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[edit] Another task

There's a task that's been on my talk page for a while to move a few images related to cog railways from the German Wiki to Commons or here as appropriate. I haven't had a chance to look fully into the licensing issues, but I've seen mention in other commons pages of an automated process called (I think) CommonsPusher or something like that. The specific images requested are:

Slambo (Speak) 16:02, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shameless plug for own images

I'm reposting this here, since it's more appropriate: I just wanted to put a link here to my collection of railroad-related photos: http://lensovet.rrpicturearchives.net; please look through the photos there and let me know which ones you would like me to upload. I will then upload the photos to the Commons using my license. Also, there might be some photos on http://lensovet.byethost12.com/photos/gallery2/; if there are any photos you would like to see on wiki that are there, let me know as well.

Thanks! —lensovet–talk – 17:33, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for mentioning it here too. I saw your note on Talk:TWP, but didn't have a chance to check out the galleries yet (I've also got a gallery there). Slambo (Speak) 18:11, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
Lensovet, would you consider releasing your images under a free license? "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5" is not acceptable in commons nor in Wikipedia. I would suggest " Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License.". Best regards, --Abu Badali 13:45, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
Abu, tell me which images you want specifically and I will upload them onto the Commons using my account and my own license, {{template:lensovet}}. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Lensovet (talk • contribs) 17:29, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
Abu, Lensovet's template dual-licenses images under the GFDL (since August 6 of this year) so they are under a free license. You can't make and sell postcards however, unless you print the GFDL in very small print somewhere on the card! --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 10:22, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] California Zephyr

Image:Z-6354.jpg—a very cool vintage picture of the CZ in the Grand Valley—does not yet have a detailed fair use rationale, and a couple of people, including me, have challenged it under FUC#1 (replaceability). Can you help at Image talk:Z-6354.jpg? --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 10:39, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Train icons, longest route for each country

I've created a List of Amtrak routes on the Portuguese-language wiki, and for each route I've listed basic information such as length, travel time and average speed, schedule, stops, and comments. In order not to repeat the terms "Mean velocity" and such, which would make the text look dull, I've devised icons for each of those items (I couldn't find any suitable icons already made.) You may look at the page to see how I've used the icons, or you may check the whole category in Commons:Category:Simple icons. If there are any other such very simple icons you want, feel free to provide some ideas.

If you look at the bottom of the page you'll see I've provided a "Top Ten longest routes," and this felt great! I now would like to create lists of train routes for, well, all of the world's countries, and then create a list of the longest route by country. Can anyone offer my some assistance as to where I can find this information?

Thanks in advance – Tintazul msg 08:59, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] St Pancras Thameslink

I've just added a picture of KXC to the article - I'm afraid that the only graphics of STP Thameslink that are available are owned by LCR and therefore would not be suitable for submission to Wikipedia. I tried uploading an image a few months ago and it was immediately marked for speedy deletion. Edvid 18:14, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image for HSR-350x

HSR-350x is a recent Korean High-speed rail, developped by KRRI. I'm working on this article called Korean G-7, which talks about HSR 350x. It is going great. Nevertheless, I need help uploading image for HSR-350x as soon as possible. --Kingj123 23:23, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Thankyou for any considerations...--Kingj123 01:10, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Images for Port Jefferson (LIRR station)

Since an unnamed editor requested some pictures for my article on Port Jefferson Station, I've got three to choose from.

Take your pick. DanTD 03:01, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Cool, thanks for the uploads. I've added them into the article, started the infobox and removed the imageneeded param from the talk page. Slambo (Speak) 15:45, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] UK rail accidents

Just found this project but seems I've already being working on this. I've recently located and successfully sought permission to use a number of suitable photographs of recent UK rail accidents. These are of the Potters Bar rail cash, the Hatfield rail crash, and the recent Grayrigg crash. I feel such images are of significant value to these articles and am very grateful for the permission. I hope to continue to locate other such images. Adambro 20:20, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image still needed for Orlando (Amtrak station)

Despite the fact that Orlando (Amtrak station) has an image attached thanks to me, I have to admit, that I swiped it from a website I believe is being phased out. (Image:OrlandoFL(Amtrak Station).jpg) I am trying to get permission from the webmaster to use this image for the article, but until then, I strongly urge other members to take a picture of this station within the next few days. ---- DanTD 12:38, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

UPDATE: I just added a new version yesterday. But I will be adding a gallery at some point. ----DanTD (talk) 17:04, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Volunteer

I live very close to Tweetsie Railroad, a theme park high in the mountains of North Carolina which has two working (in daily use. pulling passenger trains) Baldwin steam locomotives... and I like to take pictures of them because I find them so fascinating. The subject locomotives are:

Baldwin no. 45069 (1917, narrow gauge, 4-6-0) and no 69425 (1943, narrow gauge, 2-8-2)

I am not an expert on railroad locomotives, but if there is any part of these locomotives you would like my to photograph, please let me know.

Link to the park's web page:

[1]

--Mm35173 20:09, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Troublesome image for Lackawanna Cut-Off

I just found out about an article on the Lackawanna Cut-Off, with one image, that just won't show up, unless an editor is in the process of trying to correct it. Who wants to make this permanent? ----DanTD 02:23, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Metra Station Images

Some people on Flickr have a collection of images of Metra Stations, all of which are public. I don't know if we can use any of them, but perhaps we can persuade the owners into letting us do so.

Here they are: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jttjr/sets/72157602101967534/

And there are more: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/metra/

Let me know what you think of them. ----DanTD (talk) 20:54, 14 December 2007 (UTC)


Another person with a Flickr account has promised to let me use his image(http://www.flickr.com/photos/cklx/2097594585/) as long as I give him copyright credit for it. This would be good for the Elmhurst (Metra) article, and all I need is the proper copyright tag. ----DanTD (talk) 00:29, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
The comment from the Flickr user is not satisfactory as permission. We need a clear statement from them that they are releasing the image under a free licence which we can use. If you do get such permission it could be worth clarifying the date of the photo as the comment underneath suggests it isn't entirely recent. Adambro (talk) 10:24, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
Okay, outside of Flickr, which Lake Forest (Metra) station is this image (Image:Lake Forest Bahnhof.jpg) from? ----DanTD (talk) 18:01, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ouick reminder of a new available infobox.

I've been working quite a bit on a newer version of {{Infobox Locomotive}}. The template is {{Infobox Locomotive Auto}}. One of it's "Auto" features is that it adds the page to the articles needing images automatically if no image is supplied. Once someone adds an image to the infobox by using | image= the article is automatically removed from the needed image list. Just another idea I had to make things easier.

--DP67 (talk/contribs) 07:37, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] British steam

I have been contributing to articles on this subject over the past year. We have a huge problem obtaining uploadable images of locomotives as running upwards of 45 years ago due to the stranglehold of the extremely stringent WP copyright rules. I stumbled upon this tag (or whatever you call it) today and it seems like a good way of presenting fair use rationale. From what I understand,permission has been negotiated with the Smithsonian Institution. If this is the case, perhaps some similar arrangement could be made with the British National Rail Museum archives at York. Something drastic needs to be done as many articles are becoming extremely uninspiring due to lack of images.

Non-free / fair use media rationale for PRR T1
Description

A PRR T1 photographed at Baldwin Locomotive Works prior to delivery to the PRR.
Source

http://crestlineprr.com/duplexexperimentals.html
Article

PRR T1
Portion used

Entire image
Low resolution?

Yes
Purpose of use

Illustrating a type of locomotive. Color photos of this type are particularly rare.
Replaceable?

This photo cannot be recreated as none of these locomotives are still in existence.

--John of Paris (talk) 18:03, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Failed gallery for Great Neck (LIRR station)

I tried to make a gallery for Great Neck (LIRR station), but it didn't work. The instructions from Wikimedia Commons don't tell me what to do, and nobody from the commons help desk will tell me anything either. ----DanTD (talk) 15:56, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Images of The Dominion of Canada

I have a .jpg or two of the 60010 Dominion of Canada that I would be willing to contribute to the LNER_Class_A4_4489_Dominion_of_Canada page. They could stand cropping and yes I took the photos. I'm new to Wikipedia, can someone walk me through this edit? --- Petersent (talk) 01:57, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Never mind, I figured out how to upload the file and posted it on the LNER_Class_A4_4489_Dominion_of_Canada page. Now to figure out how to notify the images task force that an image request was fulfilled... Petersent (talk) 00:37, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Urgent- Yet more images needed

I'm trying to dedicate myself to photographing newly re-liveried trains in the UK. I have a couple of problems a) I am limited to a specific area (usually) this is The York- Edinburgh area. b) wikimedia commons isn't letting me upload my images for some reason- it is saying The file has no extension (Like ".jpg"). However, .jpg is on my image- help So basically, I am appealing for help to photograph newly re-liveried trains south of York- For instance East Midlands Trains, London Midland e.t.c . I would also appreciate some help with photographing trains north of York as the time I can spend trainspotting is limited. However today, I have taken 150 photos approx. with my Olympus camera. NOTE: Not all are of re-liveried trains, although some are. Thanks Urgently Britishrailclass43 (talk) 19:26, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Just a few comments. Firstly make sure that when you select a image to upload to Commons you change the default "Destination filename" to something descriptive as opposed to the default name your camera uses. You can see how I name uploaded images by looking at the category of my images. If you look there you'll also find that I've managed to get some photos of some of the recent new liveries and will continue to try to add to this as more trains are re-livered and I manage to get them in front of my camera lens. Also make sure you provide a reasonable description for any images and add it to appropriate categories so it can be properly organised. Adambro (talk) 20:42, 8 April 2008 (UTC)


[edit] St. Pancras-Kings Cross

Images will be Uploaded in time, Image Upload Count:1 Britishrailclass91 (talk) 07:16, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

I don't think it's really an issue of laziness. Having never been to the British Isles myself, I don't know as much about the systems there like I do about those in the US, so short of looking at the articles that are now getting sorted into Category:UK rail transport articles needing images, I wouldn't know what needs better images or whether any particular articles necessarily pertain to the area you visited. I hope you had fun and were able to get some good photos even if you stick to a decision not to upload any of them; and ultimately It's your choice whether you want to release and upload your own images. Slambo (Speak) 19:43, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
Hopefully Britishrailclass91 will be able to look through articles relevant to what he managed to get photos of and decide whether his photos can be useful and upload them if appropriate. Adambro (talk) 19:58, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
Actually, I have uploaded one picture with more to follow Britishrailclass91 (talk) 07:15, 27 April 2008 (UTC)