Template:Did you know nominations/Little Falls Gulf Curve crash of 1940

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The result was: promoted by PFHLai (talk) 11:37, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Little Falls Gulf Curve crash of 1940

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• ... that the Little Falls Gulf Curve crash of 1940, which killed 31, may have been partly caused by competitive pressure from the airline industry?

• ALT1 ... that the Little Falls Gulf Curve crash of 1940 killed 31 including the engineer, who was one month from retirement and had been an engineer for 36 years?

• ALT2... that the 1940 crash of a New York Central luxury train, the Lakeshore Limited, killed 31 and may have been partly caused by competitive pressure from the airline industry?
• ALT3... that the 1940 crash of a New York Central luxury train, the Lakeshore Limited, killed 31 including the engineer, who was one month from retirement and had been an engineer for 36 years?

Created by MB (talk). Self-nominated at 01:13, 25 May 2016 (UTC).

• Comment: It is not obvious what this is about. The word train needs to be added so it reads "that the Little Falls Gulf Curve train crash of 1940" Moriori (talk) 02:40, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

• Agreed - I inferred that it would be an air crash. Edwardx (talk) 12:23, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

• I added two more hooks that make it clear it was a train crash.MB (talk) 17:52, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

• The airline bit is apparently complete speculation; if we run that idea (and I'm not sure we should) it should be clearly stated in the hook to be such. "May have been" isn't strong enough. EEng 18:24, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

• This article is new enough and long enough. I do not believe the airline speculation should be used, It seems to be based on a single newspaper source. So I am approving ALT3 and striking the other hooks. The hook facts are cited inline, the article is well-written and neutral. Most of the sources are off line but there were no copyright issues with the couple I could access. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:29, 29 May 2016 (UTC)