...that the Trans-Caspian railway, which followed the path of the
Silk Road through much of western
Central Asia, was originally planned to use
narrow gauge track and equipment to
Kyzyl-Arvat but it was quickly converted to the Russian standard of 5 ft (1.52 m) before its completion in 1886?
...that the
steam locomotive used on the Laupheim–Schwendi railway in Germany was nicknamed Rottalmolle by the local population, referring to the course of the railway line through the valley of the river Rot?
...that the Arsenalna station on the
Kiev Metro, the first
rapid transit system in
Ukraine, is the deepest metro station in the world at 102 metres (334.6 ft) underground?
...that a locomotive pilot (sometimes called a cowcatcher) is designed to successfully deflect an obstacle hit at speed by pushing it upwards and sideways out of the way?
...that a new tunnel has been excavated in the neighbourhood east of Antwerpen-Centraal railway station in
Belgium which will eventually allow
HSL 4 and
HSL-Zuid high-speed trains to travel north and south through Antwerp without the need to turn around?
...that the term forty-and-eights, used to describe a class of
boxcar used in Europe from the 1870s through World War II, refers to the cars' carrying capacity, said to be 40 men or eight horses?
...that the tower on Union Station in
Nashville, Tennessee, originally contained an early mechanical digital
clock, but when replacement French
silk drive belts proved unavailable during World War I, the clock was replaced with a traditional analog clock?
...that because jacobs bogies carry the weight of two adjacent
cars, the cars that use this type of bogie can only be separated in the railroad shops?
...that Augsburg Hauptbahnhof in the
Bavarian city of
Augsburg has one of the oldest still existing station halls in Germany, completed in 1846 after plans by
architect Friedrich Bürklein?
...that the
station building of Utrecht Centraal in the Netherlands, originally built in 1865, was torn down and replaced in 1973 with Hoog Catharijne, Europe's largest
shopping mall at the time?
...that Kettwig railway station became a 1st class station in 1905, enabling trains like the
Essen-
Basel express to call at the station?
...that the BLS Lötschbergbahnstandard gauge railway in
Switzerland is considered the largest of the Swiss "private" railways even though the majority of its capital is owned by the Cantonal government of
Bern, and the
SBB owns 34%?
...that the Trans-Caspian railway, which followed the path of the
Silk Road through much of western
Central Asia, was originally planned to use
narrow gauge track and equipment to
Kyzyl-Arvat but it was quickly converted to the Russian standard of 5 ft (1.52 m) before its completion in 1886?
...that the
steam locomotive used on the Laupheim–Schwendi railway in Germany was nicknamed Rottalmolle by the local population, referring to the course of the railway line through the valley of the river Rot?
...that the Arsenalna station on the
Kiev Metro, the first
rapid transit system in
Ukraine, is the deepest metro station in the world at 102 metres (334.6 ft) underground?
...that a locomotive pilot (sometimes called a cowcatcher) is designed to successfully deflect an obstacle hit at speed by pushing it upwards and sideways out of the way?
...that a new tunnel has been excavated in the neighbourhood east of Antwerpen-Centraal railway station in
Belgium which will eventually allow
HSL 4 and
HSL-Zuid high-speed trains to travel north and south through Antwerp without the need to turn around?
...that the term forty-and-eights, used to describe a class of
boxcar used in Europe from the 1870s through World War II, refers to the cars' carrying capacity, said to be 40 men or eight horses?
...that the tower on Union Station in
Nashville, Tennessee, originally contained an early mechanical digital
clock, but when replacement French
silk drive belts proved unavailable during World War I, the clock was replaced with a traditional analog clock?
...that because jacobs bogies carry the weight of two adjacent
cars, the cars that use this type of bogie can only be separated in the railroad shops?
...that Augsburg Hauptbahnhof in the
Bavarian city of
Augsburg has one of the oldest still existing station halls in Germany, completed in 1846 after plans by
architect Friedrich Bürklein?
...that the
station building of Utrecht Centraal in the Netherlands, originally built in 1865, was torn down and replaced in 1973 with Hoog Catharijne, Europe's largest
shopping mall at the time?
...that Kettwig railway station became a 1st class station in 1905, enabling trains like the
Essen-
Basel express to call at the station?
...that the BLS Lötschbergbahnstandard gauge railway in
Switzerland is considered the largest of the Swiss "private" railways even though the majority of its capital is owned by the Cantonal government of
Bern, and the
SBB owns 34%?