A cross-section of a girder used in the Bull Bridge
...that the Bull bridge accident, which occurred near
Ambergate in
Derbyshire,
England, in 1860, is believed to have been caused by a "
cold shut," where the molten metal does not fuse together during
metal casting, that grew into a complete gap in the girder due to the repeated fatigue from the weight of passing trains?
The locomotive "La Porteña" that hauled the first trains in 1857, photographed circa 1873
...that when the oldest portion of the Buenos Aires Western Railway opened in
Argentina in 1857, originally a 10-kilometre (6.2 mi) long line that connected Plaza Parque station in
Buenos Aires and La Floresta station in
Flores, no fewer than 15,000 passengers were carried in the first
fortnight?
Breda A650 subway car trainset on the Los Angeles Metro Rail Red Line at Union Station in 2008
Exterior view of the Estació de França trainshed in 2005
...that the Estació de França in
Barcelona,
Spain, which was in originally built the 19th century as the main terminus for trains arriving from
France and is the second-busiest
station in Barcelona as of 2011, is the only station in the city that does not include underground
platforms?
The platforms and station building of Ayr railway station in 2008
A 200 series Shinkansen train on Asahi service in Tokyo, August 2002
...that the name Asahi, which was used from 1982 to 2002 to describe a limited-stop
Shinkansen service between
Tokyo and
Niigata,
Japan, was first introduced in 1960 for semi-express (準急, junkyū) services operating between Niigata and
Sendai?
Apeldoorn station and the newly opened bicycle tunnel in 2008
...that when the Apeldoorn railway station in the
Netherlands was refurbished from 2004 to 2008, a station which originally opened in 1876, the work included closing a few
level crossings and construction of a new
bicycletunnel under the station to replace them?
British Rail Class 460, no. 460007, at London Victoria in 2003
A train at the Wadamisaki platform of Hyogo Station in 2009
...that although the Wadamisaki Line, a low-traffic
spur line in
Japan, is officially part of the
San'yō Main Line, there is no regular through service between the branch and the main line, and Wadamisaki Line trains depart from a separate platform at
Hyōgo Station?
Graduable brake valve (right) and the small (upper) and large ejector cocks from a GWR locomotive
...that automatic vacuum brake systems introduced as early as the 1860s have been in widespread use in
British train equipment and in those countries influenced by British practice until they were superseded by
air brake systems in the 1970s?
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt (seated, at left) and friends mount the observation platform of the Uganda Railway in 1909
...that despite being dubbed the Lunatic Express by its detractors, the Uganda Railway was a huge logistical achievement and proved useful in the suppression of slavery, by removing the need for humans in the transport of goods, and in the
First World War campaign against General
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck in
German East Africa?
Tsurumaki-Onsen station in 2008
...that Tsurumaki-Onsen Station on the
Odakyu Odawara Line in
Kanagawa Prefecture,
Japan, originally opened in 1927 as Tsurumaki Station and then was renamed to Tsurumaki-Onsen Station in 1937, but reverted to its original name in 1944 as authorities felt that the onsen in the name appeared frivolous in light of
wartime austerities, and was finally renamed back to Tsurumaki-Onsen Station in 1987?
An electronic treadle used as an axle counter
...that treadles, mechanical or electrical devices that detect when a
train axle has passed a particular location, are used to actuate flange greasers,
axle counters and
signals such as
level crossing lights and barriers?
A cross-section of a girder used in the Bull Bridge
...that the Bull bridge accident, which occurred near
Ambergate in
Derbyshire,
England, in 1860, is believed to have been caused by a "
cold shut," where the molten metal does not fuse together during
metal casting, that grew into a complete gap in the girder due to the repeated fatigue from the weight of passing trains?
The locomotive "La Porteña" that hauled the first trains in 1857, photographed circa 1873
...that when the oldest portion of the Buenos Aires Western Railway opened in
Argentina in 1857, originally a 10-kilometre (6.2 mi) long line that connected Plaza Parque station in
Buenos Aires and La Floresta station in
Flores, no fewer than 15,000 passengers were carried in the first
fortnight?
Breda A650 subway car trainset on the Los Angeles Metro Rail Red Line at Union Station in 2008
Exterior view of the Estació de França trainshed in 2005
...that the Estació de França in
Barcelona,
Spain, which was in originally built the 19th century as the main terminus for trains arriving from
France and is the second-busiest
station in Barcelona as of 2011, is the only station in the city that does not include underground
platforms?
The platforms and station building of Ayr railway station in 2008
A 200 series Shinkansen train on Asahi service in Tokyo, August 2002
...that the name Asahi, which was used from 1982 to 2002 to describe a limited-stop
Shinkansen service between
Tokyo and
Niigata,
Japan, was first introduced in 1960 for semi-express (準急, junkyū) services operating between Niigata and
Sendai?
Apeldoorn station and the newly opened bicycle tunnel in 2008
...that when the Apeldoorn railway station in the
Netherlands was refurbished from 2004 to 2008, a station which originally opened in 1876, the work included closing a few
level crossings and construction of a new
bicycletunnel under the station to replace them?
British Rail Class 460, no. 460007, at London Victoria in 2003
A train at the Wadamisaki platform of Hyogo Station in 2009
...that although the Wadamisaki Line, a low-traffic
spur line in
Japan, is officially part of the
San'yō Main Line, there is no regular through service between the branch and the main line, and Wadamisaki Line trains depart from a separate platform at
Hyōgo Station?
Graduable brake valve (right) and the small (upper) and large ejector cocks from a GWR locomotive
...that automatic vacuum brake systems introduced as early as the 1860s have been in widespread use in
British train equipment and in those countries influenced by British practice until they were superseded by
air brake systems in the 1970s?
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt (seated, at left) and friends mount the observation platform of the Uganda Railway in 1909
...that despite being dubbed the Lunatic Express by its detractors, the Uganda Railway was a huge logistical achievement and proved useful in the suppression of slavery, by removing the need for humans in the transport of goods, and in the
First World War campaign against General
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck in
German East Africa?
Tsurumaki-Onsen station in 2008
...that Tsurumaki-Onsen Station on the
Odakyu Odawara Line in
Kanagawa Prefecture,
Japan, originally opened in 1927 as Tsurumaki Station and then was renamed to Tsurumaki-Onsen Station in 1937, but reverted to its original name in 1944 as authorities felt that the onsen in the name appeared frivolous in light of
wartime austerities, and was finally renamed back to Tsurumaki-Onsen Station in 1987?
An electronic treadle used as an axle counter
...that treadles, mechanical or electrical devices that detect when a
train axle has passed a particular location, are used to actuate flange greasers,
axle counters and
signals such as
level crossing lights and barriers?