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Contents 1 The First Transcontinental Railroad 2 Train incidents in history 3 Image of V-51 engine 4 passenger trains? 5 High speed rail in India? 6 Improvements 7 question 7.1 THE RAILWAY JUSTICE COMMISSION 8 Famous Train Routes 9 Fictional Trains

Friends, I require some information on the subject, "The various processes involved in making railway-wagons". Could somebody please add a few pages on this matter in wikipedia or direct me to a webpage which provides some information on the same? I shall be really thankful to you. Please reply on this webpage or at raj_softnet@sify.com or rushtomeaakash@yahoo.co.in

I can tell you first hand that illegals are not always looking for a ride when they board trains illegaly. A few years ago their was a highly publized incedent whear a Union Pacific freight train was boarded by mexican illegals looking to steal murchandise from the cars, and ended up getting into a shoot-out with the FBI before fleeing back across the boarder. Yet the article their only mentions illegal boarding, and makes no references to train theft. Seems a little strange, especailly since train theft is as much a part of U.S. history as the railroad itself. TomStar81 02:13, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)

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Actually it is wrong as their are level crossings on third rail electric systems (The trains have current collectors at each end of the train so the current isn't interrupted by the gap in the third rail over the level crossing) I know this because my brother lives next to a level crossing with a third rail electric system. G-Man

Thanks, I've put that in Level crossing. - Patrick 23:33 Apr 17, 2003 (UTC)

I've re-written the introduction to include a few links and ideas. I'm not entirely satisfied with it, however. See what you think. Leo Okonski

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I've started a new WikiProject: WikiProject Trains. I'm inviting all Wikipedians who are interested in trains and railways to take a look and decide if they want to get this going. Thanks, —Morven 23:35, 29 Mar 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] The First Transcontinental Railroad

• Union Pacific Railroad
• Central Pacific Railroad
• Southern Pacific Railroad

(this should go into rail transport in the United States

[edit] Train incidents in history

• 1963 The Great Train Robbery of 1963 (not related to the films below)

(?) some of these should perhaps go into a list of rail accidents

List rationalised. Most of the incidents were on the rail accidents pages. I have left the Great Train Robbery, as this was not an accident.ALECTRIC451 22:57, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Steam services are no longer run in India except for short tourist trains such as the Fairy Queen run from Delhi to Agra or the Darjeeling Kalimpong tourist train on a narrow gauge train.

[edit] Image of V-51 engine

I was thinking that this picture might be of interest. Just having a true color photo of such an old locomotive must be worth something. The rest of the series (check the image link at Commons) is truly amazing if your're interested. Peter Isotalo 21:30, Mar 29, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] passenger trains?

Does anyone know when the first passenger trains began in the United States and their routes? I'm trying to find when the first passenger trains etnered Oregon, USA. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, John

[edit] High speed rail in India?

I made a correction to the page - it was stated that India was particularly noted for the use of high-speed rail for passenger transport. India is well known for passenger railways, but those trains are not in the same domain as Japanese Shinkansen or French TGV trains. See the high speed rail page for more clarification.

[edit] Improvements

What is needed to make an article a featured article? Trainbuff 18:15, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

It's a rather simple if time consuming task. First, review Wikipedia:What is a featured article and compare the standards listed there with your candidate article. Usually this will involve expanding the text of the article and finding several more references, preferably several of them in printed materials. If you haven't taken an article through the FA process yet, it's recommended that the candidate article go through Wikipedia:Peer review for further improvement and suggestions. Once the PR objections are taken care of, list it on Wikipedia:Featured article candidates and monitor the discussion there for further objections to be addressed. Most articles will still have some suggestions during the candidacy period. If there are enough support votes after a week or so, it will be promoted by the FA coordinator. If an article is not promoted, take some time to work on the objections and suggestions then come back to FAC when they are addressed. Lather, rinse, repeat. Slambo (Speak) 14:44, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] question

Moved here from the article:

NOTE: Does anyone know enough to write a section about the train system as it historically operated during its heyday in the U.S.?? (Before the dismantling trend started... when every town seemed to be linked by rail, before the National Highway Defense Act of 1956 provided a means to replace nearly all mass transit with motorized highway alternatives....) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 136.181.195.29 (talk • contribs).

Does anyone know when the train was INVENTED? -K

The train was not "invented" as such, it was more a progression of existing technology. Ordinary wagon that were pulled along the ground by horses were put on/between guide rails in order to provided steering when many were coupled together. I imagine this first happened in a mine, where spoil/ore was being removed by horses pulling wagons within the confines of a tunnel. ALECTRIC451 11:39, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] THE RAILWAY JUSTICE COMMISSION

When travelling on a train with tables, if you are a group of one or two, please do not use the tables as this is unfair because groups of 3 or 4 need to sit at the tables more.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.242.115.21 (talk • contribs) 16:01, January 27, 2007.

See History of rail transport. Slambo (Speak) 15:19, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Famous Train Routes

Please can we move this list to another page and link to it. It has some relevance to this article, but there are enough to warrant a separate page and some text to link to it.ALECTRIC451 23:18, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

This section could be merged into Famous trains... Slambo (Speak) 11:21, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fictional Trains

Please can we move this list to another page and link to it. It has some relevance to this article, but there are enough to warrant a separate page and some text to link to it.--ALECTRIC451 23:20, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

How about merging the info here with what's already on Rail transport in fiction, then just moving the two See also links from this section into the main article's See also section? Slambo (Speak) 11:20, 7 March 2007 (UTC)