Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/Todo/Disambig
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There is a very large number of editors who add links to common railroad and rail transport related subjects that are actually links to disambiguation pages. Periodically, we need to go through the "What links here" list on these disambig pages to fix the links therein. This page will list the disambig links and the most recent date of their repairs.
Please feel free to add to the list. If you've gone through the links and fixed them, please note the date so others will know when they were last checked (you don't need to sign it, just put the date that you finished the task). In the first column, the left-pointing arrow provides a direct link to the appropriate "What links here" page.
Disambiguation link fixes[edit]
Common names can often have more than one meaning, even within the rail transport industry (such as "Southern Railway"). These pages are all disambiguation pages or pages about subjects other than the rail transport related subject of the same name. For these links, the articles that link to them need to be updated to link to the correct destination page.
| Disambig page | Links fixed | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 4-4-2 (←) | August 28, 2011 | Locomotives are at 4-4-2 (locomotive) and 4-4-2T. Association football's (soccer's) 4-4-2 is at 4-4-2 formation |
| ACF (←) | November 20, 2007 | |
| ACL (←) | January 3, 2023 | |
| Aerotrain (←) | January 3, 2023 | |
| Amtrack (←) | October 30 2007 | Amtrack is a military vehicle, Amtrak is the railroad |
| Ann Arbor (←) | Redirects to Ann Arbor, Michigan, with a disambig note at the top of the article pointing to Ann Arbor Railroad. There are a lot of pages that refer to the city. | |
| ATSF (←) | September 24 2009 | |
| B&O (←) | January 3, 2023 | |
| Ballast (←) | January 11, 2023 | Changed wikilinks in rail-related articles to Track ballast where appropriate on January 11, 2023. |
| Burlington (←) | January 3, 2023 | The disambig will more often be to one of the many cities than to Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad |
| Cable car (←) | 2007-03-03 | Built Cable car (disambiguation) (redirect to Cable Car} and linked to there for clear disambiguation or could not find references in english to confirm type. |
| Capitol Limited (←) | August 26 2006 | |
| Central Railway (←) | April 11 2007 | |
| Chesapeake and Ohio (←) | October 30 2007 | |
| Chessie (←) | August 26 2006 | |
| Chief (←) | Check the context for Chief (passenger train) versus Super Chief or any other of Santa Fe's Chief services | |
| Climax (←) | October 28 2005 | Checked rail transport related links, many still refer to other meanings |
| Container (←) | checked rail transport related links on February 16 2006; many other links still refer to other meanings | |
| Coupler (←) | rail transport meaning is at Coupling (railway) | |
| Derail (←) | September 21 2006 | |
| DMU (←) | ||
| Drumhead (←) | September 25 2006 | Used to be a multiple definition page, then non-musical meanings were moved to separate pages. The rail meaning is at drumhead (sign). |
| EMU (←) | ||
| Erie (←) | September 25 2006 | |
| Firebox (←) | November 14 2006 | The original article was split into disambiguated articles. |
| Frisco (←) | 2007-01-09 | |
| George Hughes (←) | September 25 2006 | |
| Great Northern Railway (←) | 2007-10-30 | Also look for links to Great Northern and GNR |
| Heisler (←) | August 22 2006 | |
| ICE (←) | August 22 2006 | Used to be a redirect to InterCityExpress, now a standard disambig page |
| Intermodal (←) | June 6 2006 | currently redirects to Intermodal transport (←), a disambig page |
| International (←) | ||
| Junction (←) | ||
| Lehigh Valley (←) | August 26 2006 | fixed railroad links; many others still (rightfully) link |
| Mallet (←) | June 6 2006 | See also: Mallet (disambiguation) |
| Mark Hopkins (←) | Original page about the member of The Big Four in California is now at Mark Hopkins (railroad) | |
| Monon (←) | June 6 2006 | |
| Monongahela (←) | June 17 2006 | |
| North Eastern Railway (←) | 2007-01-09 | |
| North Shore Line (←) | June 6 2006 | |
| Northern Railway (←) | June 6 2006 | |
| NS (←) | 2008-04-03 | |
| Pennsylvania Station (←) | 2007-01-09 | |
| Pennsylvanian (←) | ||
| Platform (←) | 2007-01-09 | checked obvious railway station article titles only |
| Porter (←) | August 26 2005 | |
| PRR (←) | March 15 2006 | |
| Pullman (←) | December 23 2005 | |
| Rapido (←) | Used to point to the content that is now at Rapido (passenger train) | |
| Right-of-way (←) | June 17 2006 | |
| Robber baron (←) | March 6 2006 | |
| Rock Island (←) | July 21 2006 | |
| Rocket (←) | Watch for Stephenson's Rocket and passenger trains of the Rock Island Railroad | |
| Santa Fe (←) | August 21 2005 | Fixed railroad related pages. There are many that refer to a city, but it's not very clear which city. |
| Shore Line Railway (←) | 2008-04-03 | |
| Siding (←) | July 5 2006 | |
| Single track (←) | August 23 2006 | Former location of single track (rail), now a disambig page. |
| SNCC (←) | November 5 2007 | |
| Southern Belle (←) | 2008-04-03 | Note the capitalization here. Southern belle is the person, Southern Belle is the passenger train. |
| Southern Railway (←) | 2008-04-22 | Also check for links to Southern that should point to Southern (train operating company) |
| SP (←) | 2008-04-03 | |
| SSW (←) | September 8 2006 | |
| Subway (←) | Some links may be better directed to specific rapid transit system articles | |
| Superliner (←) | January 25 2007 | |
| Tennessee Pass (←) | December 23 2005 | |
| Trainspotting (←) | February 16 2006 | Train spotting (note the space between the words) redirects to Railfan. |
| Transportation minister (←) | 2008-04-30 | |
| Truck (←) | Bogie is the page describing the assembly of railway wheels and axles | |
| TTX (←) | March 15 2006 | |
| Turntable (←) | September 20, 2022 | Was listed on Wikipedia:Disambiguation pages with links, December 2005. Disambigged rail transport articles on December 28 2005, many more remain for the other meanings. Redirects to Phonograph as of September 20, 2022. Changed wikilinks in rail-related articles to Railway turntable where appropriate on September 20, 2022. |
| Union Station (←) | March 29 2006 | Be careful, many links will refer to the concept, though those should be lowercase. Several remaining links are for cities whose Union Station does not have an article or listing on List of Union Stations. |
| UP (←) | April 15 2006 | |
| Virginian (←) | March 15 2006 | |
| Wabash (←) | March 15 2006 | |
| Western Maryland (←) | August 24 2005 | |
| Western Pacific (←) | November 1 2007 | Used to be a redirect to Western Pacific Railroad, now a disambig |
| Yard (←) | Yard is the measurement, Classification yard is the infrastructure. | |
| Zephyr (←) | August 23 2005 | See Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad for a list of Burlington Zephyrs |
Redirect link fixes[edit]
These are redirects for common misspellings. There are way too many redirects of standard and alternate (but still correct) spellings and word substitutions, so only those that are actual misspellings will be listed here. The idea is that if something links to a misspelling, then it's probably misspelled in the article text.
| Redirect page(s) | Correct spelling | Links fixed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4-2-4 (←) | 4-2-4 (locomotive) | 2007-11-20 | 4-2-4 used to be a disambig, now it's a redirect |
| Burlington Northern Santa Fe (←) Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (←) BNSF (←) |
BNSF Railway | January 31 2006 | |
| Chicago and Northwestern Railway (←) | Chicago and North Western Railway | October 26 2007 | |
| EMD (←) General Motors Electro-Motive Division (←) |
Electro-Motive Diesel | Most EMD DAB links have been corrected to direct link | |
| Long Island Railroad (←) LIRR (←) |
Long Island Rail Road | Finished on May 1, 2016 | |
| Southern Pacific (←) | Southern Pacific Railroad | Was a disambig page for a few months |