...that the former Penfield railway line in northern
Adelaide,
Australia, was originally opened in 1941 as an industrial line to service various
World War II armaments factories and during the war years this branch line was also used by many
passenger trains carrying workers to the
munitions factories in the area?
...that due to mechanical problems after their introduction in 1985, several of
PKP's class SP32diesel locomotives were extensively rebuilt in the 1990s and after about 50 of the class were scrapped, another rebuilding program began in 2000 on the remaining locomotives?
...that until its closure in 1989, Oslo Vestbanestasjon in
Norway was the main station for trains on the
Sørland,
Drammen and
Vestfold railway lines and the station building has since been taken into use by the Nobel Peace Centre among other tenants?
...that with a patronage of less than 600 passengers per day, Oosterbeek railway station, which opened in 1845 in the
Netherlands, is the least used on the Rhijnspoorweg railway line between
Amsterdam and
Elten?
...that when plans were formed to replace
Berlin's longest bridge in 1879, the
Siemens & Halske company, which was planning to build the
Berlin U-Bahn (
subway), insisted that the Oberbaumbrücke be built as a combined crossing for road vehicles, pedestrians, and the new rail line?
...that construction of the Niš tram system in
Serbia, which operated from 1930 to 1958, was largely financed through war reparation payments made by
Germany after
World War I?
...that the Nippon Railway, which was incorporated in 1881 and subsequently built trunk lines including the present day
Tōhoku Main Line connecting
Tokyo with the
Tōhoku region to the northeast, was the first private railway company in the history of
Japan?
...that the earliest predecessor of the current Nantes Tramway in
France was built in 1879 as a mostly level route operating east-west along the quays of the
River Loire that transported its passengers using
standard gaugetramcars propelled by compressed air, using the
Mekarski system?
...that some of the more famous trains operated by Nagoya Railroad in
Japan include the Panorama Car and the Panorama Car Super, both of which offer views through their wide front windows?
...that although the Class 1100electric locomotives were
Nederlandse Spoorwegen's main locomotives from the 1960s through the 1970s, they were unpopular with NS
drivers partly because of the rough ride caused by the buffer locations but also because the
cab did not accommodate tall drivers well?
...that as part of a major investment programme in the railways in
Northern Ireland,
NIR placed an order totaling £80 million, the largest single investment in rolling stock ever made by NIR, with
CAF for twenty-three 3-car DMUs in 2002, an order that was delivered as the new Class 3000 in 2004 and 2005?
...that although Myanmar Railways has steadily increased the reach of its network in the last two decades, from nearly 3,200
kilometres (2,000
mi) in 1988 to 5,403 km (3,357 mi) in 2010, the maximum speed for
freight trains has been quoted as 24 km/h (15 mph), suggesting that commercial speeds on this section could be as low as 12–14 km/h (7.5–8.7 mph)?
...that although there is some disagreement whether or not the Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit system built in the early 1970s in
West Virginia is a "true"
PRT system, it remains the only commercially operated example of this class of
rapid transit?
...that although there are local trains that run the entire 79.3-kilometre (49.3 mi) length of the Mugi Line connecting
Tokushima and
Kaifu, in southeastern
Tokushima Prefecture,
Japan, most service is divided at
Mugi?
...that the Moderus Alfatrams designed for use in
Poland are based on retrofit conversions of existing
Konstal 105Na trams originally manufactured from 1979 to 1992?
...that following a research trip to the
United States to see the new railroad technology in 1839,
Russian engineer and Transport Minister Pavel Petrovich Melnikov suggested the adoption of 5 ft (1,524 mm)
gauge for the planned
Moscow-St. Petersburg Railway, a gauge which eventually became the standard for Russian railways?
...that the former Penfield railway line in northern
Adelaide,
Australia, was originally opened in 1941 as an industrial line to service various
World War II armaments factories and during the war years this branch line was also used by many
passenger trains carrying workers to the
munitions factories in the area?
...that due to mechanical problems after their introduction in 1985, several of
PKP's class SP32diesel locomotives were extensively rebuilt in the 1990s and after about 50 of the class were scrapped, another rebuilding program began in 2000 on the remaining locomotives?
...that until its closure in 1989, Oslo Vestbanestasjon in
Norway was the main station for trains on the
Sørland,
Drammen and
Vestfold railway lines and the station building has since been taken into use by the Nobel Peace Centre among other tenants?
...that with a patronage of less than 600 passengers per day, Oosterbeek railway station, which opened in 1845 in the
Netherlands, is the least used on the Rhijnspoorweg railway line between
Amsterdam and
Elten?
...that when plans were formed to replace
Berlin's longest bridge in 1879, the
Siemens & Halske company, which was planning to build the
Berlin U-Bahn (
subway), insisted that the Oberbaumbrücke be built as a combined crossing for road vehicles, pedestrians, and the new rail line?
...that construction of the Niš tram system in
Serbia, which operated from 1930 to 1958, was largely financed through war reparation payments made by
Germany after
World War I?
...that the Nippon Railway, which was incorporated in 1881 and subsequently built trunk lines including the present day
Tōhoku Main Line connecting
Tokyo with the
Tōhoku region to the northeast, was the first private railway company in the history of
Japan?
...that the earliest predecessor of the current Nantes Tramway in
France was built in 1879 as a mostly level route operating east-west along the quays of the
River Loire that transported its passengers using
standard gaugetramcars propelled by compressed air, using the
Mekarski system?
...that some of the more famous trains operated by Nagoya Railroad in
Japan include the Panorama Car and the Panorama Car Super, both of which offer views through their wide front windows?
...that although the Class 1100electric locomotives were
Nederlandse Spoorwegen's main locomotives from the 1960s through the 1970s, they were unpopular with NS
drivers partly because of the rough ride caused by the buffer locations but also because the
cab did not accommodate tall drivers well?
...that as part of a major investment programme in the railways in
Northern Ireland,
NIR placed an order totaling £80 million, the largest single investment in rolling stock ever made by NIR, with
CAF for twenty-three 3-car DMUs in 2002, an order that was delivered as the new Class 3000 in 2004 and 2005?
...that although Myanmar Railways has steadily increased the reach of its network in the last two decades, from nearly 3,200
kilometres (2,000
mi) in 1988 to 5,403 km (3,357 mi) in 2010, the maximum speed for
freight trains has been quoted as 24 km/h (15 mph), suggesting that commercial speeds on this section could be as low as 12–14 km/h (7.5–8.7 mph)?
...that although there is some disagreement whether or not the Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit system built in the early 1970s in
West Virginia is a "true"
PRT system, it remains the only commercially operated example of this class of
rapid transit?
...that although there are local trains that run the entire 79.3-kilometre (49.3 mi) length of the Mugi Line connecting
Tokushima and
Kaifu, in southeastern
Tokushima Prefecture,
Japan, most service is divided at
Mugi?
...that the Moderus Alfatrams designed for use in
Poland are based on retrofit conversions of existing
Konstal 105Na trams originally manufactured from 1979 to 1992?
...that following a research trip to the
United States to see the new railroad technology in 1839,
Russian engineer and Transport Minister Pavel Petrovich Melnikov suggested the adoption of 5 ft (1,524 mm)
gauge for the planned
Moscow-St. Petersburg Railway, a gauge which eventually became the standard for Russian railways?