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[edit] Hello!

Hello, FritzG, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions; I hope you like the place and decide to stay. We're glad to have you in our community! Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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-- Sango123 00:33, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Locomotive pictures

Hi FritzG

What sort of images are you looking for? I am in the Port Elizabeth area and could take a few pictures. We have mostly diesel and electric now, of course.

We do have "The Apple Axpress" which is a couple of narrow guage steam trains. There are also some railway maintenance sites which have old (rusted) engines waiting to hopefully be restored someday)

Let me know if there is anything specific you are looking for at the moment, otherwise I will just start (over the next few months) to take photos of whatever I see and leave it up to you as to which to use. Do you have a draft of the article I could look at?

-- User:Andrew_Higgs (User talk:Andrew_Higgs) 21 August 2005

Sorry, I was not here for some days! Thank you for answering! I'm interested especially in steam locomotives. As far as I know, they aren't used anymore with the Apple Express. But pictures of diesel or electric locos could also become useful, not only for me. Even on the English or Afrikaans Wikipedia there is no article about the South African Railways.
I have finished the fist versions of articles about Classe 25 [1] and Class NGG 13/16 [2]. The picture in the latter shows a NGG 16 in Wales! The next article will probably be about Garratt Class GMA/GMAM. --FritzG 11:33, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
No problem. The Apple Express still uses 3 NG locos. As far as I know they are taking delivery of another one which is to be restored. There is a green one (NG15 #124 "Granny Smith"), a red one (NG15 #122 "Starking") and a black one (NGG16 #131 "oubaas Ray"). I will find out more.
You must excuse me, but I am more of a photo hobbyist than a train hobbyist (although I do love steam trains) so I will need to do some research into the trains I photograph.
Check these links (if you haven't already...) Apple Express and 2ft Preservation Trust
Cheers for now.
-- User:Andrew_Higgs (User talk:Andrew_Higgs) 28 August 2005
Thank you for helping and for the two links (I didn't know them yet)! --FritzG 13:31, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Bavarian S 2/6 - thanks!

One quick question I had; was this locomotive caught in the fire at the Nuremberg museum?

Another was from what I can tell, the axle loads in your specifications were stated in pressure units, not weight/force? That's not the way it is done in the English-speaking world, where weight is normally what is specified. Is there an easy way to translate?

If I understand copyright law correctly, builders' photographs of this locomotive should become public domain in Germany in April/May this year (90 years' copyright for photos taken by a corporation) - am I correct?

I am intending to get at least some coverage of German railway topics in the English Wikipedia; unfortunately, not much in the way of English-language sources are available. My technical German with assistance from a dictionary and google translator seems to be good enough so far, but I'll certainly ask questions if I need to later. Thanks again, —Matthew Brown (T:C) 07:47, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

  • Fortunately, this locomotive was not caught in the fire. The fire was not at the museum itself but at an external loco shed.
  • The word "Achsdruck" means the same as "Achslast", i.e. the axle load. It is given as a force (kN) or weight (t) and not as a pressure. Why this strange word is used I don't know.
  • With the picture rights, I'm not so sure either. It is 70 yeaes after the first publishing, but can we be sure that the builders photo was published shortly after it was taken? But I also would be happy, if we could find a free picture of the S 2/6! I found two in the internet but without sufficient data to check the license status.
--FritzG 14:18, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks! I'm sure that somewhere there is a >70 years old print publication containing a picture of this locomotive credited to an organisation, rather than individual - the only question is where! I suspect if I found a picture in a British or American publication I could assume German publication at the same or earlier date, since German books and journals of that age will be exceptionally hard to find here. I woudln't be surprised if there's some article somewhere about its record-breaking run at least. —Matthew Brown (T:C) 17:50, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
Ah! I finally get the notation that's being used for axle loadings; the megapond! I'd somehow assumed the p stood for Pascals, forgetting that that's Pa. In other words, metric tonnes force. Finally it makes sense! I'm just surprised that such an archaic Metric unit is still in use in Germany. Is 'kilograms-force' or tonnes-force(in German, of course) not used in German texts? —Matthew Brown (T:C) 17:29, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
Oh, I didn't realize that this was your "problem"! But pond is an old unit, today we should use kN for a force, and if I make changes in a table with technical data, I change mp (or t) to kN (simply multiply by 9.81). But I'm surprised to hear somebody living in the USA wondering about "archaic" units! ;-) --FritzG 11:33, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] SAR NG15

I'm glad the photo was useful. I'm afraid I don't have a more recent one than that: I haven't been able to get to the Welsh Highland Railway for several years. It might be worth getting in contact with the WHR webmaster Rick Beton here. Best, Gwernol 15:01, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thank you for reverting vandalism on my user page :-) - Myanw 08:14, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

No problem! I'm admin on de, and I'm used to it! :-) --FritzG 08:15, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mulobezi link

Many thanks for the link to the Mulobezi info on www.fern-express.de. German travellers' reports are very helpful in updating information on Zambia and I'm gratful to receive any tips like these. Regards, Rexparry sydney 11:38, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sorry

I've realized I've warned the wrong person and but when I've reverted the mistake it returned to the wrong version In which I had reverted in the first place. So thanks for correcting it and sorry about. I've warned the correct individual afterwards--JForget 00:14, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Ok, no problem. I've seen, you're admin, so I just wanted to add to my question that I assume it was a mistake. --FritzG (talk) 00:19, 10 February 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Re-Delete

Fritz - the page I blanked ISN'T REAL. It is a fake holiday some one made up. Could you please delete the content once more?

If it's a fake, you should put in a delete template. Emptying a page is not the same as deleting. I'll have a look at it. --FritzG (talk) 20:15, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Germany Invitation

Hello, FritzG! I'd like to call your attention to the WikiProject Germany and the German-speaking Wikipedians' notice board. I hope their links, sub-projects and discussions are interesting and even helpful to you. If not, I hope that new ones will be.

--Zeitgespenst (talk) 23:08, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] May 2008

Hi, the recent edit you made to Cosimo de' Medici has been reverted. Please do not remove content from pages without explanation. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thanks. Xp54321 (Vandals Beware!!!,Contribs) 02:10, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Please look again: [3]. --FritzG (talk) 02:12, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Sorry,make any corrections necessary.:)Xp54321 (Vandals Beware!!!,Contribs) 02:20, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
No problem, everything seems to be fine. And as long as no bot is automatically blocking me... ;-) --FritzG (talk) 02:22, 24 May 2008 (UTC)