Template:Did you know nominations/Nashua, Acton and Boston Railroad
- 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 (talk) 22:29, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
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Nashua, Acton and Boston Railroad
- ... that the Nashua, Acton and Boston Railroad was formed because its founder's yearly pass for a competing railroad was denied a renewal by that company's president? Source: "Acton Road Foreclosure" The Telegraph (Nashua, New Hampshire), January 13, 1905. "It is said that the main promoter started to work up the new road because General Stark declined to renew his annual pass." [1]
- ALT1:... that the construction of the Nashua, Acton and Boston Railroad included the first ever use of dynamite in the state of New Hampshire? Source: "Acton Road Foreclosure" The Telegraph (Nashua, New Hampshire), January 13, 1905. "So he started out of Nashua, after getting free of the houses at Sandy pond and built the road for six miles past Dunstable depot as straight as a gun barrel. To do this they had to pierce a formidable ledge four miles out and in the work dynamite was used for the first time in New Hampshire." [2]
- ALT2:... that the Nashua, Acton and Boston Railroad was also known as the "Red Line" because it was consistently unprofitable? Source: The Rail Lines of Southern New England, by Ronald Dale Karr, p.217 "Older residents refer to the line locally as the "Red Line," supposedly on account of its heavy operating losses."
- Comment: This is my fourth DYK nom, so no QPQ is necessary.
5x expanded by Trainsandotherthings (talk). Self-nominated at 21:00, 13 October 2021 (UTC).
Comment: The local nickname of the "Red Line" (due to accounting losses, aka red ink) might also make a worthy hook. I've added that to the article. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 22:58, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
- Good suggestion, I have added it as ALT2. Thanks for adding it to the article. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 23:25, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
Article is long enough. DYK Check claims it's not new enough, but from what I can see, it went from 801 prose (Special:Permalink/1048245685) to 5968 prose (Special:Permalink/1049803539) so I think it's good on that score. Earwig doesn't note any copyvio issues. No problems with WP:NPOV or WP:BLP. Everything looks well referenced and I don't see any issues with WP:RS. All of the proposed hooks appear to meet the requirements, but ALT2 stands out as the hookiest by far so I strongly suggest we go with that. The author states they are QPQ-exempt; I did not verify this, but accept it based on AGF. This is a really nice article. It covers a historic subject in the right amount of depth, and avoids the rail-fan trivia that all too frequently afflicts articles about railroads. Thanks for submitting it. -- RoySmith (talk) 02:58, 20 October 2021 (UTC)
