User talk:DanTD/Archive. September - October 2014

SEPTA 56

Hi DanTD, is it possible to snap a picture of the Bus on SEPTA Route 56? I'm working on a project and I'm collecting images for this on the Commons. Thanks in advance! --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 15:25, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

That depends. Are you anywhere near the route of SEPTA Route 56 right now, or can you get there? Because right now, I can't. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 16:17, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

Hi, I don't live in the United States. That is why I've been asking around. Never mind. I'll find an image from someone else. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 12:29, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

Do you know who might be able to help? This guy. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 15:05, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

It's a bit out of the way for me, and I guess it will take me a month to free up the time. On the other hand it looks like an easy task from the Commons project description - just get a picture of the bus with the number on the front. I'll see what I can do. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 15:24, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

I always thought you were closer than me to Philly. In my case, I was hoping that I could catch it on my next drive to Long Island, but I'm not really sure exactly when that's going to take place. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 15:50, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

My situation has changed a bit, it's fairly hard to explain here. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 20:24, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

If it is out of your way to get an image, then please don't. If you can get a 56 in any part of the world around you. Then please do. Thank you. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 06:28, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

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Pittsfield Train Stations

Hi DanTD! I've created a page for the Pittsfield Depot but it I couldn't find many sources for where or when the station existed. If you have any additional information it would really help the page if you add it. I hope this comes as good news. Cheers!Monopoly31121993 (talk) 18:42, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Talk to this person. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 20:42, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

It was in the same place as the new Union Station (assuming the coordinates in that article are correct): [1][2][3][4] --NE2 21:11, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

Well, then if those coordinates are correct, then maybe both should be merged into a history section of the Joseph Scelsi Intermodal Transportation Center. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 21:34, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

The current station is at the far corner of the old freight yard from the old station, which is now the Big Y parking lot. --NE2 21:47, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

Okay, then I suppose we can just merge the Pittsfield Depot into Union Station (Pittsfield, Massachusetts). ---------User:DanTD (talk) 01:00, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

Precedent is to merge all major stations in one city unless they're truly distinct (I.e, State Street and Union Station in New Haven, or Grand Central Station and Grand Central Terminal in NYC because each of those two had major (multiple books) information available about them. Scelsi is a direct replacement for the former Amtrak platform off Depot Street, which was a direct replacement for Union Station, which is a direct replacement for "Pittsfield Depot", which is a direct replacement for the wooden station that burned in 1854.

None of the previous stations have enough independent history or notability to possibly warrant independent articles - Meeks' definitive The Railroad Station gives Union Station half of two sentences plus a footnote about the older building (while, for example, devoting a whole page to New Haven Union Station and several paragraphs to New London Union Station. Information about the wooden station and the older bare Amtrak platform is even more absent.

NE2 is exactly correct about the station locations, but that doesn't necessarily mean they should remain separate. Moving a station across a rail yard is incredibly common - the optimal station location often varies by a few blocks. That's no reason to treat them as anything more than separate incarnations of the exact same station. New London, New Haven Union Station with its predecessors, Lynn, Framingham Railroad Station, Holyoke Railroad Station, Back Bay, Wareham Train Station, Union Station (Northampton, Massachusetts), Littleton, Dedham Corporate Center ... there are dozens of examples where having the combined history of equivalent stations together in one article presents a more more coherent history than splitting it into separate articles possibly could.

I didn't want to be the one originally pushing for this merge because Monopoly and I had a few words over Salem, but now that it's brought up here's my bit. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 15:52, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

If this is the case, prepare to have them both added to an upcoming history section in the Joseph Scelsi Intermodal Transportation Center article. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 17:25, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

UPDATE: Whoops! Looks like you beat me to that work too. Nice job if I may say so myself. I hid my expansion because I didn't have all the details, and even though I could've searched for them myself, I should've known you'd have them already. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 17:14, 25 October 2014 (UTC)

• Note - There are some recent pictures of Pittsfield (Amtrak station) on Flickr, with a compatable license, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/roadgeek/sets/72157648499503108 With my limited knowledege of the station, I think it might be better for some of you to upload a selection of these. Secondarywaltz (talk) 20:01, 25 October 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, I accidentally forgot to re-add the comment-outs on one edit and decided to just go for it. I didn't realize that Adam had gotten those Pittsfield pictures; I'll definitely upload a few to use in the article. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 23:45, 25 October 2014 (UTC)

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