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Thanks for the welcome, and sorry about the page(s), I thought it'd be ok to add another locomotive article. Mr. Railroader (talk) 19:19, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

Ways to improve Union Pacific 4006

Hi, I'm Macbookair3140. Mr. Railroader, thanks for creating Union Pacific 4006!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. You could use a book as a citation. I couldn't find a website to use as a citation.

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse. _Macbookair3140 00:22, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

No problem! I fugured UP 4006 is significant enough to has it's own article, the milage for one, and ok. Mr. Railroader (talk) 05:02, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Rock Island 886

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Non-notable locomotive. No evidence of awards, charting or in depth coverage in independent reliable sources.

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Ok then. Mr. Railroader (talk) 02:23, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

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Milwaukee Road class S2 moved to draftspace

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Trainsandotherthings (talk) 03:07, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

You really think the world's first USRA locomotive isn't worth a wiki article? Mr. Railroader (talk) 03:12, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

That is correct. A search for references to this locomotive in reliable sources came up empty handed. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 03:14, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

So the very museum its in and the pdfs don't count as "reliable sources"? Wow... Mr. Railroader (talk) 03:15, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

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NYC L3a and L3b Mohawks

Please correct para. with totals for both subclasses:

L3a’s = 35, not 30 L3b’s= 30, not 35

Numbering Lowe down will co firm this change, which was edited by me months ago and was incorrect.

174.212.167.25 (talk) 02:28, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

Nowhere does it say there were 30 L-3as in any article Mr. Railroader (talk) 02:38, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

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Hi, and sure, I'd like that. My Steam name is 09trainfan, and my Discord name and pfp are quite different, Sonic107#0261. Mr. Railroader (talk) 23:34, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

Western Maryland J-1 Class moved to draftspace

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Three Canadian Pacific drafts that need taken care of

Hi. There are drafts for three CP locomotives: 1201, 2839, and 2860, and they all need to be taken care of. Draft:Canadian Pacific 1201 Draft:Canadian Pacific 2839 Draft:Canadian Pacific 2860 I'm relatively new to editing Wikipedia pages, but I do know that a page for 1201 deserves to be made. I have added stuff to it, but I don't know the locomotive that well, which is why I was wondering if experts like you could finish it off. I also don't think the pages for 2839 and 2860 aren't necessary, since a page for the Royal Hudsons already exists. Could you please do something about these? If you would, thank you, but if you won't, it's fine, I'll ask someone else. 23.169.64.51 (talk) 19:34, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

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