Talk:Southern Pacific 4449

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Southern Pacific 4449 was a good article, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these are addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake. Delisted version: May 18, 2007

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Contents 1 GA nomination comments 2 Good Article Review 3 Comments added to article by Mrpoundsand 4 Source for citations

[edit] GA nomination comments

Before this article can be listed as a good article, I think the following things should be corrected:

• Lead section needs a bit of work - the first sentence is not clear at all to a layman. The last sentence cries out for a source. Overall it should summarise a bit more of the article's content, and should also cater for our international readership by stating which country the locomotive is in.
• POV phrases such as 'They work hard to keep it running' need to be removed
• Section headings should be capitalised like sentences - see WP:MOS. Worldtraveller 12:52, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the comments, I've addressed them as follows:

1. Expanded the lead to include significant bits of the locomotive's history, and to (hopefully) clarify the first sentence; removed the "most photographed" line since it was unreferenced.
2. Performed a copyedit to remove POV comments and clarify a couple points.
3. "Oaks Park" and "American Freedom Train" are proper nouns and should be typed in this manner. I've updated the other section headings.

Slambo (Speak) 20:02, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Good Article Review

This article is currently at Good Article Review. LuciferMorgan 18:35, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

This article has been delisted per WP:GA/R because it does not meet GA criteria. Once it has been brought up to standards, it can be renominated. The biggest issue is lack of citations. Regards, LaraLove^T/_C 18:07, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Comments added to article by Mrpoundsand

"My father, Ira Leamon Wilson, was one of the engineers of the 4449 American Freedom Train as it traveled through Georgia in 1976. He was an engineer for Southern Railroad now known as Northfolk Southern. These pictures are old and not of the best quality, but are an example of The American Freedom Train in it's Red, White, and Blue color scheme with my father as engineer coming through Georgia in 1976. Unfortunately I was too young to remember the locations in Georgia where these photos were taken, or the other men in the first photo. My father began working for Southern Railroad after serving in the Navy on the USS Biven in World War II."

Katr67 06:35, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Source for citations

• ALL ABOARD! PROUD OL' SP 4449 STEAMS TO STARDOM IN RAILFAIR '91. The Oregonian, April 28, 1991, RICK BELLA. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:56, 19 April 2008 (UTC)