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66: 308:. Could this be easily improved? Will not some of the NERA volumes by Bill Fawcett have content? I know that the BTH file in The Forsythe collection has content which will help clarify ownership. The present Wiki article says nothing about British Transport Hotels ownership nor does it address how and when The Royal Station Hotel York became The Royal York Hotel. I would be happy to work on this. I think there is also a Station Hotels book: Carter, Oliver, An Illustrated History of British Railway Hotels: 1838-1983, Silver Link Publishing, 31: 128: 83:
The aim of the event was to improve the coverage of Knowledge articles related to Railways and steam engines. Participants were free, however, to request info on other aspects of their collection. As well as subject expertise, the NRM were able to provide WiFi and a room for Wikimedians, and have
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jointly organised an editathon focusing on Railways, kindly hosted by the National Railway Museum in York on 19 October 2013. The day included some article editing, a backstage pass tour of their library and archives. One of their curators joined us to answer questions.
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Thanks HJ we are theming it to steam and Railways and will have a relevant curator, but if people don't like proper trains I'm sure we can have a table for people who want to work on diesel and electric ones.
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I'd have loved to have attended this, but I'm at a friend's wedding this day. Please let me know if there's a repeat event! Thanks.
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Bugger, if I had known about this before, but at this point I'm already booked elsewhere.
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What books, magazines and other literature would you like to have available on the day?
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Thanks Robert, if you are happy to lead it we can have a table re Railway hotels.
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is in dire need of an overhaul, so any potential source material would be great.
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If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the
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Is there a specific theme to the event? If not, the article on the
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All welcome! There was space for 20 people in total.
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Knowledge:WikiProject Railways
archive
current main page

Wikimedia UK
National Railway Museum
Jonathan Cardy (WMUK)
Stroudley Terrier
Jonathan Cardy (WMUK)
talk
13:02, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
Robertforsythe
talk
07:13, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
Martin Fell (York Museums Trust)
talk
09:58, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
HJ Mitchell
Penny for your thoughts?
15:24, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
carolyndougherty
talk
09:02, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
PatHadley
talk
14:54, 9 October 2013 (UTC)
Thryduulf
talk
16:42, 9 October 2013 (UTC)
Jo Stanley

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