Talk:Freight house

American English

Railway technology emerged and evolved during the 19th century while Americans prided themselves on doing things differently than England. While mutual commercial dependence during the earlier colonial period and later military alliances of the 20th century encouraged similar word usage, 19th century Americans selected different words to describe similar railway hardware and procedures. Significant differences also arose from the fundamental difference between the British rail system fitting into the infrastructure and architecture of older cities and the American cities built around an expanding rail network. British railfans are justifiably proud of the pioneering inventions of British railways, while American railfans take similar pride in the numerical dominance of their continental rail system with greater numbers of larger rolling stock pulling longer trains over greater distances. I suggest separate articles for English goods sheds and American freight houses, since railfan rivalry would be likely to generate editorial conflict from attempts to merge articles of similar structures and practices described by an unusually divergent English vocabulary. Thewellman (talk) 14:34, 1 February 2019 (UTC)