Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/Todo

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Articles to improve

There is quite a lot that still needs to be done. These articles are listed as stubs or candidates for cleanup or just need some more work to make them great. If you don't want to expand a stub but want to otherwise work on existing articles, check out Category:To do, trains for more ideas.

Improve - railroads

A - Altamont Commuter Express - Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
B - British Columbia Railway
C - Camden and Amboy Railroad - Central Pacific Railroad - Central Vermont - Chessie System - Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad#History - Churnet Valley Railway - Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad - CSX Transportation
D - Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad - Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad - Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway - Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway
E - Erie Lackawanna Railroad - Erie Railroad
G - Great Northern Railway (US) - Guilford Transportation Industries
I - Illinois Central - Illinois Central Gulf Railroad - Interborough Rapid Transit Company
K - Keith and Dufftown Railway - Kodak Park Railroad
L - Lehigh Valley Railroad
M - Mid Norfolk Railway - Midland Railway (Kansas) - Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad - Missouri Pacific - Monongahela Railway
N - New York and Harlem Railroad - Norfolk & Western - Northampton Ironstone Railway Trust - Northern Pacific Railway
P - Peak Rail - Pichi Richi Railway
R - Reading Railroad - Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad
S - Shore Line East - Seaboard Air Line - Seaboard Coast Line Railroad - Seaboard System Railroad - Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad - Strathspey Railway
U - Utah & Northern Railroad
V - Virginia Railway Express
W - Wabash Railroad - Wessex Trains - Western and Atlantic Railroad - Western Pacific Railroad

Improve - railroad stations

Union Station (Denver) - Union Station (New Haven)

Improve - trains

Adirondack (Amtrak) - City of New Orleans - Crescent (Amtrak) - Downeaster - Ethan Allen Express - Hikari Rail Star (Shinkansen) - Indian Pacific - Prospector - Texas Eagle

Improve - equipment

Improve - generic equipment

2-10-0#Germany - 2-2-0 - 2-8-2 - 4-4-2 (locomotive)#History - 4-6-4#France - Combine car - Crane (railroad) - Dynamometer car - EMD E-units - EMD SD80MAC - GWR Star class - LMS Jubilee Class - LMS Princess Coronation Class - Observation car#History - Railway post office - Refrigerator car - Stock car (rail) - Tank car - Tender locomotive

Improve - named equipment

DeWitt Clinton (locomotive)

Improve - manufacturers

Amoskeag Locomotive Works - Atlas Car and Manufacturing Company - Brookville Locomotive Company - Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works - Fairbanks-Morse - GE Transportation Systems - Schenectady Locomotive Works - St. Louis Car Co. - Tredegar Iron Works - Vulcan Iron Works

Improve - people

Algernon S. Buford (R&D) - Richard Deeley (LMS) - George Hughes (LMS) - Frederick J. Kimball - Robert Krebs (SP)- Ernest Lemon (LMS) - William Mahone - Carl Pohlad - J. Elfreth Watkins (PRR)

Improve - museums

Birmingham Railway Museum - East Anglian Railway Museum - Midland Railway Centre

Improve - miscellaneous

Association of American Railroads - Branch line - Maintenance of way - Roundhouse

Articles to write

These articles have not yet been started, or if they have, they were started with different article titles. If one of these doesn't strike your fancy as an article you want to write, take a look at these lists for more article suggestions:

• List of AAR reporting marks
• List of ALCO diesel locomotives (Template:ALCO diesels)
• List of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad precursors
• List of Baldwin diesel locomotive types
• List of British heritage and private railways (Template:List of British heritage and private railways)
• List of British Rail locomotives
• List of defunct United States railroads
• List of Fairbanks-Morse locomotives (Template:FM diesels)
• List of GE locomotives (Template:GE diesels)
• List of GM-EMD locomotives (Template:EMD diesels)
• List of locomotive builders
• List of MLW diesel locomotives (Template:MLW diesels)
• List of named passenger trains
• List of Pennsylvania Railroad passenger trains
• List of rolling stock manufacturers
• List of United States railroads (Template:North America class 1, Template:US class 2, Template:US class 3; Template:Canada class 2)
• PRR locomotive classification
• Whyte notation (Template:Whyte types)

This list was assembled by looking at existing railroad and railway articles on Wikipedia for "red links" within the text of the articles. These are topics that other authors have felt deserve articles of their own, so in a way, they have been requested (although exceptionally few of them show up on the Wikipedia:Requested articles list)

Write - railroads

Note that no distinction is made here between operating railroads, fallen flags (defunct railroads) or tourist railroads. Write the article and tell us about it.
A - Ahnapee and Western Railway - Alabama Great Southern - Alton and Southern Railroad - Anacostia & Pacific Company - Appleby Froddingham Railway - Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast Railroad - Australian Transport Network Limited
B - Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad - Baltimore and Potomac Railroad - Bangor and Aroostook - Battlefield Railway - Beaver Meadow Railroad - Belgian Vicinal Railways - Belt Railway of Chicago - Blue Ridge Railroad - Boston and Albany Railroad - Boston and Providence Railroad - Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway
C - Carolina and Northwestern - Cass Scenic Railroad - Central of Georgia - Charleston & Western Carolina Railway - Chehalis Western - Chicago, South Shore and South Bend - Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway - Chicago and Alton Railroad - Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad - Chicago and Illinois Midland - Chicago and West Michigan Railroad - Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway - Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway - Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis, and Chicago Railway Company - Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Indianapolis Railway Company - Clinchfield Railroad - Colorado and Southern - Columbia and Cowlitz - Commonwealth Railways - Connecting Railway - Contra Costa County Transit Authority
D - Delaware and Cobb's Gap Railroad - Delaware and Hudson - Detriot, Lansing and Northern Railroad - Detroit and Lima Northern Railway - Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic - Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific
E - East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
F - First North Western - Flint and Pere Marquette Railway Company - Florida Overseas Railway - Fort Worth and Denver Railway - Fox River Valley Railroad or Fox Valley and Western Railroad
G - Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio - Georgetown Loop Railroad - Georgia Railroad - Georgia Southern and Florida - Grupo Transportacion Ferroviaria Mexicana - Gulf Coast Lines
H - Harlem River and Port Chester Railroad - Hartford and New Haven
I - Indiana, Columbus and Eastern - Indiana and Ohio Railway - Indiana Harbor Belt - Indiana Railroad - Indianapolis and St. Louis Railway Company - International-Great Northern
J - Junction Railroad
K - Kanawha and Michigan - Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf - Kansas Pacific Railroad
L - Lackawanna and Western Railroad - Lake Shore Electric Railway - Lake States Transportation Division - Lehigh and Hudson River Railroad - Lima-Toledo Railroad - Llangollen Railway - Louisa Railroad - Louisiana and Texas Railroad
M - Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad - Maine Central - Marietta and North Georgia Railroad - Midland Valley Railroad - Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway - Missouri-Illinois - Mohawk and Hudson Railroad
N - Nacionales de Mexico - New Haven, New London and Stonington Railroad - New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company - New Orleans, Texas and Mexico - New York and Atlantic Railway - New York and New Haven Railroad - New York, Providence and Boston Railroad - New York and Erie - New York and New Haven - Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad- North and Western (India) - Northern Virginia Transportation Commission
O - Ohio Southern Railway - Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas - Ontario, Hudson Bay and Western Railway - Oregon, Pacific and Eastern Railway - Oregon Short Line
P - Paterson and Hudson River Railroad - Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad - Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad - Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railway - Plant System Railroads - Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission - Providence and Worcester
R - Rail Express Systems Limited - Railtex - Regional Transportation Authority - Roaring Camp and Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad
S - San Francisco and San Jose Rail Company - Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company - Seaboard and Roanoke - South Australian Railways - South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Co. - South Devon Railway - Spokane International - Spokane, Portland and Seattle - St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico - St Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway - St. Louis Southwestern - Sud Pacifico de Mexico - Swansea Vale Railway
T - Tasrail - Texas and New Orleans Railroad - Texas and Pacific railway - Texas Mexican Railway - Tranz Rail Ltd.
U - United New Jersey Railroad and Canals Company - Utah Central Railroad
V - V Line
W - Western and Atlantic - Western Maryland Railroad - Wilmington and Manchester Railroad - Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad - Wilmington and Weldon Railroad - Wisbech and Upwell Tramway - Wisconsin and Calumet Railroad
Y - York River Railroad

Write - railfanning and railroad locations

Blue Ridge Tunnel - Cajon Pass - Lucin Cutoff - Moffat Tunnel - Passaic Junction - Sandpatch - Starrucca Viaduct - Sullivan's Curve - Water Level Route

Write - railroad stations

Market East Station (SEPTA) - Reading Terminal (SEPTA) - Suburban Station (SEPTA) - Union Square (San Francisco) (BART)

Write - rail freight companies

Pacific Fruit Express - Railway Express Agency

Write - rail equipment leasing companies

Locomotive Leasing Partners - Railbox - Trailer Train

Write - trains

A - Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr
C - Capital Corridor - City of San Francisco - Coasters (Amtrak)
E - El Capitan (passenger train) - Empire State Express
G - Green (Washington Metro)
M - Metrolink 91 Line - Metrolink Antelope Valley Line - Metrolink Inland Empire-Orange County Line - Metrolink Orange County Line - Missouri Routes
N - Nebraska Zephyr - North Coast Limited
S - Silver Meteor (currently redirects to Silver Service and Palmetto) - Ski Train
T - Texas Zephyr

Write - equipment

Write - generic equipment

Locomotives

A - Adelante - ALCO Century 420 - ALCO Century 424 - ALCO Century 425 - ALCO Century 430 - ALCO Century 628 - ALCO Century 630 - ALCO Century 636

B - Booster unit - British Rail Class 115 - British Rail Class 117 - British Rail Class 150 - British Rail Class 155 - British Rail Class 323

C - Canadian Pacific 2816 - Class 180 - Class 43 - Class G2

D - Duplex (locomotive)

E - EMD F45 - EMD SDP40F - EMD SDP45

G - GE P40DC (currently redirects to GE Genesis)

N - Nickel Plate 765 - Norfolk and Western 611 - NYC Niagara

R - Road locomotive

S - Santa Fe 3751 - Southern Pacific 4449

U - Union Pacific 3985 - Union Pacific 6936 - Union Pacific 844 - Union Pacific 9000 class 4-12-2 - Union Pacific Challenger

X - XPT

Rolling stock - British Rail mark 3 coach - Flat car - Lounge car - Rail diesel car - Skytop Lounge
Parts - ALCO 251 - Blastpipe - Coupling rod - Crank axle - Driving axle - Feedwater heater - Head end generator - head end power - High voltage cabinet - Jackshaft - Leading axle - Leading truck - Main rod - Piston valve (resolve disambiguation) - Radial steering truck - Side rod - Slide valve - Smokebox - Steam dome - Steam generator (current page is about nuclear power plants) - Stephenson valve gear - Trailing truck - Trunnion - Walschaerts valve gear

Write - named equipment

Consolidation (locomotive) - Launceston Castle - Nunney Castle - Pendennis Castle - Susquehanna (locomotive) - Texas (locomotive) - The General (locomotive) - Treganna Castle - William R. Smith (locomotive) - Yonah (locomotive)

Write - manufacturers

B - Belpaire - Budd Company
C - Canadian Car and Foundry - Cincinnati Car Company - Climax Locomotive Works
D - Derby Works - Drewry - Dunkirk Engineering Company
E - Eastwick and Harrison
F - Foster, Rastrick and Company
H - Heisler Locomotive Works - Hunslet Engine Co.
I - Ingersoll-Rand
J - J.G. Brill Company
L - La Brugeoise et Nivelles - Locks and Canals Machine Shop
M - Manchester Locomotive Works
N - National Locomotive Works - New Jersey Locomotive and Machine Company - Newcastle Manufacturing Company
P - Pullman-Standard
R - Robert Stephenson & Hawthorne
S - Stearns Manufacturing Company - Swinburne, Smith & Company - Swiss Locomotive Works
T - Taunton Locomotive and Manufacturing Company
W - West Point Foundry - William Norris (locomotives)
Y - Yorkshire Engine Co.

Write - people

A - Horatio Allen - Emil B. Anderson - Samuel Andrews
B - Matthias W. Baldwin - Andrew Barclay - John W. Barriger III - O. W. Bayley - Arthur W. Bell - John Bernet (NKP) - Benjamin Biaggini (SP) - John Brandt - Horatio G. Brooks
C - Henry R. Campbell - Daniel F. Child - Francis H. Clergue (AC) - Joel Coffin - Charles Collett - Thomas Conway, Jr. - Austin Corbin - Patrick E. Crowley (NYC)
D - Charles Danforth - Henry deForest - Isaac Dripps (C&A)
E - Theodore N. Ely (PRR) - Thomas Mellon Evans
F - Charles E. Fairburn (LMS) - Matthias N. Forney - Alan Furth
G - Eugene K. Garfield (Auto-Train Corporation) - David R. Goode (NS) - Charles Green - Jasper Grosvenor
H - Fairfax Harrison - Michael R. Haverty (KCS) - Charles Hayes - Charles L. Heisler - Holmes Hinkley - Thomas Hogg - Hale Holden - William S. Hudson - Robert S. Hughes
I - Melville E. Ingalls - Henry G. Ivatt (LMS)
J - John B. Jervis - Lucius E. Johnson (N&W)
K - Morris Ketchum - Paul Kiefer (NYC) - Julius Krutschnitt
L - John P. Laird - O. Winston Link - Robert Lovett (SP) - Horace Lowry
M - Anatole Mallet - Angus Daniel McDonald - Denman McNear - Armand Mercier - James Millholland - Harry Mitchell (WP) - Charles Wickliffe Moorman IV (NS)
N - Septimus Norris
P - Alfred E. Perlman (NYC) - Otto Perry
R - Jacob S. Rogers - Thomas Rogers (locomotive builder) - Donald Russell
S - Paul Shoup - Alfred H. Smith (NYC) - John Y. Smith - John Souther - Samuel Spencer (SOU)- William Sproule - George W. Stevens - Robert L. Stevens (C&A) - Alpheas Beede Stickney - D.J. Strouse - William Swinburne
T - James Towley - Walter J. Tuohy (C&O)
W - Hays T. Watkins, Jr. - Reuben Wells - Frederick Methvan Whyte - Jarvis Williams - John Skelton Williams (SAL)

Write - museums

East Troy Electric Railroad Museum - Illinois Railway Museum - Kentucky Railway Museum - Museum of Transportation - North Carolina Transportation Museum - Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania - Reading Signal Works - Seashore Trolley Museum - Steamtown National Historic Site - Telford Railway Centre - Virginia Museum of Transportation

Write - miscellaneous

A - AirBART - Articulated - Axle load
B - Brakeman
C - Class 2 railroad - Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits
D - Diesel-hydraulic - Diesel-mechanical - Dieselization - Double acting
E - Engine driver
F - Fair of the Iron Horse - Freight rail system
H - Harvey Girls (currently redirects to Fred Harvey) - Harvey House (currently redirects to Fred Harvey) - Hostler
I - Intermodal transportation
J - James River & Kanawha Canal Company
N - National Railway Appliance Exhibition - North American Railcar Operators Association
R - Railway and Locomotive Historical Society - Reduction gearing
S - Saturated steam - Short line - Shovelnose - Snowshed
T - Transfer table
W - Warbonnet - Western Addition
Z - Zephyrette (currently redirects to California Zephyr)

Write - model railroading

Write - prominent model railroaders

John Allen (model railroader) - John Armstrong (model railroader) - Al Kalmbach - Tony Koester - Russ Larson - Gordon Odegard - William K. Walthers

Write - prominent model railroads

Gorre and Daphetid - Virginian and Ohio

Write - modular standards

BendTrak

Write - model manufacturers

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