Talk:2022 Missouri train derailment

Latest comment: 2 years ago by Mliu92 in topic Train consist

Time

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Since Central Daylight Time is in effect in Missouri, the difference between local time and UTC should be 5 hours, not 6. I would change it, but I don't know whether the local time is correct and UTC wrong, or vice versa. 23.28.74.44 (talk) 03:37, 28 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

This has been fixed by another editor (not me). RickyCourtney (talk) 21:39, 29 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

Article title

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Wouldn't "2022 Mendon, Missouri train derailment" be a much better title? Mjroots (talk) 06:31, 28 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

Sure, if there was another train derailment in Missouri, in 2022, that was notable enough for its own Wikipedia article. Unless there’s further need for disambiguation, this title follows established standards. Plus according to the sources the incident didn’t actually happen in the town of Mendon. RickyCourtney (talk) 06:52, 28 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

Odd coincidences

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Just noting for now the odd spate of fatal Amtrak collisions with vehicles at level crossings: 4 occurred within 24 hours including the Southwest Chief 4 described in this article:

References

  1. ^ Chan, Stella; Levenson, Eric (June 28, 2022). "Train collides with vehicle at California intersection without crossing arms, killing three". CNN.
  2. ^ Brinkley, Leslie (June 27, 2022). "Brentwood train crossing where 3 women died in collision with Amtrak known for other crashes". ABC 7 News.
  3. ^ Robinson, Carol (June 26, 2022). "Motorist killed in collision with Amtrak train in southwest Birmingham". al.com.
  4. ^ "Man, woman killed in crash with Amtrak after fleeing drag race in Detroit". Detroit Free Press. Associated Press. June 29, 2022.

Cheers, Mliu92 (talk) 19:10, 29 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

Train consist

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The train consist is quite detailed and difficult to source. The best I have found so far is a forum post that reposted a trainspotting website: https://www.amtraktrains.com/threads/southwest-chief-derailment.82424/page-4#post-964194 ... if there is a better source, it should be added to the article. Photographs now confirm that AMTK 133 and a Viewliner baggage car were involved; other aerial images could be used to piece together specific Superliner cars. Cheers, Mliu92 (talk) 15:45, 30 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

The consist included the following locomotives and railcars (in no specific order; feel free to edit if needed):[1]

References

  1. ^ "Amtrak by the Numbers". On Track On Line. Retrieved 3 August 2022.

Cheers, Mliu92 (talk) 13:59, 3 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

Did you know nomination

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk11:38, 12 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Created by Sea Cow (talk). Self-nominated at 21:26, 30 June 2022 (UTC).Reply

  • Comments by Tbhotch

General eligibility:

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited:  
  • Interesting:  
  • Other problems:  
QPQ: Done.

Overall:   A new and long-enough article. QPQ is unrequired, this s your second DYK. No secondary issues, Earwig marks Violation Unlikely 22.5% but "Close to 20 local and state law enforcement agencies, ambulance services, fire departments and medical helicopter services responded" needs to be reworded as it is the same text that appears in the cited source and it is not a sentence that couldn't be paraphrased. The hook is interesting. (CC) Tbhotch 22:16, 3 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

@Sea Cow: Courtesy ping. (CC) Tbhotch 18:19, 8 July 2022 (UTC)Reply
Whoopsies, kinda forgot to do this. Fixed the sentence, should be a-ok! Sea Cow (talk) 18:47, 8 July 2022 (UTC)Reply
  Good to go. (CC) Tbhotch 19:19, 8 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

“Response” section

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Do we need the ”Response” section? Currently it’s just a short list of politicians offering their “thoughts and prayers.“ That happens after every mass casualty event and doesn’t seem to add any additional context or information for the reader. RickyCourtney (talk) 15:46, 5 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

I think that the two first things about the congress person and governor could be eliminated as you said. I think that the involvement of the boy scouts were some of the most interesting tidbits of information, so that could probably be moved up to a section about the boy scouts. Sea Cow (talk) 21:06, 5 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Lawsuits

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If someone has a PACER account, they should be able to track these lawsuits:

Cheers, Mliu92 (talk) 16:33, 7 July 2022 (UTC)Reply