Talk:GWR autocoach

message: I was going to add :Image:GWR autocoach on Severn Valley Railway.jpg to this article, as an example of a different design of autocoach. However, the more research I've done, the more I am starting to doubt that that is an autocoach in the first place. Elsewhere such coaches are described as Inspection Saloons, and there are several of them on UK preserved railways. But was this example built as an Inspection Saloon, or converted from an autocoach? (Certainly, if it had any, the driving controls are now gone.) Were any autocoaches converted for use as inspection saloons? (One web ref, which I didn't follow up, indicated that a preserved autocoach had at one time sported an ADB (BR departmental) number.)
More questions than answers...sorry!
Incidentally, if we do decide that this image shows an Inspection Saloon, the image detail and caption at Commons needs to be updated.
EdJogg 13:14, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes Ed...this was built as an inspection saloon.  Quite an exclusive vehicle for 'The Brass', as you will find out if you try to charter it on the SVR :-)   The existing picture .ipg says that Coach 190 is a diesel railcar, If anybody changes the photo caption to 'Autocoach' we will lose the link, but I don't want to fiddle about with someone else's photo.  Can the original poster handle this please?  Ta ChrisRed 13:22, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have amended the Commons image caption to highlight the inaccuracy. EdJogg 02:00, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Autocoach? or Inspection Saloon? 

message: (copied from 'Auto-fitted Locos' section above)...I asked the South Devon Railway for permission to use that nice shot you found of an autotrain in 'Blood and Custard' by the River Dart.  They answered my E-mail saying 'Yes' but I don't know how to go about including it. ChrisRed 14:21, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The problem is that you need to have the photo released into the public domain in some way. Are they happy for commercial re-use of that photo? WP will not tolerate ANY restrictions. The simplest thing is for their webmaster to upload it to Commons and give it the appropriate GFDL or Creative Commons licence allowing its unrestricted use. Alternatively, we can grab their photo off their website, but as it doesn't give any licensing information, we have to go through the process to provide the proof that it is available for use. I've quickly looked at the basic Commons upload page, which gives some useful instructions, and also noted the 'Permission' link, which describes how to go about forwarding email permission from a webmaster. (Essentially you must have a clear statement saying something along the lines of 'I, the copyright holder, release this image under GFDL'.) I've never tried doing it, but the mechanism is there for us to use. EdJogg 16:20, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Pictures needed

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