Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Railway

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The result was Withdrawn. WP:SNOW (non-admin closure) ^{[Username Needed]} 08:00, 15 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Railway[edit]

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In Category:Suspected wikipedia hoaxes, no sources in article, google only returned one unreliable source. ^{[Username Needed]} 12:57, 10 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

keep I have no idea where the information in the article came from, and perhaps it needs to be reduced to a stub; beyond that, it's conspicuously unfinished, as there is no mention of its merger into the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. But there's no question that it is real: searching produces all of the usual legal documentation hits for an American railroad. Mangoe (talk) 16:06, 10 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
keepthere was a primary source, removed now. needs a Florida Historian to find ref's.-- Dlohcierekim (talk) 18:02, 10 May 2018 (UTC)\[reply]
Comment: I'm a bit curious as these railroads weren't concurrent of each other? I do note that a search grabs this (Box 7, Folder 6) which looks to be a "Florida Gulf Coast University Special Collections" repository. Article was created in 2004?! – TheGridExe (talk) 02:34, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like article was created in 2004 and nothing was really added past that. Looking at the workflow of User:SPUI - nothing malicious. Just something that never was touched? Looking for anything to grab as a source and I see Suwannee River Railway Company was established but nothing materialized as far with physical railroads. [1] – TheGridExe (talk) 02:51, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I knew someone could find something. More than we had. Not sure it helps notability. -- Dlohcierekim (talk) 02:54, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Florida-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 04:18, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy keep. The first hits on Google Books return contemporary legislation confirming the claims of the article. See for example [2]. Mackensen (talk) 11:16, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy keep. Great find! I agree with above, speedy keep based on this. As stated before, this is going to require some resource digging. It's just the article needs to be reformatted to today's standards and hopefully there's no overlap with other related articles. (Why was the hoax label tagged on it? ) – TheGridExe (talk) 13:23, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

As the admin who dettaged that, I gotta say it beats me.-- Dlohcierekim (talk) 14:39, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, doesn't this fall under WP:NGEO?Jacona (talk) 19:51, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, like Dakota Rail, this article could be cleaned up and have a purpose. — Preceding unsigned comment added by XXCooksterXx (talk • contribs) 22:27, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep The company was somehow related to (or became?) the "Atlantic Lumber Company"[3]. A different source [4] says it was acquired by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. I doubt it meets WP:CORPDEPTH, though that doesn't quite apply to hundred-year-old companies (and certainly not to rail lines). power~enwiki (π, ν) 03:58, 12 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I don't know of any Florida railroads that were not eventually swallowed up by Seaboard. -- Dlohcierekim (talk) 04:15, 12 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. – TheGridExe (talk) 05:21, 13 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Reply - There were other swallowed up by Atlantic Coast Line, Louisville and Nashville, and Florida East Coast. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 11:22, 13 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Meets WP:GNG. -- Dane ^talk 19:56, 13 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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