Talk:Boston and Lowell Railroad

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Boston and Lowell Railroad was a good article, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these are addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Delisted version: February 6, 2007

On first look, this appeared to be a copyvio from http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:jNHg_Y1PzuEJ:www.angelfire.com/jazz/blackrainbow/files/B_L_RES_PAP.doc+%22Their+investors+spent+a+lot+of+money+on+the+Canal&hl=en , but http://osprey.sccs.swarthmore.edu/~cbr/ matches up the author of that paper (Jeff Kaufman) with the 'cbr2702' username, so no copyright paranoia needed here. --SPUI 23:36, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Oh, good. I'll pull the copyvio notice. jdb ❋ 01:42, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Rather amazing how much vestigial writing lies around. This article was adapted from a paper I wrote for a history class, and I had used that account to transfer it.cbr 02:27, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Contents

[edit] Distances

Undated map at http://memory.loc.gov/

  • Southern Division 181 mi
  • Northern Division 172 mi
  • White Mountains Division 185 mi
  • Vermont Division 132 mi
  • Central Massachusetts Railroad 44 mi



  • 26.76 B&L mainline
  • 6.20 Woburn
  • .66 Horn Pond
  • 2.37 Stoneham
  • 12.25 Lawrence
  • 16.88 Salem
  • 3.25 Wilmington
  • 9.25 Lexington
  • 7.98 Middlesex Central
  • 7.63 Bedford

total 93.23

  • 14.58 Nashua and Lowell
  • 13.16 Stony Brook
  • 15.43 Wilton
  • 10.50 Peterborough

total 146.9

  • 29.59 Manchester and Keene

total 176.49 - this could be it if trackage rights to Salem are included

[edit] GA Re-Review and In-line citations

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[edit] Good Article Review

This article is currently under Good Article Review. LuciferMorgan 23:46, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] to those who may have been working on this longer than I have

Is it alright to create this template and then stick it somewhere on the page? The city subway pages have these, I thought maybe they'd do well out here too.

Lowell Line
24.2 mi Handicapped/disabled access Lowell
20.1 mi Handicapped/disabled access North Billerica
32.2 mi Handicapped/disabled access Haverhill
14.6 mi Handicapped/disabled access Wilmington
11.5 mi Handicapped/disabled access Anderson RTC
10.5 mi Handicapped/disabled access Mishawum
06.8 mi Winchester Center
06.3 mi Wedgemere
04.4 mi West Medford
00.0 mi Handicapped/disabled access North Station

shuffdog 08:44, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Personally, I think the article's too long already, because it covers both the history of the line as a complete railroad, and its current status as part of the commuter rail. I think a division should be made between articles about the historic line and the current MBTA operation, breaking off the modern MBTA line into a separate article (where your template would fit well), leaving just a small summary here and a link to that article. But that would be quite a change. - DavidWBrooks 15:12, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

I agree the article should be split up between a historical article and a current MBTA operation article and I have tagged it as such. I also love that template. DHimmelspach 00:47, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Result of the GAR

[edit] Boston and Lowell Railroad

result:Delist 4-0

Warned 5 weeks ago by me regarding lack of inline citations. Delist. LuciferMorgan 23:45, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

  • delist Sumoeagle179 13:22, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delist, all three of these articles have not improved since they were notified of their status. Teemu08 20:19, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delist No inline references. M3tal H3ad 08:24, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

This is the consensus to delist. Diez2 16:44, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Split

I agree

I plan to start a History of Lowell, Massachusetts article, and I linked this article into my template stub. The fact that this article is as much about the current MBTA commuter line as the historical line makes it awkward. CSZero 14:31, 1 March 2007 (UTC)