Talk:Wolverine (train)

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i love this train, really helped me out when greyhound accidentally left me stranded in chicago one day.

its a beautiful route, amazing scenery. at least to me, lol.

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The above named section doesn't seem to track for me. Isn't the Kalamazoo-Detroit section of the Amtrak Chicago-Detroit line the former NS Michigan line? I believe freight rights on the Kalamazoo-Detroit portion were assigned to a shortline based in Kalamazoo (whose name I am forgetting) that operates the former NS Elkhart-Grand Rapids line. I am sure NS divested themselves of the former Michigan Central Mainline. Can any regular contributor clarify this? Gtwfan52 (talk) 05:20, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

• NS is in the process of conveying Kalamazoo-Dearborn to the state of Michigan but I don't believe that's final yet. To the best of my knowledge the Grand Elk Railroad doesn't have freight rights over that route. Mackensen (talk) 14:37, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
  • Ok, Thanks. The point is that either the bit about the Amtrak Chicago-Detroit line or the bit about the NS Kalamazoo-Detroit line is incorrect. I unfortunately do not have access to reference material to correctly update it. The Battle Creek trackage rights go wayyyy back, I am thinking prior to the formation of Conrail. I know they were in place when I moved to Kalamazoo in 1976. The old MC line through Downtown Battle Creek is gone. Since those long term trackage rights are effectively now the route of the NS (former NS?) line through BC, I don't think it adds any clarity to the article to include the bit about the trackage rights either. Just this Gtwfan's opinion. Gtwfan52 (talk) 22:16, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Station stops

I don't think the article gains by having the list of station stops with detailed connecting service information. For one, it takes us perilously close toward making this a travel guide (cf WP:NOTTRAVEL). For another, we have to keep the information in sync with the individual station articles, which often isn't done. If there's a place for this information in Wikipedia (maybe), it's in the individual station articles. Doing it this way encourages massive redundancy, especially when you consider Blue Water, which inevitably contains much of the same information (I looked, it varies in details). Mackensen (talk) 12:37, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

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In popular culture

The song is the main subject of the Twilight Tapirs song Wolverine Train. 12.87.151.58 (talk) 14:46, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Requested move 23 October 2024

• Hiawatha (train) → Hiawatha (MILW train)
• Maple Leaf (train) → Maple Leaf (Amtrak train)
• Palmetto (train) → Palmetto (Amtrak train)
• Valley Flyer → Valley Flyer (ATSF train)
• Wolverine (train) → Wolverine (Amtrak train)

– These paranthetical names aren't quite as clear and precise as they can be since multiple other trains have used these names throughout their history. The simple parenthetical "(train)" isn't really enough to distinguish these different trains from each other. The first article is solely about the multiple trains operated by the Milwaukee Road which predate the current Amtrak train along the corridor of the same name. The name could be changed to "trains" to indicate the multitude of different trains covered in the article. The Amtrak/Via Maple Leaf isn't the only named train with a termini in Toronto, especially the historical Lehigh Valley Railroad train, which also ran to New York City, albeit with a different alignment. The name of the article could also be changed to maybe "Amtrak/Via", but the train from my understanding is moreso grouped with Amtrak. The Amtrak Palmetto is the successor of the ACL train of the same name. The fourth article is about a completely unrelated historical ATSF train operating in California separate from the current Amtrak train. The Wolverine is also the name of a historical New York Central Railroad train. Nonetheless, I don't necessarily believe in these names as final as I want them to be subject to change, and not all of them need to be implemented. I will say that if we decide that the simple parenthetical of "(train)" is sufficient in describing the articles in question, then perhaps instead the article titles for the Amtrak Pere Marquette, Silver Star, and Valley Flyer could have "Amtrak" dropped from their parentheticals for naming consistency across all Amtrak train articles. Thoughts? OrdinaryScarlett (talk) 06:21, 23 October 2024 (UTC) — Relisting.  ASUKITE 15:08, 31 October 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. —Compassionate727 ^(T·C) 13:59, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

• Support: I don't have any problem with this.

Criticalthinker (talk) 12:14, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

• Comment Maple Leaf (Amtrak train) is inaccurate. It is operated jointly by Via and Amtrak on their respective sides of the border. 162 etc. (talk) 16:56, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
• (edit conflict) Rename per nom. Also pair with Valley Flyer (disambiguation) -> Valley Flyer. No objection to Maple Leaf (Amtrak and Via Rail train) * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 16:57, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
• Comment: For Maple Leaf, Wolverine, Palmetto, and Valley Flyer, the Amtrak services are clearly the primary topic, with >90% of the combined pageviews. (That's also the case with the two other current Amtrak routes with that disambiguation - Silver Star and Pere Marquette.) With the Hiawatha, the Amtrak train is about 2/3 of pageviews. However, none of the Milwaukee Road trains were actually named Hiawatha alone; the correct title for that article should be Hiawathas or maybe Hiawathas (Milwaukee Road trains). (MILW is not a well-known abbreviation outside of railfan circles and shouldn't be used.)

That means that based on pageviews alone, all of these Amtrak trains would just have (train) as the parenthetical, with the older trains having the railroad name in the parenthetical. I think that's a good way to do it; I don't see a need for (Amtrak train) if the Amtrak service is the clear primary topic. Maple Leaf (Amtrak and Via Rail train) in particular would be very clunky for a situation where the Amtrak service has 95% of pageviews. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 23:41, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

No, these are not primary topics. We're not moving Maple Leaf, Wolverine, et. al. See WP:PDAB. 162 etc. (talk) 00:46, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

If we go by WP:PRIMARYTOPIC instead and per your suggestions here, then to alternatively sum up which pages will be moved:

• Hiawatha (train) → Hiawathas (Milwaukee Road trains)
• Hiawatha (Amtrak train) → Hiawatha (train)
• Valley Flyer → Valley Flyer (ATSF train)
• Valley Flyer (Amtrak train) → Valley Flyer
• Pere Marquette (Amtrak train) → Pere Marquette (train)
• Silver Star (Amtrak train) → Silver Star (train)

I personally favor "Hiawathas (Milwaukee Road trains)" since that title is more clear than just "Hiawathas". Moreover, the "(train)" paranthetical could also be omitted from the Amtrak Valley Flyer article's new title. The other two articles with the name "Valley Flyer" include both a) an obscure, historic short lived ATSF train in California completely unrelated to the current Amtrak train in New England and b) a defunct trading name for a subsidiary of NZ Bus. A separate article for this subsidiary bus company doesn't even exist, and said article only cites two sources which don't even appear to refer to the company as specifically "Valley Flyer" once. A trading name for some non-notable subsidiary bus company which doesn't even has its own article doesn't deserve its own article in my honest opinion. However, the issue of that article's existence can be discussed elsewhere. Nevertheless, I still want to leave these new names subject to change. OrdinaryScarlett (talk) 01:18, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

Note: WikiProject Michigan and WikiProject Trains have been notified of this discussion. ASUKITE 15:08, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

Relisting comment: @Criticalthinker and Pppery: Thoughts on the new proposals? —Compassionate727 ^(T·C) 13:59, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

Fine with Hiawatha (train) -> Hiawathas (Milwaukee Road trains) Fine with declaring the Amtrak train the primary topic for Valley Flyer. None of these seems to be anywhere near the threshold where I consider partial disambiguation reasonable, so oppose the other alts. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 17:24, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

My rationale behind proposing these page moves was to harmonize the naming conventions used for the current Amtrak routes (including the temporarily discontinued Capitol Limited and Silver Star), per WP:TITLECON since some pages use "(train)" and others use "(Amtrak train)", but there are cases in both types where historical trains share the same name. Based on the rationale on partial disambiguation, are you still in favor of the Maple Leaf, Palmetto, and Wolverine moves that I initially proposed?

Nevertheless, my stance has shifted in favor of the new names Pi.1415926535 suggested. These names all fall in line with WP:PRIMARYTOPIC and WP:2DABS. The Amtrak Hiawatha, Pere Marquette, and Silver Star are all undoubtedly the primary topics for the named trains of their names. The Milwaukee Road Hiawathas, C&O Pere Marquette, as well as the NZR Silver Star (from New Zealand) are all historic trains that most readers will not be seeking when they search for the pages on the modern Amtrak trains. Hatnotes can simply be used to direct the few remaining users to the pages for those historic trains on the modern Amtrak train pages, which falls in line with the conventions at WP:HATNOTES. There are plenty of examples of cases such as these under WP:PDABS. OrdinaryScarlett (talk) 02:23, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

Historical age is not determinative. See WP:DPT. 162 etc. (talk) 02:38, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

I don't understand. What's the "new proposals"? I support whatever you originally proposed and that's it. Criticalthinker (talk) 01:57, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

These are the six listed changes under the second bulleted list I've written as a summary to Pi.1415926535's comment above. OrdinaryScarlett (talk) 02:26, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

• I'll go through these one by one.

Hiawatha (train): Move to Hiawatha (Milwaukee Road trains)

Maple Leaf (train): Move to Maple Leaf (Amtrak and Via Rail train)

Palmetto (train): Support as proposed, to Palmetto (Amtrak train)

Valley Flyer: Support as proposed, to Valley Flyer (ATSF train). No objection to the primary topic swap.

Wolverine (train): Support as proposed, to Wolverine (Amtrak train)

Oppose the move of Pere Marquette (Amtrak train) and Silver Star (Amtrak train) which were not even in the nomination. Oppose the creation of any WP:PDABs as a result of this RM. 162 etc. (talk) 02:38, 15 November 2024 (UTC)