Planning to produce a beginners guide

[trainboy390]

Hi,

I know there are some beginners/people new to the world of railways so I have started to make a PDF beginners guide to railways at the moment it is only in the planning stages as I want to know what people think of the idea.

please tell me if you want a beginners guide and what you would like in it so far I have made a list of what I will be include add to the list if you think of anything.


Gauge (track size)
Locomotives (steam diesel and electric) (how they work)
Couplings
bell codes
car stops
Electric railways (third rail and ole)
delays (leafs on the line and heat expanding the track)
signals
TWPS
AWS
DSD

Hope people are interested and thanks for you help/opinions

Stephen

 

[telstarbox]

Many of the subjects you have listed are already covered on Wikipedia, with references to sources of further information - have you looked there first as there is no point reinventing the wheel.

For example, there is already a comprehensive article on gauge and a useful one on the bell code.

There is also a simple way of combining Wikipedia articles into a single PDF for offline use.

Edit: here's one I made earlier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:Great_Britain_Railway_Reference

 

[Johnuk123]

Many of the subjects you have listed are already covered on Wikipedia, with references to sources of further information - have you looked there first?

There is also a simple way of combining Wikipedia articles into a single PDF for offline use.

Unfortunately Wikipedia although generally correct also has some glaring errors.

 

[Emyr]

Correct it then.

 

[Johnuk123]

Correct it then.

I don't have the time or the inclination to got through Wikipedia with a highlighter I just wouldn't use it as an accurate source of information.

 

[Emyr]

That would make a mess of your screen.

If there were more people like you contributing a morsel of truth each visit, it wouldn't be so bad.

 

[telstarbox]

Unfortunately Wikipedia although generally correct also has some glaring errors.

Possibly true, but it is possible to check the accuracy of the content using the references provided. Some content is harder to reference even when 100% true.

The other advantages of Wikipedia over a stand-alone guide are the larger 'audience' of readers and fellow contributors, and that all content can be freely reused in other publications.