Talk:Pennsylvania Railroad 460

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April 3, 2010	Good article nominee	Listed

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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Lindbergh raced an airplane from Washington to New York in under three hours, without ever leaving the ground?

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History[edit]

Can anyone identify the two "Two rival newsreel companies" and determine which used the airplane and which used the railroad? Given the year, the likely candidates are Pathé News and Hearst Metrotone News. Paramount News was just starting-up its newsreel operations in 1927. Dick Kimball (talk) 13:59, 1 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I know the one that shipped by train was International Newsreel, which if I understand correctly, was one of the names of Hearst Metrotone. The second, I believe, was Kinogram. Niagara ^{Don't give up the ship} 17:09, 1 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"...it was loaned to the Long Island Rail Road." This seems unlikely, as "loaned" would seem to imply that no money changed hands. Given how expensive and valuable railroad locomotives must have been, "leased" or "rented" seems vastly more likely. Dick Kimball (talk) 14:05, 1 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The direct quote from the source is: "...it was loaned to the PRR's subsidiary Long Island Rail Road." Niagara ^{Don't give up the ship} 17:02, 1 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:PRR 460/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Arsenikk ^(talk) 09:50, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment

Remember to {{subst:GAN}} on the talk page of the articles you nominate.
- Oops, it seems I've been making a lot of stupid mistakes lately... Niagara ^{Don't give up the ship} 23:10, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The lead seems a bit short. In particular, I would at least have wanted to know when the locomotive was built, and what year it was retired from service. That is was also used by LIRR and Pennsylvania–Reading Seashore Lines I would say is important enought to be mentioned in the lead.
- Added. Niagara ^{Don't give up the ship} 23:10, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Need to state that the museum is in the United States.
- Added. Niagara ^{Don't give up the ship} 23:10, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
It is common to measure train weights in tonnes (at least for metric), but I guess that is beside the issue; conversion is no big deal. So don't worry.
- The sources I used had it in pounds. Niagara ^{Don't give up the ship} 23:10, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I would have made 'preservation' a top-level section, but that is entirely up to you.

A little more in the lead, and you've got yourself another GA. Nice to see someone putting in work not just on classes, but also on individual locomotives; it spices up Wikipedia quite a bit. Arsenikk ^(talk) 09:50, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for reviewing. Another user brought it up that the redlinks for individual locomotives in an NRHP list should be piped to its class. I made it a personal challenge to see if I can get an, at least, DYK worthy article out of most, if not all, of them. Niagara ^{Don't give up the ship} 23:10, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations with a good article. Arsenikk ^(talk) 19:58, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]