One of the level crossings on the Taurachbahn in 2002
...that the
level crossings used by the Taurachbahn in
Austria on the federal highway at Mariapfarr station and the local highway at Lintsching stop are secured by
barriers, which must be manually closed and opened by the train crew?
The disused railway and station at Malual (also known as Rumakel/Ruma-Ker) in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Sudan
...that despite the rapidly growing use of roads, rail transport in Sudan has remained of paramount importance to the country because of its ability to move at lower cost the large volume of
agricultural exports and to transport inland the increasing imports of heavy capital equipment and construction materials for development, such as requirements for
oil exploration and
drilling operations?
Chipping Norton railway station in the early 1900s
A Peruvian railmotor car at a station stop in 2007
...that many of the lines that make up rail transport in Peru owe their origins to contracts granted to
Henry Meiggs in the 1860s, but the mountainous nature of
Peru made expansion slow and much of the surviving mileage is of twentieth-century origin?
...that a memorial replica of Bramhope Tunnel's north portal, a railway tunnel in
West Yorkshire that is still used by
Northern Rail, was erected in
Otleychurchyard to commemorate the lives of the 24 men who died during the tunnel's construction in the 1840s?
Examples of rail buckling in extreme heat conditions
...that rail stressing is a
continuous welded rail installation technique developed in the 1960s to avert rail track problems such as
tensile stress in extreme cold that could cause the rail to fracture or
compressive stress in extreme heat that could cause the rail to buckle?
A class 333 locomotive pulling a passenger train in 1988
...that after its closure in 1965, Cheddleton railway station in
Staffordshire saw the establishment of a railway preservation base at the station due to a campaign by local residents, spearheaded by Norman Hancock, who in May 1974 as a mark of protest parked his Jaguar car on the
level crossing where the railway line meets Basford Bridge Lane in
Cheddleton?
A train and station on the Ontario Southern Railway
...that because the majority of the Ontario Southern Railway's 1.5-mile (2.4 km) long
monorail line connecting the amusement park at
Crystal Beach, Ontario, and the
Grand Trunk Railway station at Ridgeway was elevated 10 to 30 feet (3 to 9 meters) on wooden posts, it was sometimes referred to as the "Peg-Leg Railway"?
...that according to Strategic Rail Authority figures, Buckenham railway station in the
English county of
Norfolk is one of the least-used
stations in the country, with 13 entries and 16 exits for the year 2005/06, and for 2006/07 this had declined further to 22 total entries and exits?
Streetcars riding an incline in Cincinnati in 1904
...that in the early part of the 20th century, Cincinnati streetcars used
funicular systems to raise and lower the
streetcars over four inclines surrounding the city that allowed the streetcars to directly connect to the city's suburbs?
The Maputo Railway Station, built between 1913 and 1916
...that although direct management has been outsourced, the three railway lines and their connected ports in
Mozambique are overseen by a
parastatal authority known as Mozambique Ports and Railways?
A MotoRail vehicle at the front of the New South Wales Public Transport Commission's Gold Coast Motorail Express
...that many railway systems around the world have implemented Motorail services in which passengers are carried in normal
passenger cars or in
sleeping cars on longer journeys, while their
automobiles are loaded into
autoracks, car carriers, or
flatcars to make the journey with them?
Hudswell Clarke saddle tank Tubby at Blunsdon station in 2007
Canadian National 5715, an SD75I seen in Battle Creek, Michigan, in March 2009
...that
EMD's SD75I locomotive model is basically the same as the
EMD SD75M, with 4,300 horsepower (3,200 kW), HTCR-II radial
trucks and a 72 feet 4 inches (22.05 m) frame, but the locomotive's cab is fully isolated from the
frame that dampens vibration and cuts down on noise in the cab?
...that the two lines of Monterrey Metro, the newest of
Mexico's
metro systems, transported approximately 88.3 million passengers in 2008 and in the first quarter of 2009, following the extension of Line 2, they carried an average daily passenger load of 328,000 passengers?
Map of the Madras and South Mahratta Railway in 1914
...that the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway founded in 1908 in
India by merging the Madras Railway and the Southern Mahratta Railway, was merged with the South Indian Railway and the Mysore State Railway in 1951 to form the
Southern Railway, one of the 16 zones of the
Indian Railways?
The Monbulk Creek trestle bridge on the Puffing Billy Railway in 2003
...that the former
Victorian Railways, the state railway authority in
Victoria,
Australia, built a number of experimental 2 ft 6 in (762 mm)
gaugenarrow gauge lines around the beginning of the 20th century, and although all were closed by the early 1960s, parts of two have been reopened as
heritage railways?
...that when it was opened in 1890 by the Compagnie Générale Française de Tramways, the Funiculaire du Havre connecting
Le Havre and the Côte Sainte-Marie,
France, was operated with unreliable
steam coaches until the line was
electrified and recabled in 1911?
One of the level crossings on the Taurachbahn in 2002
...that the
level crossings used by the Taurachbahn in
Austria on the federal highway at Mariapfarr station and the local highway at Lintsching stop are secured by
barriers, which must be manually closed and opened by the train crew?
The disused railway and station at Malual (also known as Rumakel/Ruma-Ker) in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Sudan
...that despite the rapidly growing use of roads, rail transport in Sudan has remained of paramount importance to the country because of its ability to move at lower cost the large volume of
agricultural exports and to transport inland the increasing imports of heavy capital equipment and construction materials for development, such as requirements for
oil exploration and
drilling operations?
Chipping Norton railway station in the early 1900s
A Peruvian railmotor car at a station stop in 2007
...that many of the lines that make up rail transport in Peru owe their origins to contracts granted to
Henry Meiggs in the 1860s, but the mountainous nature of
Peru made expansion slow and much of the surviving mileage is of twentieth-century origin?
...that a memorial replica of Bramhope Tunnel's north portal, a railway tunnel in
West Yorkshire that is still used by
Northern Rail, was erected in
Otleychurchyard to commemorate the lives of the 24 men who died during the tunnel's construction in the 1840s?
Examples of rail buckling in extreme heat conditions
...that rail stressing is a
continuous welded rail installation technique developed in the 1960s to avert rail track problems such as
tensile stress in extreme cold that could cause the rail to fracture or
compressive stress in extreme heat that could cause the rail to buckle?
A class 333 locomotive pulling a passenger train in 1988
...that after its closure in 1965, Cheddleton railway station in
Staffordshire saw the establishment of a railway preservation base at the station due to a campaign by local residents, spearheaded by Norman Hancock, who in May 1974 as a mark of protest parked his Jaguar car on the
level crossing where the railway line meets Basford Bridge Lane in
Cheddleton?
A train and station on the Ontario Southern Railway
...that because the majority of the Ontario Southern Railway's 1.5-mile (2.4 km) long
monorail line connecting the amusement park at
Crystal Beach, Ontario, and the
Grand Trunk Railway station at Ridgeway was elevated 10 to 30 feet (3 to 9 meters) on wooden posts, it was sometimes referred to as the "Peg-Leg Railway"?
...that according to Strategic Rail Authority figures, Buckenham railway station in the
English county of
Norfolk is one of the least-used
stations in the country, with 13 entries and 16 exits for the year 2005/06, and for 2006/07 this had declined further to 22 total entries and exits?
Streetcars riding an incline in Cincinnati in 1904
...that in the early part of the 20th century, Cincinnati streetcars used
funicular systems to raise and lower the
streetcars over four inclines surrounding the city that allowed the streetcars to directly connect to the city's suburbs?
The Maputo Railway Station, built between 1913 and 1916
...that although direct management has been outsourced, the three railway lines and their connected ports in
Mozambique are overseen by a
parastatal authority known as Mozambique Ports and Railways?
A MotoRail vehicle at the front of the New South Wales Public Transport Commission's Gold Coast Motorail Express
...that many railway systems around the world have implemented Motorail services in which passengers are carried in normal
passenger cars or in
sleeping cars on longer journeys, while their
automobiles are loaded into
autoracks, car carriers, or
flatcars to make the journey with them?
Hudswell Clarke saddle tank Tubby at Blunsdon station in 2007
Canadian National 5715, an SD75I seen in Battle Creek, Michigan, in March 2009
...that
EMD's SD75I locomotive model is basically the same as the
EMD SD75M, with 4,300 horsepower (3,200 kW), HTCR-II radial
trucks and a 72 feet 4 inches (22.05 m) frame, but the locomotive's cab is fully isolated from the
frame that dampens vibration and cuts down on noise in the cab?
...that the two lines of Monterrey Metro, the newest of
Mexico's
metro systems, transported approximately 88.3 million passengers in 2008 and in the first quarter of 2009, following the extension of Line 2, they carried an average daily passenger load of 328,000 passengers?
Map of the Madras and South Mahratta Railway in 1914
...that the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway founded in 1908 in
India by merging the Madras Railway and the Southern Mahratta Railway, was merged with the South Indian Railway and the Mysore State Railway in 1951 to form the
Southern Railway, one of the 16 zones of the
Indian Railways?
The Monbulk Creek trestle bridge on the Puffing Billy Railway in 2003
...that the former
Victorian Railways, the state railway authority in
Victoria,
Australia, built a number of experimental 2 ft 6 in (762 mm)
gaugenarrow gauge lines around the beginning of the 20th century, and although all were closed by the early 1960s, parts of two have been reopened as
heritage railways?
...that when it was opened in 1890 by the Compagnie Générale Française de Tramways, the Funiculaire du Havre connecting
Le Havre and the Côte Sainte-Marie,
France, was operated with unreliable
steam coaches until the line was
electrified and recabled in 1911?