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[edit] Future infrastructure

Just a quick word on usage of {{future infrastructure}}: the term "sortkey" is a technical term for where an entry should appear in an alphabetical category listing, like Pennsylvania Station (New York City) is sorted under "New York" in Category:Amtrak stations. It's usually not useful, so you can omit it (the default is the article name). Also, you don't have to add the category Category:Future infrastructure to the page; just adding the template automagically includes the category. Happy editing! --CComMack (tc) 00:11, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Clybourn (Metra)

(in reply to [1])

First, check the 'What links here page' from the Clybourn page: [2]. All those pages refer to the plain Clybourn location and will need to be updated to Clybourn (Metra)... that page can be accessed to check the incoming links after the page is moved.

To do the actual move, on the Clybourn page, click the move tab (next to history). Fill out the fields and press the button. -- Loco830/Espio (Rant) 18:05, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Metra box

I've created a Metra line box template in the style of the CTA line box. I've converted all the Metra station articles I saw to use the template. The code is, using the UPN Davis Street stop as an example:
{{start Metra box}}
{{Metra line|previous=Evanston Main Street|next=Evanston Central Street|line=Union Pacific/North}}
{{end box}}

This produces:

Preceding station Metra Following station
Evanston Main Street   Union Pacific/North Line   Evanston Central Street  

Omitting the previous or next terms results in Terminus being displayed. The only downside to the current template is that it adds 'Line' to the end of the service name, resulting in, for example 'SouthWest Service Line' being displayed and linked to. For the moment, I've created redirects for the lines without 'Line' at the end.

The templates are at Template:Start Metra box and Template:Metra line - feel free to tinker with them :) -- Loco830/Espio (Rant) 15:17, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of rail accidents

Excuse me sir, but I strongly disagree with your deletion of the recent railway accidents which happened in The Netherlands of List of rail accidents. Your argument that no one was killed, is to my humble opinion not a qualifier to determine if it was a railway accident or not. The accidents you removed were quite disruptive for the train circulation in the country (both Rotterdam and Arnhem stations were blocked, though you may not be able to read the Dutch on the referenced web pages, you can see the damage at the pictures in the article). It was fortunate no lives were lost, but it was certainly an accident, both caused by flaws in the safety system. Furthermore, you enhanced the India bombing accident. That is not a railway accident (though it happened at a railway, but it could have happened anywhere), it is a terrorist attack. I reverted your deletion, if you want to delete my additions again, I suggest you go through the list and delete everything that did not take lives (and that's quite a few). Sorry if my tone is a bit harsh, but I have put quite a lot of work in that particular edit you have removed. --Brinkie 09:25, 23 November 2006 (UTC)