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The Timelines task force works on timelines within railroad articles and maintains the articles within Category:Rail transport timelines. This task force also assists the Portal task force with the "Selected anniversaries" and "Trains news" section content.

1. Slambo (talk · contribs)

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Timelines

Featured articles

Featured lists

Good articles

• Scan existing Wikipedia articles for events to add to the appropriate timeline and anniversary pages.
• Scan external reference sources for events to add to the appropriate timeline and anniversary pages.
• Research and find references for existing events listed on the timeline and anniversary pages.
• Maintain consistency between the timeline and anniversary pages, ensuring that events and facts are uniformly and correctly listed in all locations.
• Monitor other language wikis to maintain interwiki links on the timeline and anniversary pages.
• Translate events listed on other language wikis into English for use on timeline and anniversary pages here.

• Develop a standard presentation format for timelines within rail transport topic articles.
• Add articles about specific events to the appropriate DECADE in rail transport category (Category:Railway accidents sorted)

• Improve the infobox navigation templates to reduce the number of parameters and simplify their use.
• Find suitable images of specific events listed on the anniversary and timeline pages.

Rail transport specific categories

• Category:Rail transport timelines

General categories

• Category:Years
  • Category:Disestablishments by year
  • Category:Establishments by year
  • Category:Introductions by year

General

• {{TrainsWikiProject|...|Timelines=yes|...}}

Infobox navigation

• {{Year in rail transport}} and {{Future year in rail transport}}
• {{Day in rail transport}}
• {{MonthCategoryNav}}

• Colin Churcher's Railway Pages - several pages listing Canadian events
• Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society - monthly updates listing North American events in "This month in railroad history"