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"Mothballed"?

What does this mean, in the lead? None of the three articles at the Mothballing dab page helps. As a native English-speaker I read it as "preserved in full working order although not currently in use" (as in some of Lancashire's major museums such as Queen Street Mill at one point), but the article suggests that a tunnel has been filled in. If there is a specific definition of "mothballed/mothballing" in the context of railways lines, it would be helpful for someone to create an article, with sources, to explain and perhaps give examples.

I suggest that the word "mothballed" needs clarification, as this term is unlikely to be clear to all readers. PamD 11:45, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

• Googling found me this splendid non-reply to an FOI request, which says "Upon discussing your request with my colleagues in Network Rail, they have confirmed that the term ‘mothballed’ is not a phrase we use. Therefore, we do not have information on lines which are classed as ‘mothballed’. " It seems an interesting point, so I'll raised it at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK Railways for wider input. PamD 11:54, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

Mothballed usually implies when a line is still classed as active but not in use. Some notable lines include the Leamside Line, Power Station line at Telford and the line from Watford to Croxley Green. These are mothballed lines which NR own. The term closed would imply it is closed, gone nothing left etc...but mothballed is used for lines around the UK which are closed as active lines but not officially closed to railways for good. DragonofBatley (talk) 14:38, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

Seeing this when keying in dra to the browser (which quick-launches a past Wikipedia page), I think there could be a wikilink added thus [[Wikt:mothballed|mothballed]] which renders as mothballed. The article author was DavidAHull whom, whilst inactive, has an email address so I have added a Talk section that would create an email alert, as he may be able to contribute.

As Doe Lea is near to me, it reminded me of a course in 1993 where there was a senior management chap from Shirebrook Colliery and colliery safety officer from Bolsover Colliery who lived in Doe Lea. This Google search shows two period uses of mothballed relating to Shirebrook, at The Independent and Hansard. I was aware of the term being used during that era, so I knew what to search.

Consequently it can be seen to be applied generally, and I don't feel any special mention should be necessary for railways, excepting a general wikilink to something other than a dab landing page.--Rocknrollmancer (talk) 18:45, 5 December 2021 (UTC)