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A project has been formed to create and improve articles related to rail transport in Jamaica. This page and its subpages contain suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of interested Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please make yourself known on the talk page and see the to-do list there.

Goals Goals

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The goals of this project are to:

  • Expand the existing rail transport in Jamaican articles and create new ones where required.
  • Organize and standardize these articles on Wikipedia.
  • Create or delete red linked items on this project page.

Divisions Scope

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This project covers all articles on rail transport in Jamaica including systems, lines, stations, locomotives and rolling stock.

Participants

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  1. Arb

Project divisions Project divisions

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Assessment

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Assessment (talk) — for article assessment and ratings

Article structure

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Article structure (talk) — for article format and recommendations

New article announcements

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New article announcements (talk) — for new article announcements.

Resources

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  • The Jamaica Railway 1845-1945, H R Fox (General Manager, Jamaica Government Railway(JGR)), The Railway Magazine Volume 91 Number 560 November and December 1945, pages 313-317.
  • The Railway Gazette, January 5th & 12th 1945.
  • Nation Library of Jamaica, Collection 1313, Gunter Collection, Centenary history of the JGR 1845-1945 compiled by Sir Geoffrey Gunter, former Chief Accountant and Auditor of the JGR, 1923-1940, together with supporting material (correspondence, memoranda, clippings, etc) and seven photographs of locomotives and of events and persons connected with the JGR, including Frank Passmore, William Smith and HR Fox. 9 items. Private 4/97
  • The Jamaica Railway part 1 (includes Locomotives of the JGR part 1 of 2 1845-1900), H G Forsythe, Locomotive International, Volume 5 Number 19 1993-05, Pages 22-26.
  • The Jamaica Railway part 2, H G Forsythe, Locomotive International, Number 21 1993-Autumn, Pages 23-26.
  • Locomotives of the JGR part 2 of 2 1901-1945, H G Forsythe, Locomotive International, Volume 5 Number 24 1994-06, Pages 21-24, ISBN 1-873150-06-7.
  • The Railways of Jamaica (Epitaph), H G Forsythe, Locomotive International, Volume 5 Number 26 1994-12, Page 19, ISBN 1-873150-08-3.
  • The Friendliest Line in the World (The Railways of Jamaica), DVD, Videolines Limited, 1993.

Top ten new articles from the noticeboard

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Categories

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Templates

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Project template

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This user is a participant in WikiProject Rail transport in Jamaica
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Route diagram templates

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Passenger lines

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Bauxite lines

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Military lines

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Stub template

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Assessment template

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We hope eventually to be included in the general TrainsWikiProject assessment template:

  • {{TrainsWikiProject}} — an assessment template that in future may be added to the top of each article's talk page.
WikiProject iconTrains Unassessed
WikiProject iconThis article is within the scope of WikiProject Trains, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to rail transport on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion. See also: WikiProject Trains to do list and the Trains Portal.
???This article has not yet received a rating on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
???This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.

But for now, we have our own:

  • {{WikiProject Rail transport in Jamaica|class=NA}} — an assessment template to be added to the top of each article's talk page.
WikiProject iconRail transport in Jamaica (inactive)
WikiProject iconThis article is within the scope of WikiProject Rail transport in Jamaica, a project which is currently considered to be inactive.

Images

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  • {{commonscat|Rail transport in Jamaica}}
  • {{commonscat|Railway stations in Jamaica}}