Template:Did you know nominations/Uinta Basin Rail

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 21:46, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

Uinta Basin Rail

Map of the preferred route under consideration
Map of the preferred route under consideration
  • ... that some of the proposed routes for the current effort to build a Uinta Basin Rail line are based on routes surveyed over 100 years ago? Page 4 of source number 20 in the article (part of the Environmental Impact Statement) lists that one of the shortlisted alternatives is based on a "historical survey" done by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. Sources 9 and 13, among others, confirm these routes were surveyed between 1902 and 1920.

Improved to Good Article status by Moabdave (talk). Self-nominated at 02:11, 18 March 2021 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Everything looks good here. Krakkos (talk) 09:33, 20 March 2021 (UTC)