Template:Did you know nominations/Newton Lower Falls Branch

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 02:16, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

Newton Lower Falls Branch

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The "Ping-Pong" at Riverside station

... that the Newton Lower Falls Branch was operated with a single electric railcar (pictured) nicknamed the "Ping-Pong"?

Source: Boston Globe, April 6, 1909; Humphrey, Thomas J.; Clark, Norton D. (1986). Boston's Commuter Rail: Second Section. Boston Street Railway Association. ISBN 9780938315025.

ALT1: ... that the rails of the Newton Lower Falls Branch were removed, but it was never legally abandoned? Source: 2014 and 2017 court cases
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Frances Darlington

Improved to Good Article status by Pi.1415926535 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 60 past nominations.

Pi.1415926535 (talk) 06:22, 29 June 2024 (UTC).

Will review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:03, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Looks good. Nice work. BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:51, 2 July 2024 (UTC)