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Welcome to WikiProject Trains on the English Wikipedia! We are a group of editors who aim to streamline and co-ordinate the expansion of train-related articles. If you would like to join the project, simply add your name to the list of participants. Please browse our resources at your leisure; we hope you find them useful.


Recent changes in rail transport-related articles (list)


Goals
  • To create the foremost reliable and accurate free-content encyclopedia of trains in the English language.
  • To improve coverage of trains by creating, expanding, and maintaining articles that describe all of its aspects.
  • To provide guidelines and recommendations for such articles, and to serve as the central point of discussion for issues related to trains in Wikipedia.
Scope
The project generally considers any article related to historical or contemporary train-related affairs to be within its scope. A more detailed description of the scope, and our primary areas of focus within it, may be found in the section on project scope.
Structure
The project aims solely to assist the authoring of reliable and accurate trains articles in accordance with our Goals [above]. Internally, the project had developed several structural features to assist in the management of our workload:
  • Task forces: informal groups for collaboration on specific train-related topics.
  • Departments: areas of the project which streamline work—such as article review and outside opinions—that "supports" the main body of article writers.

General discussion relating to this project takes place on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Trains; suggestions or comments are welcome there.

Scope

The project is concerned primarily with train and railroad/railway subjects, and considers any article relating to those topics to be within its scope.

By extension, the scope of the project includes—but is not limited to—the following:

  1. Train—including passenger, metro, light rail, goods, and locomotive—units.
  2. Railroad engineering and technology.
  3. Railway stations and halts.
  4. Railway routes and lines.
  5. Railroad operators.
  6. Manufacturers of train units and of railroad apparatus.
  7. Organisations whose main business is with railroads.

Highlights of this project's output are listed on Portal:Trains

Project organization

Members

The current list of project participants is quite large and is located on the /Members page. You may add yourself to this list if you want.

Task forces

Task forces are informal collaboration groups of WikiProject Trains members focusing on certain subtopics of rail transport. The current task forces—and their respective focus and remit—include:

Task Force Scope and focus
Article maintenance task force Performing mundane tasks such as bypassing disambigs and monitoring the list of articles to write.
Assessment request backlog elimination drive To assess articles which are requested.
By country series task force Articles in the Rail transport by country and History of rail transport by country series.
Categories task force Standardize the categories under Category:Rail transport into a comprehensive system of categories.
Images task force Create and locate suitable images for use on rail transport articles and replace fair use images with free images where available and appropriate.
Locomotives task force Articles about locomotives throughout history, worldwide.
Maps task force Create and maintain standardized maps of railroad routes for rail transport articles.
Operations task force Articles about rail transport operations with particular attention to organization and inter-system generalization.
Passenger trains task force Articles about passenger trains and passenger train equipment.
Portal task force Maintenance and content updates of Portal:Trains.
Rail transport modelling task force Articles related to rail transport modelling.
Timelines task force Articles in Category:Rail transport timelines and the "Selected anniversaries" and "Trains news" sections of Portal:Trains

Coordination

The coordination of the project is undertaken in accordance with Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/Strategy.

Resources

Editing

Article quality

Sources

Showcase

The following is a listing of articles (and other types of content) within the scope of the project that have been noted and recognized for their outstanding quality. Project members may peruse these at their leisure: they all serve as excellent examples of different writing and organizational styles that one may wish to emulate.

Good articles

Former good articles

Did you know? articles

  • Albury railway station, Australia
    Albury railway station, Australia
  • Atlanta roundhouse ruin3
    Atlanta roundhouse ruin3
  • BNSF GE Dash-9 C44-9W Kennewick - Wishram WA
    BNSF GE Dash-9 C44-9W Kennewick - Wishram WA
  • Berninabahn zwischen Lagalb und Ospizio Bernina im Winter
    Berninabahn zwischen Lagalb und Ospizio Bernina im Winter
  • CN 8015, 5690 and 5517 Hinton - Jasper
    CN 8015, 5690 and 5517 Hinton - Jasper
  • CTA Night
    CTA Night
  • CTA loop junction
    CTA loop junction
  • CTA red line rerouted
    CTA red line rerouted
  • Cable Car No. 1 and Alcatraz Island
    Cable Car No. 1 and Alcatraz Island
  • Calle E Monroe St, Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos, 2012-10-20, DD 04
    Calle E Monroe St, Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos, 2012-10-20, DD 04
  • DIX, John A-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait)
    DIX, John A-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait)
  • Dale Creek Bridge Union Pacific Railroad Company by Andrew J Russell
    Dale Creek Bridge Union Pacific Railroad Company by Andrew J Russell
  • Daniel Craig McCallum by The Brady National Photographic Art Gallery
    Daniel Craig McCallum by The Brady National Photographic Art Gallery
  • Downtown Pittsburgh from Duquesne Incline in the morning
    Downtown Pittsburgh from Duquesne Incline in the morning
  • East and West Shaking hands at the laying of last rail Union Pacific Railroad - Restoration
    East and West Shaking hands at the laying of last rail Union Pacific Railroad - Restoration
  • FCAB EMD GT22CU-3 San Pedro - Ascotan
    FCAB EMD GT22CU-3 San Pedro - Ascotan
  • Fulton Center skylight (91420)
    Fulton Center skylight (91420)
  • GUTHRIE, James-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait)
    GUTHRIE, James-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait)
  • Gare Du Nord Interior, Paris, France - Diliff (cropped)
    Gare Du Nord Interior, Paris, France - Diliff (cropped)
  • Gorakhpur Junction railway station
    Gorakhpur Junction railway station
  • Hayden Bridge
    Hayden Bridge
  • Hell Gate Bridge (60275p)
    Hell Gate Bridge (60275p)
  • Jerusalem Railway Station2
    Jerusalem Railway Station2
  • King's Cross Western Concourse - central position - 2012-05-02.75
    King's Cross Western Concourse - central position - 2012-05-02.75
  • Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 01
    Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 01
  • Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 02
    Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 02
  • Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 03
    Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 03
  • Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 04
    Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 04
  • Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 05
    Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 05
  • Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 06
    Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 06
  • Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 07
    Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 07
  • Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 08
    Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 08
  • Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 09
    Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 09
  • Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 10
    Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 10
  • Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 11
    Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 11
  • Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 12
    Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 12
  • Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 13
    Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 13
  • Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 14
    Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 14
  • Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 15
    Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 15
  • Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 16
    Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 16
  • Line scan photo of nine car BART C1 train in 2017
    Line scan photo of nine car BART C1 train in 2017
  • Locomotive ChS8-075 2011 G1
    Locomotive ChS8-075 2011 G1
  • Makasiinit tulessa
    Makasiinit tulessa
  • McLANE, Louis-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait)
    McLANE, Louis-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait)
  • Moscow Elektrozavodskaya metro station asv2018-09
    Moscow Elektrozavodskaya metro station asv2018-09
  • NYC subway-4D
    NYC subway-4D
  • Niagara rail 2
    Niagara rail 2
  • Puente Don Luis I, Oporto, Portugal, 2012-05-09, DD 13
    Puente Don Luis I, Oporto, Portugal, 2012-05-09, DD 13
  • Pullman dining car 1894
    Pullman dining car 1894
  • RhB ABe 4-4 III Kreisviadukt Brusio
    RhB ABe 4-4 III Kreisviadukt Brusio
  • RhB BDt at La Punt-Chamues-ch
    RhB BDt at La Punt-Chamues-ch
  • Robert Howlett (Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern), The Metropolitan Museum of Art - restoration1
    Robert Howlett (Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern), The Metropolitan Museum of Art - restoration1
  • Romea
    Romea
  • SQM GE 289A Boxcab Carmelita - Reverso
    SQM GE 289A Boxcab Carmelita - Reverso
  • Station Äußere Kanalstraße
    Station Äußere Kanalstraße
  • Strip photo of San Francisco Cable Car 10
    Strip photo of San Francisco Cable Car 10
  • Swanston and Flinders St intersection 1927
    Swanston and Flinders St intersection 1927
  • The General (1926)
  • The Great Train Robbery (1903)
  • Train wreck at Montparnasse 1895
    Train wreck at Montparnasse 1895
  • Union Pacific 844, Painted Rocks, NV, 2009 (crop)
    Union Pacific 844, Painted Rocks, NV, 2009 (crop)
  • VR Sr1 3015 Kuopio Drawbridge
    VR Sr1 3015 Kuopio Drawbridge
  • Wemyss Bay railway station concourse 2018-08-25 2
    Wemyss Bay railway station concourse 2018-08-25 2
  • William Crooks at station
    William Crooks at station
  • Wrocław Główny (Breslau Hauptbahnhof) by night
    Wrocław Główny (Breslau Hauptbahnhof) by night
  • GoldenSpikev3
    GoldenSpikev3

Featured article candidates

Good article nominees

A-Class articles

In the News articles

Picture of the day pictures

  • GoldenSpikev3 (2006-03-18)
    GoldenSpikev3 (2006-03-18)
  • Swanston and Flinders St intersection 1927 (2006-08-25)
    Swanston and Flinders St intersection 1927 (2006-08-25)
  • Train wreck at Montparnasse 1895 (2007-02-10)
    Train wreck at Montparnasse 1895 (2007-02-10)
  • Makasiinit tulessa (2008-05-10)
    Makasiinit tulessa (2008-05-10)
  • Romea (2008-08-13)
    Romea (2008-08-13)
  • Niagara rail 2 (2009-04-20)
    Niagara rail 2 (2009-04-20)
  • Jerusalem Railway Station2 (2010-06-02)
    Jerusalem Railway Station2 (2010-06-02)
  • NYC subway-4D (2011-03-18)
    NYC subway-4D (2011-03-18)
  • Atlanta roundhouse ruin3 (2011-09-02)
    Atlanta roundhouse ruin3 (2011-09-02)
  • CTA red line rerouted (2012-01-06)
    CTA red line rerouted (2012-01-06)
  • CTA loop junction (2012-04-15)
    CTA loop junction (2012-04-15)
  • CTA Night (2012-06-06)
    CTA Night (2012-06-06)
  • BNSF GE Dash-9 C44-9W Kennewick - Wishram WA (2013-04-05)
    BNSF GE Dash-9 C44-9W Kennewick - Wishram WA (2013-04-05)
  • Union Pacific 844, Painted Rocks, NV, 2009 (crop) (2013-10-15)
    Union Pacific 844, Painted Rocks, NV, 2009 (crop) (2013-10-15)
  • Puente Don Luis I, Oporto, Portugal, 2012-05-09, DD 13 (2014-02-10)
    Puente Don Luis I, Oporto, Portugal, 2012-05-09, DD 13 (2014-02-10)
  • RhB ABe 4-4 III Kreisviadukt Brusio (2014-03-20)
    RhB ABe 4-4 III Kreisviadukt Brusio (2014-03-20)
  • Locomotive ChS8-075 2011 G1 (2015-06-01)
    Locomotive ChS8-075 2011 G1 (2015-06-01)
  • Calle E Monroe St, Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos, 2012-10-20, DD 04 (2015-12-20)
    Calle E Monroe St, Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos, 2012-10-20, DD 04 (2015-12-20)
  • Gorakhpur Junction railway station (2017-10-06)
    Gorakhpur Junction railway station (2017-10-06)
  • Wrocław Główny (Breslau Hauptbahnhof) by night (2017-12-30)
    Wrocław Główny (Breslau Hauptbahnhof) by night (2017-12-30)
  • William Crooks at station (2018-11-18)
    William Crooks at station (2018-11-18)
  • Downtown Pittsburgh from Duquesne Incline in the morning (2019-03-09)
    Downtown Pittsburgh from Duquesne Incline in the morning (2019-03-09)
  • East and West Shaking hands at the laying of last rail Union Pacific Railroad - Restoration (2019-05-10)
    East and West Shaking hands at the laying of last rail Union Pacific Railroad - Restoration (2019-05-10)
  • Wemyss Bay railway station concourse 2018-08-25 2 (2019-08-25)
    Wemyss Bay railway station concourse 2018-08-25 2 (2019-08-25)
  • Station Äußere Kanalstraße (2020-01-21)
    Station Äußere Kanalstraße (2020-01-21)
  • Pullman dining car 1894 (2020-02-21)
    Pullman dining car 1894 (2020-02-21)
  • RhB BDt at La Punt-Chamues-ch (2020-06-16)
    RhB BDt at La Punt-Chamues-ch (2020-06-16)
  • Strip photo of San Francisco Cable Car 10 (2020-08-04)
    Strip photo of San Francisco Cable Car 10 (2020-08-04)
  • Berninabahn zwischen Lagalb und Ospizio Bernina im Winter (2020-12-11)
    Berninabahn zwischen Lagalb und Ospizio Bernina im Winter (2020-12-11)
  • Daniel Craig McCallum by The Brady National Photographic Art Gallery (2021-01-21)
    Daniel Craig McCallum by The Brady National Photographic Art Gallery (2021-01-21)
  • DIX, John A-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait) (2021-07-24)
    DIX, John A-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait) (2021-07-24)
  • McLANE, Louis-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait) (2021-08-10)
    McLANE, Louis-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait) (2021-08-10)
  • Albury railway station, Australia (2021-08-30)
    Albury railway station, Australia (2021-08-30)
  • Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 01 (2021-10-13)
    Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 01 (2021-10-13)
  • Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 02 (2021-10-13)
    Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 02 (2021-10-13)
  • Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 03 (2021-10-13)
    Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 03 (2021-10-13)
  • Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 04 (2021-10-13)
    Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 04 (2021-10-13)
  • Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 05 (2021-10-13)
    Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 05 (2021-10-13)
  • Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 06 (2021-10-13)
    Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 06 (2021-10-13)
  • Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 07 (2021-10-13)
    Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 07 (2021-10-13)
  • Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 08 (2021-10-13)
    Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 08 (2021-10-13)
  • Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 09 (2021-10-13)
    Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 09 (2021-10-13)
  • Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 10 (2021-10-13)
    Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 10 (2021-10-13)
  • Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 11 (2021-10-13)
    Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 11 (2021-10-13)
  • Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 12 (2021-10-13)
    Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 12 (2021-10-13)
  • Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 13 (2021-10-13)
    Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 13 (2021-10-13)
  • Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 14 (2021-10-13)
    Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 14 (2021-10-13)
  • Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 15 (2021-10-13)
    Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 15 (2021-10-13)
  • Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 16 (2021-10-13)
    Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 16 (2021-10-13)
  • GUTHRIE, James-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait) (2021-12-05)
    GUTHRIE, James-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait) (2021-12-05)
  • Moscow Elektrozavodskaya metro station asv2018-09 (2022-02-26)
    Moscow Elektrozavodskaya metro station asv2018-09 (2022-02-26)
  • Gare Du Nord Interior, Paris, France - Diliff (cropped) (2022-04-20)
    Gare Du Nord Interior, Paris, France - Diliff (cropped) (2022-04-20)
  • Fulton Center skylight (91420) (2022-10-09)
    Fulton Center skylight (91420) (2022-10-09)
  • Line scan photo of nine car BART C1 train in 2017 (2023-01-06)
    Line scan photo of nine car BART C1 train in 2017 (2023-01-06)
  • Robert Howlett (Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern), The Metropolitan Museum of Art - restoration1 (2023-03-04)
    Robert Howlett (Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern), The Metropolitan Museum of Art - restoration1 (2023-03-04)
  • Hayden Bridge (2023-03-08)
    Hayden Bridge (2023-03-08)
  • The General (1926) (2023-05-13)
  • Cable Car No. 1 and Alcatraz Island (2023-08-02)
    Cable Car No. 1 and Alcatraz Island (2023-08-02)
  • VR Sr1 3015 Kuopio Drawbridge (2023-09-25)
    VR Sr1 3015 Kuopio Drawbridge (2023-09-25)
  • Dale Creek Bridge Union Pacific Railroad Company by Andrew J Russell (2024-02-13)
    Dale Creek Bridge Union Pacific Railroad Company by Andrew J Russell (2024-02-13)
  • The Great Train Robbery (1903) (2024-06-25)
  • CN 8015, 5690 and 5517 Hinton - Jasper (NONE)
    CN 8015, 5690 and 5517 Hinton - Jasper (NONE)

Good topics


These articles were at one time Featured but no longer are. The rationale behind removing Featured status from these articles will be given or linked to on the article's respective talk page. Project members may wish to use this list to identify articles that may require less workload in order to pull up to Featured status and which have a ready-made (by means of the Featured article candidate discussion and of the Featured article review discussion respectively) source of feedback on possible strengths and possible weaknesses.

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