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The result was redirect‎ to Portland and Western Railroad#Locomotive fleet. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 11:30, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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This subject fails GNG. The article contains no claims that this specific locomotive is notable. One source provides some extended coverage, but only discusses a paint scheme that was applied. All other sources (including one SELFPUB) only mention subject in the context of a list of many locomotives to be scrapped or upgraded. ~ Pbritti (talk) 15:56, 19 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Transportation and Oregon. Pbritti (talk) 15:56, 19 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete, per the nomination. Fails WP:GNG. Unsigned response from TarnishedPath (talk) 21:01, 19 November 2023‎ (UTC) [reply]
• Merge (a summary of)( the parts that can be verified to Portland and Western Railroad#Locomotive fleet. There is no evidence of independent notability, but equally there is no reason this cannot be included as part of the broader article per WP:PRESERVE. Thryduulf (talk) 13:15, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  Looks like someone already merged the relevant content to the article in September, which saved me a couple minutes! Agree on the PRESERVE element, but it looks like there's really nothing else that can be merged. ~ Pbritti (talk) 14:06, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  In which case we need to keep the edit history here and a redirect is the best way to do that. Thryduulf (talk) 09:28, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  @Thryduulf, if it's already been merged should you be perhaps suggesting a redirect? TarnishedPath^talk 10:52, 25 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  As noted directly above, if content has been merged already then we must keep the redirect for attribution purposes. A !vote for merging can be taken as automatic support for a redirect if a merge has already happened. Thryduulf (talk) 12:45, 25 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to Portland and Western Railroad#Locomotive fleet as an ATD, and since the content has been merged there. No need for deletion in my opinion. CycloneYoris ^talk! 07:15, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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