...that railway abandonments in the
United States are controlled under Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 1152, of the
Code of Federal Regulations, and are administered by the
Surface Transportation Board, which prescribes various timeframes to be allotted in order for other interested parties to proffer their requests regarding the abandonment, including conversion to
rail trails, sale to private parties, or subsequent operation by other railroad entities?
...that the main
platform at Waterford railway station in
Ireland is quite long and due to a
crossover it can be operated as two platforms if necessary with the eastern end being platform 3 and the western end being platform 4?
...that some early wagonways, commonly cited as the predecessors to the
steam locomotive-hauled railways of the early- to mid-19th century, were built with
"L" shaped iron rails or plates where the
flanges were on the track rather than the wheels?
...that trolley parks,
picnic and
recreation areas along or at the ends of
streetcar lines in most of the larger cities in the
United States, were often created by the streetcar companies in the 19th century to give people a reason to use their services on weekends?
...that in contrast to
push-pull operations, in top and tail operations trains have a
locomotive at each end to simplify direction reversals, but only the locomotive pulling at the front in whichever direction the train is operating is used to propel the train?
...that in 1982 after a train
derailed on the Upper Maumee Bridge and damaged it, a bridge which was originally built in 1902, the Toledo Terminal Railroad which operated the line in
Ohio elected not to fix the bridge but instead abandon it stirring up much controversy?
...that the
Garabit Viaduct in southern
France was used as a location to represent the titular condemned bridge in the 1976 film The Cassandra Crossing and the studio artwork for the film shows a typical
U.S.diesel locomotive along with a
pantograph for overhead electric wires even though the railway scenes of the film are set in
Europe?
...that travelers on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route in
Japan must make six transfers between Tateyama and Ōgisawa, including travel on two different
funicular railways, on the 37-kilometre-long (23 mi) route?
...that unlike most of the other underground
stations on
Hong KongMTR's
Island Line, Tai Koo Station does not have separate tubes for each track and
platform as the station was built by the
cut and cover method, giving it an open design and platforms that are not separated?
...that although the current Suzuran limited express service operated by
Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) between
Muroran and
Sapporo in
Hokkaido,
Japan, was introduced in July 1992, the name was first used from 1956 for an express service operated by
JNR between
Hakodate and Sapporo?
...that Spasskaya, the current western terminus station of
Pravoberejnaya line of
Saint Petersburg Metro, does not have a ground-level vestibule or a connecting escalator so passengers have to transfer to one of the connected stations in order to exit to the city?
...that the South African Class 15CA 4-8-2steam locomotives were introduced in 1926 with a design almost identical to the
Class 15C but with the
frames widened under the
firebox by means of a bridle casting to overcome a problem with the 15C's design that caused cracks in the frame?
...that on July 6, 2011, the new
SNCB/NMBSClass 18 units 1801 and 1803 built by
Siemens, the first regularly used of the class which replaced the older
Class 18 built by
Alsthom, hauled their first passenger trains on the
Ostend -
Brussels -
EupenIntercity-A service, also running through the
HSL 2 at 200 km/h (120 mph)?
...that railway abandonments in the
United States are controlled under Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 1152, of the
Code of Federal Regulations, and are administered by the
Surface Transportation Board, which prescribes various timeframes to be allotted in order for other interested parties to proffer their requests regarding the abandonment, including conversion to
rail trails, sale to private parties, or subsequent operation by other railroad entities?
...that the main
platform at Waterford railway station in
Ireland is quite long and due to a
crossover it can be operated as two platforms if necessary with the eastern end being platform 3 and the western end being platform 4?
...that some early wagonways, commonly cited as the predecessors to the
steam locomotive-hauled railways of the early- to mid-19th century, were built with
"L" shaped iron rails or plates where the
flanges were on the track rather than the wheels?
...that trolley parks,
picnic and
recreation areas along or at the ends of
streetcar lines in most of the larger cities in the
United States, were often created by the streetcar companies in the 19th century to give people a reason to use their services on weekends?
...that in contrast to
push-pull operations, in top and tail operations trains have a
locomotive at each end to simplify direction reversals, but only the locomotive pulling at the front in whichever direction the train is operating is used to propel the train?
...that in 1982 after a train
derailed on the Upper Maumee Bridge and damaged it, a bridge which was originally built in 1902, the Toledo Terminal Railroad which operated the line in
Ohio elected not to fix the bridge but instead abandon it stirring up much controversy?
...that the
Garabit Viaduct in southern
France was used as a location to represent the titular condemned bridge in the 1976 film The Cassandra Crossing and the studio artwork for the film shows a typical
U.S.diesel locomotive along with a
pantograph for overhead electric wires even though the railway scenes of the film are set in
Europe?
...that travelers on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route in
Japan must make six transfers between Tateyama and Ōgisawa, including travel on two different
funicular railways, on the 37-kilometre-long (23 mi) route?
...that unlike most of the other underground
stations on
Hong KongMTR's
Island Line, Tai Koo Station does not have separate tubes for each track and
platform as the station was built by the
cut and cover method, giving it an open design and platforms that are not separated?
...that although the current Suzuran limited express service operated by
Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) between
Muroran and
Sapporo in
Hokkaido,
Japan, was introduced in July 1992, the name was first used from 1956 for an express service operated by
JNR between
Hakodate and Sapporo?
...that Spasskaya, the current western terminus station of
Pravoberejnaya line of
Saint Petersburg Metro, does not have a ground-level vestibule or a connecting escalator so passengers have to transfer to one of the connected stations in order to exit to the city?
...that the South African Class 15CA 4-8-2steam locomotives were introduced in 1926 with a design almost identical to the
Class 15C but with the
frames widened under the
firebox by means of a bridle casting to overcome a problem with the 15C's design that caused cracks in the frame?
...that on July 6, 2011, the new
SNCB/NMBSClass 18 units 1801 and 1803 built by
Siemens, the first regularly used of the class which replaced the older
Class 18 built by
Alsthom, hauled their first passenger trains on the
Ostend -
Brussels -
EupenIntercity-A service, also running through the
HSL 2 at 200 km/h (120 mph)?