Talk:History of rail transport
From Academic Kids
1990s Amtrak introduces the Acela Express on the Northeast Corridor.
Why is this significant? (Not being critical, just don't understand.) Andy G 18:21 27 Jun 2003 (UTC) (UK)
(later) OK, found Acela article. Presumably it's the premier rail service in the Americas. Created Acela Express redirect. Andy G 18:30 27 Jun 2003 (UTC)
- Which someone has now flipped around: main article = Acela Express, redirect = Acela. Sigh....
- Atlant 16:13, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
- Acela Express seems to be the official name, even after the Acela Regional was renamed. --SPUI (talk) 21:55, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
From the article
1853 Indianapolis' Union Station, the first in the world, opened by the Terre Haute & Richmond, Madison & Indianapolis, and Bellefontaine railroads.
I'm somewhat confused by this sentence, is it saying that the world's first rail station was opened in Indianapolis in 1853. If so then Its blatantly incorect.
If its not saying that then what does it mean? G-Man 22:47 27 Jul 2003 (UTC)
I had meant the first UNION Station, i.e. where a single large station serves a city, rather than several smaller stations each operated by, and serving the ines of, a different railroad. chuljin
Why has the timeline been moved it was perfectly OK here G-Man 00:31, 22 Dec 2003 (UTC)
- In longish articles, long timelines are typically moved to their own page so that they can be easily accessed from other pages. There is a List of themed timelines which indexes all of the timelines in wikipedia. That way there is only one timeline to maintain per subject, rather than parallel endeavors dml 14:24, 22 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Redirect
Does anyone else think this should be a redirect to Timeline of railway history seem as its rather silly having two articles about the same subject. This article is a mess anyway -its a cut and paste job from several earlier articles. If no-one disagrees I'll do that. G-Man 23:26, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- I think this article should be improved, not redirected. dml 02:15, 18 Apr 2004 (UTC)
A history article and a timeline are not the same thing. I've undid the redirect, as history article seems to have content not yet duplicated elsewhere. Article should either be left and improved or have all relevent content included elsewhere. -- Infrogmation 20:55, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)
I think the article needs more labor history in the US and worldwide. In particular, I changed the Diesel entry to reflect that part of the motivation for introducing Diesel power was the complex and specialized skills needed for steam power and the resultant power of labor unions in the US and elsewhere. I think this maintains NPOV while opening a new dimension. Let me know what you think.
Edward G. Nilges (spinoza1111@yahoo.com)
