...that among the modifications made to create the
SEPTAPCC II cars, which were introduced on
Route 15 in 2003, the rear doorway has been widened and features a
wheelchair lift, thus making the PCC IIs the first (and currently, the only)
streetcars operated by SEPTA to be
ADA-accessible?
...that Seoul's portion (from
Jichuk to
Ogeum) and the Ilsan part (from Jichuk to
Daehwa) of
Seoul Metropolitan Subway's Line 3 in
South Korea operate as one combined line, with trains running from one end to the other, but because the respective
stations are operated by two different companies, they are sometimes listed separately?
...that the current Sekihoku Main Line connecting
Shin-Asahikawa in
Asahikawa and
Abashiri Station in
Abashiri in
Japan is made up of segments from the Abashiri Main Line (網走本線, Abashiri Honsen), which opened in 1913, the Yūbetsu Line (湧別線, Yūbetsu-sen), which opened in 1921, and the original Sekihoku Line (石北線, Sekihoku-sen), which opened in 1932?
...that the Salvador Metro, which is under construction in
Salvador,
Brazil, and is expected to be completed before the
2014 FIFA World Cup, includes the first railway line in the city known as the Suburban Line (Calçada-Paripe)?
...that engineering problems on the Salekhard–Igarka Railway, an incomplete railway in northern
Siberia, included construction across
permafrost, a poor
logistical system, and tight deadlines compounded by a severe lack of power machinery, all of which led to railway embankments that slowly settled into the marsh or were eroded by
ponding?
...that if the Rochester Rail Link (branded in January 2011 as Zip Rail), the proposed intrastate
passenger train service linking the
Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area with the city of
Rochester, Minnesota, is approved, implementation would entail construction of a new line to replace the last railway link between the cities that was removed in the 1960s?
...that the design of
RENFE's Class 352diesel-hydraulic locomotives, built by
Krauss-Maffei in 1964 and 1965, and based on similar mechanical specs as
DB Class V 200 locomotives, was chosen because no other manufacturer at the time offered similar power in the reduced height, and low
centre of gravity that matched the
Talgo trainsets the class was intended to pull?
...that private railroad cars were used by railroad officials and dignitaries as business cars, and by wealthy individuals for travel and entertainment, especially in the
United States where they were sometimes used by politicians in "
whistle stop campaigns."
...that in 1885, citing a cost preference, the
Finnish government decided to build the line to
Savonia on a different alignment than originally planned, which put Pieksämäki railway station a couple of kilometres east of the village, in the middle of what was then an uninhabited swamp?
...that photographic grey, also known as works grey, a
paint scheme commonly applied to
steam locomotives during the period before
color photography became commonplace, was applied to allow sharper, more detailed images of the locomotives to be recorded?
...that in the mid-1990s the East Portland Traction Company, now known as Oregon Pacific Railroad, ran an
excursion train known as
Samtrak named after the railroad's owner, Dick Samuels, as well as a play on
Amtrak, the national passenger railroad company?
...that passenger train services on the Newtown Square Branch, which was built as the Philadelphia & Delaware County Railroad in 1888 then became a
Pennsylvania Railroadbranch line in 1894, ran on the line until the service was terminated in 1908 due to competition from the West Chester Traction Company
trolley lines that are now part of
SEPTA Route 104?
...that among the modifications made to create the
SEPTAPCC II cars, which were introduced on
Route 15 in 2003, the rear doorway has been widened and features a
wheelchair lift, thus making the PCC IIs the first (and currently, the only)
streetcars operated by SEPTA to be
ADA-accessible?
...that Seoul's portion (from
Jichuk to
Ogeum) and the Ilsan part (from Jichuk to
Daehwa) of
Seoul Metropolitan Subway's Line 3 in
South Korea operate as one combined line, with trains running from one end to the other, but because the respective
stations are operated by two different companies, they are sometimes listed separately?
...that the current Sekihoku Main Line connecting
Shin-Asahikawa in
Asahikawa and
Abashiri Station in
Abashiri in
Japan is made up of segments from the Abashiri Main Line (網走本線, Abashiri Honsen), which opened in 1913, the Yūbetsu Line (湧別線, Yūbetsu-sen), which opened in 1921, and the original Sekihoku Line (石北線, Sekihoku-sen), which opened in 1932?
...that the Salvador Metro, which is under construction in
Salvador,
Brazil, and is expected to be completed before the
2014 FIFA World Cup, includes the first railway line in the city known as the Suburban Line (Calçada-Paripe)?
...that engineering problems on the Salekhard–Igarka Railway, an incomplete railway in northern
Siberia, included construction across
permafrost, a poor
logistical system, and tight deadlines compounded by a severe lack of power machinery, all of which led to railway embankments that slowly settled into the marsh or were eroded by
ponding?
...that if the Rochester Rail Link (branded in January 2011 as Zip Rail), the proposed intrastate
passenger train service linking the
Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area with the city of
Rochester, Minnesota, is approved, implementation would entail construction of a new line to replace the last railway link between the cities that was removed in the 1960s?
...that the design of
RENFE's Class 352diesel-hydraulic locomotives, built by
Krauss-Maffei in 1964 and 1965, and based on similar mechanical specs as
DB Class V 200 locomotives, was chosen because no other manufacturer at the time offered similar power in the reduced height, and low
centre of gravity that matched the
Talgo trainsets the class was intended to pull?
...that private railroad cars were used by railroad officials and dignitaries as business cars, and by wealthy individuals for travel and entertainment, especially in the
United States where they were sometimes used by politicians in "
whistle stop campaigns."
...that in 1885, citing a cost preference, the
Finnish government decided to build the line to
Savonia on a different alignment than originally planned, which put Pieksämäki railway station a couple of kilometres east of the village, in the middle of what was then an uninhabited swamp?
...that photographic grey, also known as works grey, a
paint scheme commonly applied to
steam locomotives during the period before
color photography became commonplace, was applied to allow sharper, more detailed images of the locomotives to be recorded?
...that in the mid-1990s the East Portland Traction Company, now known as Oregon Pacific Railroad, ran an
excursion train known as
Samtrak named after the railroad's owner, Dick Samuels, as well as a play on
Amtrak, the national passenger railroad company?
...that passenger train services on the Newtown Square Branch, which was built as the Philadelphia & Delaware County Railroad in 1888 then became a
Pennsylvania Railroadbranch line in 1894, ran on the line until the service was terminated in 1908 due to competition from the West Chester Traction Company
trolley lines that are now part of
SEPTA Route 104?