Edit a Page

This site's engine uses its own very simple markup language. The edit-screen buttons will accomplish just about everything for you, and you'll catch on fairly quickly as to how it works. However, if you want you can still learn more about the syntax with…

Quick Reference OR The Full Wiki Syntax

Adding a Picture

The first uploaded image will always appear as the locomotive's main top picture.
To add Gallery pictures, click the page's files button. Upload the file here, and it will automatically appear in the Gallery. You can also put an image directly into the text using the Green 'Insert Image' button on the page edit-screen, but it will not appear in the Gallery.

Info Tables

At a page's edit screen you can put content into Info Tables, which use pairs of vertical bars to split content.

||~ Builder    ||    Lima            ||
||~ Constr. Num.    ||    2593            ||
||~ Built  ||    1912             ||
||~ Class ||    Class B         ||
||~ Wheels     ||    2 Truck Shay    ||
||~ Gauge     ||    36"         || 
||~ Driver Diameter ||             ||
||~ Loco Weight       ||             ||
||~ Empty Weight  ||            ||
||~ Boiler Pressure ||    200psi    ||
||~ Tractive Effort ||             ||
||~ Fuel  ||    Oil         ||
||~ Cylinders||             ||
||~ Valve Gear||    Stevenson    ||
||~ Delivered||             ||
||~ Retired    ||             ||

Locomotive Status

A loco's status is best displayed by displaying any one of five referenced "includes."
Just pick one and take it out of the comment blocks [!-- --] like this:

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[!-- Current Status -  Replace the word 'Display' with one of the following words to describe this locomotive's current status: Derelict, Display, Restoration, Overhaul, or Operational --]

[[include Display]]

Adding a Locomotive

To add a new locomotive page…

1. Go to the state-page it resides in.
2. On the right side, use the Add a Locomotive tool to type in its name.
3. The newly created page will appear… go ahead and fill in whatever info you can.