User talk:Tudorminstrel

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Award

I award this Exceptional Newcomer Award to Tudorminstrel for exceptional enthusiasm, skill, and boldness regarding contributions to Sheffield and Rotherham railway stations.
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons 12:14, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Well done for your work on railway related topics in the areas of Sheffield and Rotherham. Here's an award for you to stick on your user page. Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons 12:14, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Good work

Good work on railways in South Yorkshire! With regard to the Mexborough - Barnsley line, I have read elsewhere that this closed to passengers in 1966. Are you sure of the 1959 date?BaseTurnComplete 19:52, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes, definately 1959 for the local passenger services between Doncaster and Barnsley. There was a newspaper train from Manchester Piccadilly to Cleethorpes via Penistone and Barnsley which ran later and this, at least at some time, had passenger accommodation. I travelled on it once and that would have been in the sixties. I will look at my wording.

Ta. I have a feeling that there were at least some stopping passenger trains until 1966 as I've seen that date mentioned eleswhere for the closure of Wath Central at least. However, sods law, now that I try I can't put my hand on the book that mentioned it so it's my memory being tested.BaseTurnComplete 15:03, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

It looked like your memory served you correctly. Having followed this up I've found that the local Doncaster-Barnsley-Penistone service did indeed finish in 1959, however the 1.17am Manchester-Barnsley-Cleethorpes through train was still running over the line in 1963.BaseTurnComplete 14:52, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Further digging has shown that this train as still running on this line in the early 1970s. The return working was via Sheffield.86.145.166.71 17:37, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Your edit to "Thrybergh Tins"

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High Royds railway station

Are you sure / can you check your facts on this one? High Royds is the large mental health facility in Menston, West Yorkshire. There was a High Royds station (which went under a succession of names), connected to what is now the Wharfedale Line. --Tagishsimon (talk)

Thanks for your work on the MOB page

Looks like a lot of good useful info. Interesting to see you do stuff on Sheffield area railways too, One of my other interests!Talltim 19:08, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Elsecar Ironworks

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Berner Oberland Bahn

Hi, I see you've contributed to the above article. Do you know if the carriages that are now preserved on the Chemin de Fer de la Baie de Somme (CFBS) are four wheel or bogie carriages? Mjroots (talk) 15:12, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

CF YStC

Hi, you might want to look at the CFBS article for material to expand the CF YStC article. Mjroots (talk) 11:59, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Firth Brown & other Sheffield co's

Just a note to say Ive tagged the article on Firth Brown for No references. could you please add some if possible. I currently collecting Old Sheffield companies article up and adding them to a list box (currently in my sandbox) like the Sheffield structures one, also looking for articles to add to a Sheffield companies Category, as per other areas. As looking at the originator of the article history I see you have created lots of others similar ones I'm leaving this note. Theres a lot of good articles there that are probably not being viewed as much as they should, and need categorizing to link them to Sheffield. So am adding the relevant ones to WikiProject Sheffield, if not already tagged. BulldozerD11 (talk) 00:30, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Noticed that Newton, Chambers & Company, is also unreferenced, I have some info but not from a quality source, If possible can you add some good refs from your source material, (not tagged it) Thanks. -BulldozerD11 (talk) 00:39, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Copyedit changes

I came across your user page by chance, and enjoying browsing articles you'd created. I had a few observations? Have you seen WP:CONTEXT? It might be useful for you, helping to decide what to give Wiki links to. In this para there are a couple things that might use copyedit:

"The most obvious clue to the site of the works is the local pub, named "The Furnace". Looking out from the pub there is a large area of flatish land, now a playing field, which was covered by the works. The tramways can easily be traced, nowadays they are footpaths/bridleways and the route to the canal basin lies between long establish hedgerows. It is more difficult to trace the tramways to Tankersley Park or the Thornecliffe works, which became the centre of the Newton, Chambers empire, but not impossible."

"footpaths/bridleways". Forward slashes are ambiguous, and not recommended by most style manuals, including Wiki's. If this means "footpaths and bridleways" or "footpaths or bridleways" or "footpaths, where there are not bridleways", it's helpful to say exactly that.

Phrases such as "the most obvious clue", "can easily be traced", "but not impossible" are more suited to a travel guide than an encyclopedia. They aren't verifiable facts, in a strict sense, but also, depending on the reader's point-of-view, they might be misleading. (For example a professional archeologist with aerial photos has a different perspective than a weekend industrial archeologist, on the ground, etc.)

Now I'm off to read more of your interesting articles, thanks for writing them! 67.169.126.196 (talk) 21:49, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Swinton Central railway station photograph

Thanks for spotting my mistake with the photograph of the Swinton Central railway station. You're correct, I'm not familiar with the area. I've moved the photograph. Edward (talk) 10:53, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Bentley Crossing Halt

Do you know exactly where this station was? From your description it was next to a level crossing on the road that became the A19, however from looking at old maps the station doesn't seem to be shown and the future A19 had a bridge from the beginning of the line. However 'Bentley Crossing' is marked at the crossing just north of the current station. Talltim (talk) 21:40, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Spike Island

A nice little article. I've moved it to Spike Island (Doncaster) and added a dab link to Spike Island. I've also added a citation template and reference list, which you might like to try doing in your future articles (see WP:CITE). Cheers, Marasmusine (talk) 11:18, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Nunnery engine shed

I see that you started this article. Can I ask where you got the information, I would like to find out more? Thanks Talltim (talk) 08:36, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, much appreciated Talltim (talk) 11:57, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of North Lindsay Light Railway

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Edgar Allen

Your recent edit on Edgar Allen, following the announcement that Balfour Beatty was to close the Sheffield facilities, said "This will see the end of the Edgar Allen steel making and engineering connection in Sheffield." Although not now strictly in Sheffield, its British Rema subsidiary still exists as an independent business. It was bought out of Edgar Allen in 1980 and first moved to the former Lucas Works site in Dronfield and then to the Sheepbridge industrial estate near Chesterfield from where it continues to operate today. Eltorreon (talk) 16:02, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Maltby railway station

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A search for reference found the only published (gBook) references in the novel "The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's" By Talbot Baines Reed, fails WP:N and WP:V

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August 2011

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Nomination of Meadowhall (Tivoli Gardens) railway station for deletion

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MGWR Class D

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Nomination of Woodburn Junction for deletion

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