Naming Conventions

Introduction

In developing a resource like this, there are a number of things you need to present in a particular way to aid tasks later on. The main area of concern is naming things in a consistent way so that searching for them later becomes more reliable. I have therefore adopted a conventions for naming things. Because a significant number of pages have already been generated with this kind of data, it will take a while to update all old entries that do not comply. All Observer references are to the new standard so that is at least a consistent source.

Class Letters

• Locomotive and Wagon class letters always have the primary Class letter as a capital
  • Locomotive e.g. X
  • Wagon e.g. M

Sub-class letters

• Where reference is made to a locomotive or wagon class and it has a sub-class letter, the main class letter is uppercase and all sub-class letters are lower case with no space between them.
  • Locomotive e.g. Wab
  • Wagon e.g. Lpa

Class references

• Where an article or reference mentions a Class of locomotive or wagon, the following two forms need to be used, the underscores between words.
  • Locomotive e.g. Ja_Class_Loco
  • Wagon e.g. Kp_Class_Wagon

Specific Locomotive, tram or wagon

• Where an individual locomotive or wagon is mentioned, the number comes directly after any Class letters and is prefixed as shown;
  • Loco_Ja1274
  • Tram_43
  • Tram-trailer_17
  • Wagon_Kp2804

Locomotive Names

• Where mention is made of a locomotive's name, e.g. a class name like 'Pacific', 'Columbia' etc or a personal name like "Ivanhoe" or` "Josephine" use single or double quotes
  • 'Pacific' for a class name and
  • "Josephine" for a personal name

Train Numbers

• Train numbers need to be identified as such by adding Train_ to it as follows
  • Train_144

Train Names

• Train names are dealt with like locomotive Class names, in single quotes but have a Train definition attached
  • 'Southerner'_Train