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Contents 1 Articles promoted 1.1 Passenger car 1.2 London Underground 1.3 Virginian Railway 1.4 Rail transport in Ireland 1.5 Căile Ferate Române 1.6 Grand Central Terminal 1.7 EMD GP30 1.8 Pioneer Zephyr 1.9 Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works 1.10 Szybka Kolej Miejska 1.11 Richard Trevithick 1.12 California Southern Railroad 1.13 Berlin Hauptbahnhof 1.14 New York City Subway 2 Articles rejected 2.1 Railways in India 2.2 Indian Railways 2.3 Amtrak

Articles promoted

Passenger car

This one was a Featured Article candidate back in November, but didn't quite make it then. Since then, there have been a number of improvements to address the objections, but it's ready for here right now. slambo 16:02, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)

• Weak support, it's quite good but is almost entirely about North American passenger cars. Since no-one seems to have come along since November to write about European or Asian passenger cars, another idea might be to spin most of the content into North American passenger car or something like that. JYolkowski // talk 21:06, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

London Underground

Here's another article that's a current WP:FA but it hasn't been on the front page in a long time. slambo 20:28, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)

• Support. JYolkowski // talk 21:01, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Virginian Railway

Another good article that failed the FAC process, but is still very good. This describes one of only a handful of railroads in the US that decided to electrify freight operations. slambo 19:45, July 15, 2005 (UTC)

Rail transport in Ireland

A thorough overview of Ireland's rail transport infrastructure and operations. I'd like to see more photos, but the text is quite complete. slambo 19:48, July 15, 2005 (UTC)

Căile Ferate Române

A complete article about Romania's railway network - recently got promoted to Featured article status. Ronline 07:48, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

• Support, but this article is currently scheduled to appear on the Main Page on July 22 (see Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 2005), so the next two weeks will probably be a little too early to show it here too. slambo 19:55, July 19, 2005 (UTC)

Grand Central Terminal

A very good, albeit somewhat short, article on what is probably the most famous station in North America. slambo 13:53, July 13, 2005 (UTC)

EMD GP30

A good overview of a locomotive model that was popular in North America. slambo 13:46, August 11, 2005 (UTC)

Pioneer Zephyr

This is a current featured article that was featured on the main page in March. I think it's been long enough to feature it here now. slambo 15:53, August 21, 2005 (UTC)

Agreed. JYolkowski // talk 20:22, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works

Self-nom. This article was promoted to featured status this week. slambo 14:56, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

Szybka Kolej Miejska

I worked quite hard on this article. As a new wikipedian, I do not know if nimating own articles is correct and up to ethiquette of Wikipedia. If not, please correct me.
CCMichalZ 03:10, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

• Self nominations are encouraged by all means (and I've watched as this article has improved tremendously from my first read), but right now weak object because there are no references listed and the text needs a quick copyedit to fix some minor grammar errors. Slambo (Speak) 12:27, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
  • The reference list is now done. Few other improvements were also introduced into article. CCMichalZ 22:03, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
    • Thanks for the references (although if it's going to go on to WP:FAC, they should be formatted following the guidelines at WP:CITE). I'll take another close look later this week to check the grammar issue I noted earlier. Slambo (Speak) 15:40, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
    • I got through a couple sections in a copyedit. There's more that needs to be done, but it's good enough now for the Portal. Slambo (Speak) 12:08, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Richard Trevithick

Good looking article, notable historical figure. EASports 19:40, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

• Support It's significantly expanded since the last time I looked at it. It's at least B class now (and I just tagged it as such), and there's plenty of information to put into an SA blurb. Slambo (Speak) 17:15, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

California Southern Railroad

Self nom. I started this article when I noticed the red link in the lead section of Union Station (San Diego) as I put that article in line for the selected article. This article just passed GA status. Slambo (Speak) 15:46, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Berlin Hauptbahnhof

Originally a translation from the equivalent German article, this article has steadily improved, especially since the station's official opening in May. This article is very close to GA level, lacking only additional references. The edits have calmed down enough that this can now be used as a Selected article on the portal. Slambo (Speak) 11:02, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Support - I see no reason to oppose this article becoming selected article. CCMichalZ 20:41, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

New York City Subway

This article should be considered because it is considered to be the "grand-daddy" of all rapid transit systems in North America. It's age, history and size (both ridership and trackage) warrent it's promenant placement at the Trains Portal of Wikipedia. -- The Real Zajac 17:15, 12 Nov 2006 (PST)

Articles rejected

Railways in India

• A featured article on one of the world's oldest and largest rail networks. -- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs}

• Support - A great article for me. In fact I would not include Indian locomotives into this article beside short note. I think the toppic is so wide it deserves separate article. CCMichalZ 08:10, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
• Support per nom - Ganeshk (talk) 09:42, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Like Indian Railways, this article was already used in the Selected articles section the week of October 9, 2005. See Portal:Trains/Selected article/2005 archive. Slambo (Speak) 12:15, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Indian Railways

• A featured article on one of the world's largest railways. -- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs} 07:10, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

• As above: Strong support. An example of railways related article just as it should look like. CCMichalZ 08:13, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
• Support per nom - Ganeshk (talk) 09:42, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

While this is a great article, it was already used in the Selected articles section the week of September 11, 2005. See Portal:Trains/Selected article/2005 archive. Slambo (Speak) 12:13, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Amtrak

The article has a decent amount of content; it's listed as a good article; and I think that it could be a featured article on the main page after the improvements that people will make on it during the time that it is the Trains featured article. 69.177.176.154 22:13, 3 June 2006 (UTC) :Support. A great bunch of work and a lot of information. However, some parts need quotation. After fixing those small problems I shall give my Support CCMichalZ 22:46, 3 June 2006 (UTC) Forget about this: I just realized that this was the Trains FA for Week 14. 69.177.176.154 00:16, 4 June 2006 (UTC)