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Talk:Ontario Northland Railway

message: The map shows leased lines leading to the shore of Lake Ontario. What line is this? It is the former Central Ontario? Maury Markowitz (talk) 17:59, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Southern terminus? 

message: In the early 70s I had to produce a study on profitability of AR. As we know: 1971 was doomsday of all railrods in northern America. Algonquin still reported a (small) profit. Owned tackage small: North Bay to somewhere Lake Ontario. But it operated the Ontario Northland since existance probabely and had vast trackage rights on CN and CP. There was a daily passenger train operated by AR Toronto-Cochrane, extended thee times a week to Moosonee, year round. A daily passenger connection to Timmins was abadoned 1971.
Income on passenger trains generated around 87 Cents per Dollar. Freight around 1.06 per Dollar. The latter rate was not even topped at that time by UP, ATSF or SP. In 1973 a brilliant performance. I was not astished that Algonquin (and not Ontario Northland) purchased the RAm/TEE in 1977 for use as "Northlander". Why did these trains fail ?
The RAm/TEE were designed for european mainlines. They operated Zürich to Amsterdam and Bruxelles dayly, until all these lines were fully electrified (1975). The problem were the locomotives. The intake of air was for Canada to low down, as due to lesser traffic deep snow drifts are common. This leads to icing up of air intakes, the end of a diesel.
Unfortunately I have not followed up the fate of AR. I understand that the track of AR is now owned by CN and the ONTC has taken over the trackage rights of the passed away Algonquin.
To the question above: the red line is the old trackage of Algonquin, the first 30 miles from Toronto do not follow old trackage right for passenger trains nowadays, but freight still follows the old Algonquin.
I am astonished that I did not easily find information to the now extinct Algonquin Railroad. And please mind that AR was standard gauge, only shortlived branches were narrow gauge, this was standard even with PRR for "trial" branches.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.245.78.135 (talk) 03:07, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Algonquin Railway / Ontario Northland Railway 

message: In 1907 the company changed name to Nipissing Central Railway and got authorized to build to Moosonee. The last 200 miles were built 1931/33 only as a consequence of work programs.
Passenger trains ran from Totronto to Cochrane since 1916 and subsequently to various mining towns. Since 1933 there were trains Toronto-Cochrane-Moosonee.
1975 the passenger equipment was to be replaced. This led to the purchse 1977 of three Dutch/Swiss luxurious TEE diesel trains. They did not withstand the harsh conditions in winter, but became a brand symbol for the Nothlander.
Please extend this list with your knowledge.
Thank you Ruedi Walt (talk) 02:40, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestions
Talk:Hicksville station

message: This can be interpreted in various ways. In terms of number of trains stopping daily for passengers, Mineola exceeds Hicksville. If it is by number of people boarding & disembarking, that needs to be clear (since nearly all who ride on train at Hicksville also RIDE thru Mineola - even omitting trains not stopping at Mineola) - AND a reference is needed --JimWae (talk) 18:41, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Busiest station? 
Talk:John Mooney (historian)

message: I request Mais oui! to desist from continually changing “Orcadian” to “Scottish”.
“Orcadian” is a perfectly legitimate term widely used to describe all those people I have contributed articles about – as Mais oui! would discover if he took the trouble to read some books on Orkney.  For example:
: The Orkney Book  edited by Donald Omand
: The New Orkney Book by Shearer, Groundwater and John D. Mackay (this is school textbook from the 1960s)
: An Orkney Anthology, edited by J.D. Robertson
As an instance, the introduction to the last of these books begins with words: “Ernest Walker Marwick was a distinguished Orcadian ..”  My article on Ernest Marwick is one of those where Mais oui! has been determined to constantly change “Orcadian” to “Scottish”.
Furthermore, the term “Orcadian” gives extra information that is lost if it is replaced by “Scottish”, analogously to the information that would be lost by replacing “Scottish” by “British”,  or “British” by “European”.  Therefore, Mais oui!’s changes are diminishing the quality of the information in Wikipedia. 
As noted on the “Orkney people stubs” discussion:  
:“Comment- Mais_oui! has a history of going through articles changing "British" to "Scottish"- so it isn't very surprising he is opposing the changes you made. Astrotrain 19:41, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Orcadian
Talk:Laurelton station

message: The MTA website lists the Q77 as a connection to the station. According to Google Maps, it is a five minute walk. Should we add the Q77, or not? Thanks.
: Generally, my advice is to include a bus route transfer if it's within 5 minutes/1,250 feet of the station. At a 3 mph average walking distance, 1,250 ft is an acceptable walking distance. By the way the Q85 also stops at Springfield Blvd where the Q77 stops. epicgenius (talk) 15:50, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks. The Q85 was already included in the article and has a closer stop.--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 16:52, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bus connections
Talk:Julyan Sinclair

message: I request Mais oui! to desist from continually changing “Orcadian” to “Scottish”.
“Orcadian” is a perfectly legitimate term widely used to describe all those people I have contributed articles about – as Mais oui! would discover if he took the trouble to read some books on Orkney.  For example:
: The Orkney Book  edited by Donald Omand
: The New Orkney Book by Shearer, Groundwater and John D. Mackay (this is school textbook from the 1960s)
: An Orkney Anthology, edited by J.D. Robertson
As an instance, the introduction to the last of these books begins with words: “Ernest Walker Marwick was a distinguished Orcadian ..”  My article on Ernest Marwick is one of those where Mais oui! has been determined to constantly change “Orcadian” to “Scottish”.
Furthermore, the term “Orcadian” gives extra information that is lost if it is replaced by “Scottish”, analogously to the information that would be lost by replacing “Scottish” by “British”,  or “British” by “European”.  Therefore, Mais oui!’s changes are diminishing the quality of the information in Wikipedia. 
As noted on the “Orkney people stubs” discussion:  
:“Comment- Mais_oui! has a history of going through articles changing "British" to "Scottish"- so it isn't very surprising he is opposing the changes you made. Astrotrain 19:41, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Orcadian
Talk:Nostrand Avenue station (LIRR)

message: Communication 69.132.59.201 (talk) 02:45, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  28025 taunters topics
Talk:The Saint's Return

message: To the best of my research, the film's original release title was The Saint's Girl Friday. I'm not sure why the IMDb gives The Saint's Return as the original title. If anyone can provide a source that confirms Return as the original title, I have no objection to this article being renamed accordingly. 23skidoo 01:27, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, your research must be wrong. The film was originally released as The Saint's Return in London in October 1953. When it was released in the US six months later, it was given the title The Saint's Girl Friday. The US version was also shortened five minutes, according to www.saint.org. Regards Thomas Blomberg (talk) 12:40, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Article title
Talk:Mets–Willets Point station (LIRR)

message: According to the page for the Silver Meteor, the first run of that train on the Seaboard Air Line Railroad was chartered to begin from the 1939 New York State Fair LIRR station, a link which redirects to this page. I was considering referencing that event in this article, but the article cite used on the page for the Silver Meteor appears to no longer be active; does anyone have thoughts on what to do? Pokemonred200 (talk) 13:37, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inaugural Silver Meteor trip 

message: I have had to undo Richiekim's reversions twice that removed information about the station currently being open full time. He notes that the vaccination site is now closed, but the station remains open as per the current timetable, which is noteworthy of inclusion since it illustrates the current service pattern. Continued attempts to repeatedly remove notable and properly sourced content could lead to being blocked. Pacific Coast Highway (talk) 17:15, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Station's full-time status
Talk:Adrian Zmed

message: Sorry if I'm stepping on anyone's toes here, but I just did a major cleanup on this page.  Looked like it hadn't been updated in a while, and some of the information was directly plagiarized.  I fixed whatever I could, added a "facts" section, and provided some recent info.
LBoogey 19:21, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup

message: This article is one of thousands on Wikipedia that have a link to YouTube in it.  Based on the External links policy, most of these should probably be removed.  I'm putting this message here, on this talk page, to request the regular editors take a look at the link and make sure it doesn't violate policy.  In short: 1. 99% of the time YouTube should not be used as a source. 2. We must not link to material that violates someones copyright.  If you are not sure if the link on this article should be removed, feel free to ask me on my talk page and I'll review it personally.  Thanks. ---J.S (t|c) 07:26, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  YouTube links 

message: He also appeared in an episode of The Steve Harvey Show back in 1998 called "White Men Can Funk."
Also he was in the Starsky and Hutch story, season 4 episode 1 "Discomania" in 1978.212.84.126.147 (talk) 19:16, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Steve Harvey Show 

message: Sorry but TJ Hooker is NOT based on a real-life cop.  Do your research before you post please.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.252.103.8 (talk) 11:59, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  real life vs fiction 

message: I have discovered a major inconsistency in this article.  If Adrian Zmed was born in 1954, then the following sentences in the "Early Life" paragraph cannot be true: "At the age of five, George and his family returned to Romania where he was educated, and lived there until returning to the United States in November 1952.[3] George married Romanian-born Persida Golub on October 15, 1942...."  He could not have returned to the US two years before he was born, nor could he have married twelve years before he was born.  I'm just sayin'.   98.71.3.221 (talk) 22:51, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: That's the father George, but it's not very clear. 97.149.138.146 (talk) 05:09, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major inconsistency in this article
Talk:M1/M3 (railcar)

message: There is good information here, but I feel there are still some missing features:
* There are no references.  Statements like "arguably revolutionary" use weasel words that must be backed up with verifiable citations.
* There is virtually no mention of their design (including their seating capacity), development and manufacture, just that X number were built for Y railroad.
* The images only show the ends of the cars; an image showing an entire car would be helpful (and could make a good lead photo)
So, looking back at the assessment scale, I think this article is up to B class, but there is still work to do to get it up to GA class. Slambo (Speak) 10:59, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject Trains assessment 

message: To whomever wrote the passage, Prototypes for the M series had low level doors, but they were removed from the final design—none of the Metropolitan MUs had these doors.  These doors were installed specially for the turbine-powered trains, which were intended to run "dual-mode" between electrified territory and non-electrified.  Linking to a photograph and making an erroneous claim is not proper sourcing.
71.173.13.185 (talk) 09:20, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Removed. Hadn't noticed that, but it's clear that it's the turbine test cars in that image (the USDOT logo and exhaust vents are pretty obvious). Don't know who made that error, but it doesn't matter. oknazevad (talk) 05:37, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Grumman Turbine M1 not a prototype for the MUs

message: would be nice. Peter Horn User talk 22:51, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I just started hiding an unfinished one in the article. ---------User:DanTD (talk)  20:22, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox 
Talk:Far Rockaway Branch

message: Could the map of the branch be modified to show where the Cedarhust Cut-off used to run? Thanks.--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 18:51, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I can accept the idea of showing where it branched off and then branched back on. ---------User:DanTD (talk)  19:24, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. I have found some old LIRR annual reports on Hathitrust that I have started to use. I thought that you might find them of interest.--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:35, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  I added the cut-off to Template:Far Rockaway Branch, as well as made some other improvements. epicgenius (talk) 23:13, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks!--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 23:21, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cedarhurst Cut-off
Talk:Oyster Bay Branch

message: I see nothing in this article (nor in any articles for the stations in the branch) about electrification - not just when it was done, but not even that it IS electrified. --JimWae (talk) 20:27, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Isn't the train in that picture dual-powered, though? I thought most of the "diesel" trains the LIRR used were actually diesel-electric. -------User:DanTD (talk)  21:16, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Electrification
Talk:Port Jefferson Branch

message: Does anybody else have a copy of "Long Island Rail Road: Port Jefferson Branch," by David D. Morrison and David Keller? I have the Kindle copy, and no matter which format you buy it in, it has info that will just blow you away. Port Jeff Branch station articles will truly benefit from this book. ---------User:DanTD (talk)  00:38, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Morrison & Keller Book 

message: Why is this line in the Kings Park Hospital Spur section?:
"On a small note, electrification reached from Mineola to Hicksville & Huntington in 1970. For 15 years from Amott Interlocking east of Syosset Station to west of Huntington it was single-tracked. In 1985, the LIRR constructed a second electrified track in that area to avoid the single track bottle neck, this included Cold Spring Harbor adding a second platform."
It should be in the segment on electrification. ---------User:DanTD (talk)  18:56, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd argue it shouldn't be anywhere as it has no source. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 19:12, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I have seen sources for this elsewhere, and can put them in at some point. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 20:21, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Misplaced paragraph
Talk:North–South differences in the Korean language

message: The Korean words and symbols need either a transliteration or an IPA pronunciation of Korean words provided so that readers unfamiliar with Korean can gain some idea as to how much difference there is between the dialects. 69.42.7.212 (talk) 20:10, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Both OP and the second IP are blatantly wrong. Transliteration for Korean doesn't reflect the pronunciation at all, final consonants are notorious examples. What you need is transcription, not transliteration. Please learn about the differences between those two. --2001:16B8:316D:D000:584D:8CB7:B6B7:5CB6 (talk) 14:18, 17 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Transliteration needed

message: Could someone pls add the actual NAMES of the 2 countries to the Vocabulary section?  I believe the South calls the North "Pukhan", for example, whereas the North goes by the original "Choson".  Conversely, "Hankuk" is probably replaced by "Namcho" or the like in he North, isn't it?
And what about Burma/Myanmar, East/West Germany, North/South Vietnam, Taiwan, Cyprus, and even USSR/Russia?  Do both North and South Korea uses the exact same terms for all of these?
Also, the idea of English words spawning divergent spellings needs better examples.  Why drag in Russian or British English in an example where it doesn't really affect anything?
The Polish example is great.  Russian or British English examples should be similar.
66.3.106.4 (talk) 21:29, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vocabulary section 

message: I think the introduction to this article is quite poor. It does not give any easy-to-read overview of how different the languages are, and in what respects. I don't think that mutual intelligibility is even mentioned anywhere in the article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.44.215.248 (talk) 01:29, 8 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Poor intro 

message: Where is the source that 녀자 was artificially created in the North in the 1960s? The Chinese etymon has an N. So it is more logical that the consonant has been reintroduced rather than randomly added. --2001:16B8:316D:D000:584D:8CB7:B6B7:5CB6 (talk) 14:18, 17 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  녀자 

message: How do you spell s 2603:6000:A940:3E2E:6CA3:61FF:19D4:1AF (talk) 02:40, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name
Talk:William Towrie Cutt

message: I request Mais oui! to desist from continually changing “Orcadian” to “Scottish”.
“Orcadian” is a perfectly legitimate term widely used to describe all those people I have contributed articles about – as Mais oui! would discover if he took the trouble to read some books on Orkney.  For example:
: The Orkney Book  edited by Donald Omand
: The New Orkney Book by Shearer, Groundwater and John D. Mackay (this is school textbook from the 1960s)
: An Orkney Anthology, edited by J.D. Robertson
As an instance, the introduction to the last of these books begins with words: “Ernest Walker Marwick was a distinguished Orcadian ..”  My article on Ernest Marwick is one of those where Mais oui! has been determined to constantly change “Orcadian” to “Scottish”.
Furthermore, the term “Orcadian” gives extra information that is lost if it is replaced by “Scottish”, analogously to the information that would be lost by replacing “Scottish” by “British”,  or “British” by “European”.  Therefore, Mais oui!’s changes are diminishing the quality of the information in Wikipedia. 
As noted on the “Orkney people stubs” discussion:  
:“Comment- Mais_oui! has a history of going through articles changing "British" to "Scottish"- so it isn't very surprising he is opposing the changes you made. Astrotrain 19:41, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Orcadian
Talk:Bulgarian Wikipedia

message: I have recently removed some material (see history & edit comments) that appeared to be original research and speculation — content that was not verifiable at a reliable, pre-published source.  I hope this doesn't bother anyone too much, but encyclopedic standards need to be upheld, even when an article is about Wikipedia itself. --Ds13 19:32, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I wrote some of that "original research". I see you didn't remove everything I wrote. Before I read your updated version I was looking at some statistics again for the Bulgarian Wikipedia. I don't think the only heading in the Bulgarian Wikipedia page should be "Slow growth" or anything to that effect. I think it's really misleading. A lot of the statistics are much better than for a lot of the other wikipedias out there, even the ones ranked ahead of the Bulgarian Wikipedia. --Vanka5 06:04, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

text: I don't mind at all. In fact this revision was mine and I accept the accusations of speculation. I wtore this at that point, because I was really afraid that our version of the encyclopaedia was slowly dying out. Unfortunately the current state proves I was right in my fears. We have long ago lost momentum. Anyhow, my analysis from then is largely irrelevant today. --Cryout 00:49, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: NOR.

message: The homepage for the Bulgarian Wikipedia has not yet been converted to a mobile phone version, at http://bg.m.wikipedia.org 
WhisperToMe (talk) 18:49, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Mobile version
Talk:Lehua

message: So there's a Hawaiian tree called the ‘ōhi‘a lehua, often simply called "ohia" or "lehua" (the former usually referring to the tree, the latter to its blossom). And for my part, growing up in Hawaii I only ever heard "lehua" refer to the plant, and never to the island, which makes me think this page should be about the plant not the island. Or perhaps this article should be moved to Lehua Island, and this page made a disambig directing folks to either the island article or the tree article. Though actually as things stand right now, the ‘ōhi‘a lehua doesn't have its own article, so there's not really any need to move anything yet. But perhaps it should be done at some point? Any thoughts? -- Severinus 08:16, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The current page title is correct and appropriate. —Viriditas | Talk 09:24, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

text: I have to agree with Severinus; lehua is far more used to refer to the flower than it is to this virtually unknown uninhabited islet. Softlavender (talk) 00:09, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Island, tree, or disambig? 

message: In the article's introductory paragraph, there is a reference to "the active Niʻihau volcano." Growing up in Hawai'i, I was taught that the Big Island (Island of Hawai'i) was the only island with "active" volcanoes and the other islands' volcanoes were considered "dormant" or "extinct." As Ni'ihau is the oldest of the Hawaiian Islands, its volcano would be the least likely to still be "active." I am no geologist, so I won't stake my life on it, but I'd propose an edit to delete "active" as a qualifier for the Ni'ihau volcano. Of course, I am only going off a public school education, so I will defer to any experts out there who know better. 66.91.36.8 (talk) 11:03, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: - The “active” volcano is not in the citation provided and has been removed. Thanks for your comment. Good catch! Sorry it took so long to remove the misinformation. Jusdafax (talk) 01:14, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Active volcano?
Talk:Warworld

message: Can anyone make the connection on the page as to how a new (or the same) Warworld make its appearance into the Sinestro Corps War event? There is a missing gap of something like six years in publishing history between the last written event mentioned on the wiki page and the beginning of that publishing event.--74.235.10.188 (talk) 06:16, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Connection to the Sinestro Corps War
Talk:Roger Moorhouse

message: There are different titles of the same book: Microcosm - Portrait of a Central European City, Microcosm. Portrait of a Central European City., Microcosm: Portrait of a Central European City. If you consider the current title incorrect, do not hesitate to move the title of the Microcosm... page. JanSuchy 19:43, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Flag of Philadelphia

message: The Goddess Ceres is on the right side holding the Cornucopia.  Why is this information illegal?— Preceding unsigned comment added by Ceres1251  (talk • contribs) 10:09, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have no idea... 68.39.174.238 00:19, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: The blue in the image of the flag is much too dark.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Chatsphilly  (talk • contribs) 07:52, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Wrong blue