station. Difficultly north (talk) Time, department skies 21:28, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]