Talk:Well car

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This article has served as a proxy for double stack, but I felt the topic deserved it's own article, so I started Double-stack rail transport. it includes material from this and other articles. I haven't removed anything from this article, but others might want to review what belongs here. --agr (talk) 11:30, 17 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Guide to Rail Cars is not spam at all. Just open it. Peter Horn User talk 01:41, 13 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It clearly violates WP:COPYLINK, using content stolen from here, for example. It's obvious it is some kind of scraper site, filled with content lifted from any number of sources without permission. We have no idea who wrote the content, or who runs the site, so it's not a reliable source. Any website where you don't know the real name of the author is highly unlikely to be an acceptable external link. Violates WP:ELNO for any number of reasons and should probably be blacklisted. "Spam" is pretty good shorthand for all of the above. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 02:11, 13 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Lifted, or stolen, from another site??? Then why this paragraph. "We wish to thank the Greenbrier Companies, Inc. for their contribution of general information about railcars, railcar specifications, and especially for their exceptional railcar illustrations for the samples provided." . Peter Horn User talk 22:21, 13 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That entire line was also copy-pasted from Hinkelman's Dictionary of International Trade. Hinkelman thanked Greenbrier. Our anonymous blogger simply copied Hinkelman without even bothering to read what they were stealing. Classic fingerprints of a scraper site. Look at the other links the same IP added, like the one added to Honda Wave -- it's obviously copy of a newspaper article, stripped of copyright. The whole site consists of pidgin-English amateur blog posts (most like machine translations of copyrighted material) and stolen content. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 22:42, 13 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I see your point. The Greenbrier Companies North American Rail, well cars. Peter Horn User talk 00:10, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Saucy: Just you let you know that I inserted that wrong template in all aricles about N American freight rolling stock. Peter Horn User talk 10:59, 5 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

For my comments about AAR Plate H see Talk:Loading gauge#AAR Plate H Peter Horn User talk 01:47, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone interested may weigh in at Talk:Boxcar#Personal web sites Peter Horn User talk 18:00, 15 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Can somebody please explain the mechanics of this statement? "In India double stacking of containers is done on flatcars under 7.45 m (24 ft 5 +1⁄4 in)-high catenary because the wider 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) gauge permits more height while keeping the centre of gravity still low." Casey (talk) 05:16, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]