... that the
Chicago Transit Authority closed its Kostner station only eleven years after it opened, making it one of the city's shortest-lived train stations?
... that although the Ironton Railroad was built to haul
iron ore, it was used to deliver
deer and
buffalo to the Trexler Game Preserve in 1911?
... that the 2004 Cairns Tilt Train derailment was the result of excessive speed which may have been caused by the driver leaving his seat?
... that while his father-in-law, brother and son were national politicians, Wincentz Thurmann Ihlen concentrated on entrepreneurship, establishing the railway car factory
Strømmens Værksted?
... that two trains returning from the 1851
Chester races lost adhesion in Sutton Tunnel, and a third crashed into them, killing nine and injuring up to 40 people?
... that by the time the Wye Valley Railway opened in 1876, a
Welsh wireworks it was intended to serve had already closed down?
... that
Chicago's defunct 58th station must be kept in operable condition because federal funds were used in its renovation?
... that a parade honoring
Jack Benny was held at the Azusa Civic Center, commemorating his running gag in which a conductor called out, "Train leaving now for Anaheim, Azusa and Cucamonga"?
... that delay certificates issued by
railway companies in
Japan and
Germany to passengers for tardy trains are considered valid reasons by superiors for reporting late to school or work?
... that the Huckleberry Trail takes its name from the former Virginia Anthracite & Coal Railroad, nicknamed the Huckleberry, on whose abandoned railbed this
rail trail was constructed?
... that the
Norwegian lake Lutvann leaked 1,000 liters of water per minute into the railway tunnel
Romeriksporten during its construction in 1997?
... that Harold Clapp's "fiendish efficiency" in improving
Victorian Railways' train reliability was credited with losing
Melbourne commuters "another excuse for being late for work in the mornings"?
... that CMKC Group will construct and retain 30-year management rights over 1500 km of new and 512 km of renovated railway in the
Republic of the Congo?
... that as
General Secretary of the
Mexican railroad workers union, Demetrio Vallejo renounced his salary of 20,000
pesos a month, requesting it be turned over to the railway union treasury?
... that the tiny Dinkey Train of only a passenger coach and dummy engine went to
Mammoth Cave?
... that after 12 years of legal tussling over delays and cost overruns on the Taipei Metro Muzha Line, the
Taipei City Government was ordered to compensate its contractor
Matra for US$50 million?
...that the Wrawby Junction rail crash involved a
locomotive supposedly renumbered after a
psychic predicted a locomotive with the original number would be involved in a crash?
...that the Fifteen Guinea Special, one of the last
British Rail steam services before the steam ban of 1968, was so called because of the high prices from popular demand for it?
...that in the 1830s, anticipating construction of the
Long Island Rail Road, land developer Ambrose George purchased a large tract of land between Bethpage and Hardscrabble in Suffolk County?
...that Broad Clyst railway station attracted residential development in the immediate area and even today the area around the former station is known as "Broadclyst Station"?
...that the proposed Doncaster railway line, Melbourne, first planned in 1890, would cost around ten times as much to build now as the
A$41 million estimated in 1972 when the route was decided?
...that many of the
viaducts(pictured) on the Chemin de Fer de Côtes du Nord were two-tiered structures, and that the Viaduc de Souzain had a railway junction on the viaduct itself?
...that the original Roanoke Street Railway Company
streetcar tracks were removed from the Memorial Bridge during its 2002–03 restoration?
...that much of Glencoe, Oregon, was relocated to the new town of
North Plains after the railroad bypassed the old town?
...that Basil W. Duke became the chief consul and lobbyist for the
L&N Railroad after the
American Civil War, even though he led many efforts in destroying their property during the war?
...that Wetsens station on the North Friesland Railway, which served a sparsely populated part of
Friesland,
Netherlands, closed in 1902, less than eight months after opening?
...that Independent Learning Centre started the Railway School Car Program in 1926, in which a teacher lived in a train car that traveled to students in isolated
Northern Ontario communities?
...that due to a lack of freight crossings of the
Hudson River, trains must take a 280-mile (450 km) detour, the Selkirk hurdle, to cross into
New York City from the south or west?
... that the
Chicago Transit Authority closed its Kostner station only eleven years after it opened, making it one of the city's shortest-lived train stations?
... that although the Ironton Railroad was built to haul
iron ore, it was used to deliver
deer and
buffalo to the Trexler Game Preserve in 1911?
... that the 2004 Cairns Tilt Train derailment was the result of excessive speed which may have been caused by the driver leaving his seat?
... that while his father-in-law, brother and son were national politicians, Wincentz Thurmann Ihlen concentrated on entrepreneurship, establishing the railway car factory
Strømmens Værksted?
... that two trains returning from the 1851
Chester races lost adhesion in Sutton Tunnel, and a third crashed into them, killing nine and injuring up to 40 people?
... that by the time the Wye Valley Railway opened in 1876, a
Welsh wireworks it was intended to serve had already closed down?
... that
Chicago's defunct 58th station must be kept in operable condition because federal funds were used in its renovation?
... that a parade honoring
Jack Benny was held at the Azusa Civic Center, commemorating his running gag in which a conductor called out, "Train leaving now for Anaheim, Azusa and Cucamonga"?
... that delay certificates issued by
railway companies in
Japan and
Germany to passengers for tardy trains are considered valid reasons by superiors for reporting late to school or work?
... that the Huckleberry Trail takes its name from the former Virginia Anthracite & Coal Railroad, nicknamed the Huckleberry, on whose abandoned railbed this
rail trail was constructed?
... that the
Norwegian lake Lutvann leaked 1,000 liters of water per minute into the railway tunnel
Romeriksporten during its construction in 1997?
... that Harold Clapp's "fiendish efficiency" in improving
Victorian Railways' train reliability was credited with losing
Melbourne commuters "another excuse for being late for work in the mornings"?
... that CMKC Group will construct and retain 30-year management rights over 1500 km of new and 512 km of renovated railway in the
Republic of the Congo?
... that as
General Secretary of the
Mexican railroad workers union, Demetrio Vallejo renounced his salary of 20,000
pesos a month, requesting it be turned over to the railway union treasury?
... that the tiny Dinkey Train of only a passenger coach and dummy engine went to
Mammoth Cave?
... that after 12 years of legal tussling over delays and cost overruns on the Taipei Metro Muzha Line, the
Taipei City Government was ordered to compensate its contractor
Matra for US$50 million?
...that the Wrawby Junction rail crash involved a
locomotive supposedly renumbered after a
psychic predicted a locomotive with the original number would be involved in a crash?
...that the Fifteen Guinea Special, one of the last
British Rail steam services before the steam ban of 1968, was so called because of the high prices from popular demand for it?
...that in the 1830s, anticipating construction of the
Long Island Rail Road, land developer Ambrose George purchased a large tract of land between Bethpage and Hardscrabble in Suffolk County?
...that Broad Clyst railway station attracted residential development in the immediate area and even today the area around the former station is known as "Broadclyst Station"?
...that the proposed Doncaster railway line, Melbourne, first planned in 1890, would cost around ten times as much to build now as the
A$41 million estimated in 1972 when the route was decided?
...that many of the
viaducts(pictured) on the Chemin de Fer de Côtes du Nord were two-tiered structures, and that the Viaduc de Souzain had a railway junction on the viaduct itself?
...that the original Roanoke Street Railway Company
streetcar tracks were removed from the Memorial Bridge during its 2002–03 restoration?
...that much of Glencoe, Oregon, was relocated to the new town of
North Plains after the railroad bypassed the old town?
...that Basil W. Duke became the chief consul and lobbyist for the
L&N Railroad after the
American Civil War, even though he led many efforts in destroying their property during the war?
...that Wetsens station on the North Friesland Railway, which served a sparsely populated part of
Friesland,
Netherlands, closed in 1902, less than eight months after opening?
...that Independent Learning Centre started the Railway School Car Program in 1926, in which a teacher lived in a train car that traveled to students in isolated
Northern Ontario communities?
...that due to a lack of freight crossings of the
Hudson River, trains must take a 280-mile (450 km) detour, the Selkirk hurdle, to cross into
New York City from the south or west?