Template:Did you know nominations/Green Diamond
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:59, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
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Green Diamond[edit]
- ... that the Illinois Central Railroad's Green Diamond debuted in 1936 with IC 121 (pictured), the last new fixed-consist articulated streamliner built in the United States in the 1930s?
- Reviewed: Micah Hyde (American football)
Moved to mainspace by Mackensen (talk). Self nominated at 20:07, 23 October 2013 (UTC).
This article is new enough and long enough. The image is in the public domain and the hook is suitably sourced. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:02, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
Hook fact, as presented, is not supported by the article body or the referenced source. While the hook fact is present in the article lead, that appearance is unsourced. The article body in turn indicates the IC 121 was the "last fixed-consist train built in the 1930s". The "in the 1930s" qualifier also appears in the supporting source. Discrepancy between the hook, which indicates the IC 121 was the last fixed-consist articulated streamliner ever, and the article body, which indicates it is only the last built in the 1930s, needs to be resolved. --Allen3 talk 22:06, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
- It's more a language issue than anything. The fixed-consist streamliners started with the M-10000 and the Pioneer Zephyr but at the time they were an evolutionary dead-end. The Green Diamond is the last of them from that area. Semi-permanent trainsets have made a comeback with high-speed rail (both the Talgos and the Acela are of this type), so saying "the last" without qualification isn't entirely accurate. I've tried to re-word the hook to express this idea better, and I've tweaked the wording on the article. Mackensen (talk) 03:53, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
