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Pennsylvania Railroad
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HeadquartersPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Reporting markPRR
LocaleChicago and St. Louis to New York City and Washington, DC
Dates of operation18461968
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
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Trying something based on a Japanese organization system I read about: each time I use one of these templates, I move it to the top.

  • Official website: {{official|www.barnesfoundation.org}}
  • Redirects: #REDIRECT [[Yale University]]
  • IABot (auto-find archive pages for cites): Analyze a page
  • {{anchor|tennallytownrockville}}
  • Inflation template:
    • (${{Format price|{{Inflation|US-GDP|1000000|1990|r=-2}}}} today) → ($2.12 million today)
    • (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|amount|year|r=0}}}} today{{Inflation-fn|US}})
    • US$17 million (about ${{Format price|{{Inflation|US|17000000|1889|r=-6}}}} today{{Inflation-fn|US}}): US$17 million (about $609 million today[1])
  • "Wikimedia Commons has material relating to" template: {{Commons category|Toledo, Ohio}}
  • Linking from WM Commons to WP: "Works cast by the [[w:Bureau Brothers|Bureau Brothers]], a foundry established in Philadelphia in the 1970s."
  • Inline conversion:{{convert|2.7|mi|km|abbr=off}}: " 2.7 miles (4.3 kilometres)"
  • {{Years ago|1910}} or {{time ago|1957|numeric=y}}-year
  • Frequently cited sources

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{{Quote|Quote goes here.|Attribution goes here<ref>Cite goes here</ref>}}

Citations

  • Citation templates
  • Help:References and page numbers#Inline page numbers / Help:List-defined references / Help:Footnotes
  • <ref name="germantownhistory" />{{rp|189}} produces [2]:189
  • Books (documentation): <ref name="NAME">{{cite book |title= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year= |publisher= |location= |isbn= |page= |pages= |url= |accessdate=}}</ref>
    • The brontosaurus is thin at one end.<ref name=elk1972>{{cite book |last=Elk |first=Anne |title=[[Anne Elk's Theory on Brontosauruses]] |date=November 16, 1972}}</ref>{{rp|5}} Then it becomes much thicker in the middle.{{r|elk1972|p=6–7}}
    • The brontosaurus is thin at one end.{{sfn|Elk|1972a|p=5}} Then it becomes much thicker in the middle.{{sfn|Elk|1972a|p=6–7}} ==Notes== {{reflist}} ==References== {{refbegin}} * {{cite book |last=Elk |first=Anne |title=[[Anne Elk's Theory on Brontosauruses]] |date=November 16, 1972a}} {{refend}}
  • Website (documentation): <ref name="NAME">{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = | work = | publisher = | date = | url = | format = | doi = | accessdate = }} </ref>
  • Publication: <ref name="NAME"> {{cite journal | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = | journal = | volume = | issue = | pages = | publisher = | location = | date = | url = | doi = | id = | accessdate = }} </ref>
  • News (documentation): <ref name="NAME"> {{cite news |title= |first= |last= |newspaper= |date= |url= |accessdate=}}</ref>
  • {{who|date=April 2012}}[who?]
  • Citation bot instructions

Location

  • WP:USPLACE: WP style on U.S. place names
  • GeoLocator: Get digital lat/long by zooming in and alt-clicking on location, then copy the autogenerated {{location dec}}
  • Location:
    • Template:Coord: {{Coord|LAT|LONG|display=title}}
    • {{coord|43.315624|-70.564756|type:landmark_region:US|format=dms|display=title}}
    • {{Location map |New York |label = Seneca Army Depot |label_size = 100 |lat = 42.754367 |long = -76.865845 }} {{coord|42.754367|-76.865845|display=title}}<nowiki>{{Location map |New York |label = Seneca Army Depot |label_size = 100 |lat = 42.754367 |long = -76.865845 }} {{coord|42.754367|-76.865845|display=title}}

Hatnotes

  • Hatnote templates
    • Distinguish: {{Distinguish|foo|bar|something|baz}} (Not to be confused with foo, bar, something, or baz.)
    • About: {{About|the passenger train|other uses|Down Easter (disambiguation){{!}}Down Easter}} (This article is about the passenger train. For other uses, see Down Easter.)

Talk page

  • {{Reply to|PRRfan}}
  • Unsigned-talkpage-comment attrib template: {{unsigned|[username]}}
  • Spam warning for user Talk pages: {{Uw-advert1}}
  • Ping someone (or someones): {{ping|Ɱ|Epicgenius}}

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