> Date: Mon, 15 May 2017 17:04:28 -0400 > From: "Mark Bradley" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [Tagging] How to tag monumental railcars > > > From: Tijmen Stam <[email protected]> > > To: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools" > > <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [Tagging] How to tag monumental railcars > > > > On 10-05-17 13:15, Andy Mabbett wrote: > > > On 10 May 2017 at 10:24, Martin Koppenhoefer <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> I believe in British English it should be "waggon". > > > > > > "Waggon was preferred in British English until a century ago and it > > > still appears occasionally, but it is fast becoming archaic. In this > > > century, the shorter one is preferred in all main varieties of > > > English." > > > > > > http://grammarist.com/spelling/wagon-waggon/ > > > > > > > > > > I think I'm setting for historic=railway_car Which is the name > > Wikipedia uses for one item of railway rolling stock which is not a > > locomotive (be it a freight or passenger car > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_car > > > > Railcar, in the UK rail parlance, means a single-car powered passenger > > car with driver stands (usually) at both ends. > > > > I took the liberty of creating a wiki page (basically copied > > historic:locomotive): > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:historic%3Drailway_car > > > After reading the Wikipedia article entitled "Railroad car" that you referred > to, I think > you should modify your wiki page to modify the description of "railway car" > to include > non-revenue cars. I have mapped several cabooses (UK brake vans), a type of > non- > revenue car, and technically these don't fall under the categories of rolling > stock, > freight cars, or passenger cars/coaches. > > Mark Bradley > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 15 May 2017 23:22:25 +0100 > From: Andy Mabbett <[email protected]> > To: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Tagging] How to tag monumental railcars > Message-ID: > <[email protected]. > com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > On 15 May 2017 at 22:04, Mark Bradley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have mapped several cabooses (UK brake vans), a type of non-revenue > > car, and technically these don't fall under the categories of rolling > > stock, freight cars, or passenger cars/coaches. > > As an en-GB native, and having spent ten years working at a railway museum in > England, I would say brake vans are definitely "rolling stock" (as indeed is > anything on > wheels that moves on railway rails). > > Both en.Wikipedia's categories (see > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brake_van ) and Wikidata agree with that. > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
Very well; I'll use historic=railway_car for cabooses. Mark Bradley _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
