Home
•
Search
•
Translate
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
<
Portal:Trains
|
Did you know
May 2005
A Fairlie steam locomotive
...that in early
Fairlie
steam locomotive
designs, both
boilers
shared a common
firebox
?
Rochelle Railroad Park sign
...that
Rochelle Railroad Park
is a public park operated by the city of
Rochelle, Illinois
, where
railfans
can safely observe passing
UP
and
BNSF
trains on the two railroad's double-track mainlines?
Shinkansen 0 Series at Fukuyama in 2002
...that construction on
Japan
's first
Shinkansen
route, the
Tokaido Shinkansen
between
Tokyo
and
Osaka
, began in 1959?
The Forth Bridge
...that the
Forth Bridge
across
Scotland
's
Firth of Forth
is 2.5 km (1.5 miles) long and the
rail tracks
it carries are 46 m (approx. 150 ft) above the Firth's high tide?
Unloading sheep from a stock car c. 1916
...that
Alonzo C. Mather
was awarded a medal by the
American Humane Society
in 1883 for the humane treatment of
livestock
carried in
stock cars
he designed?
...that
ÖBB
(
Austrian
Federal Railways) operated
steam locomotives
until retiring the last one in 1978?
...that all
Tranz Metro
passenger trains
operated by
Toll NZ
(in
New Zealand
) connect to the capital,
Wellington
...that the
Iowa Interstate Railroad
is dispatched not by
centralized traffic control
, but by
track warrants
?
...that most of the railroad lines operated by the
Taiwan Railway Administration
are fully electrified?
...that the
Channel Tunnel
(sometimes called the "Chunnel") under the
English Channel
is the second longest railway tunnel in the world?
...that the
British Columbia Railway
used
Budd Rail Diesel Cars
for
passenger train
service until October 31, 2002?
Cecil Rhodes and Africa
...that plans begun in the mid-
19th century
for a
Cape-Cairo railway
across
Africa
are still under consideration?
a fish car
...that a
fish car
is a specialized type of
stock car
designed to carry live
fish
?
LNER Mallard
...that
LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard
set the speed record for
steam locomotives
on July 3, 1938, at 126 mph (203 km/h)?
a covered hopper
...that a
covered hopper
, although very similar to a
hopper car
, is normally used to carry loads that are susceptible to the weather (like
cement
or
kaolin clay
) or that are less dense (like
corn
,
wheat
or
barley
)?
...that
Showmen's Rest
in
Forest Park, Illinois
is a 750 plot section of
Woodlawn Cemetery
where members of a
circus
troupe were interred following the
Hammond circus train wreck
in 1918?
...that the load carried in a
Schnabel car
makes up part of the car structure itself?
...that to advertise the
Southern Belle
passenger train
service inauguration, the
Kansas City Southern Railway
held a beauty contest to find
Miss Southern Belle
?
v
t
e
DYK entries on the Trains Portal
2000s
2005
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2006
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2007
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2008
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2009
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2010s
2010
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2011
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2012
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2013
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2014
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2015
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2016
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2017
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2018
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2019
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2020s
2020
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2021
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2022
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
archive
candidates
Category
:
Rail transport did you know archives
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
<
Portal:Trains
|
Did you know
May 2005
A Fairlie steam locomotive
...that in early
Fairlie
steam locomotive
designs, both
boilers
shared a common
firebox
?
Rochelle Railroad Park sign
...that
Rochelle Railroad Park
is a public park operated by the city of
Rochelle, Illinois
, where
railfans
can safely observe passing
UP
and
BNSF
trains on the two railroad's double-track mainlines?
Shinkansen 0 Series at Fukuyama in 2002
...that construction on
Japan
's first
Shinkansen
route, the
Tokaido Shinkansen
between
Tokyo
and
Osaka
, began in 1959?
The Forth Bridge
...that the
Forth Bridge
across
Scotland
's
Firth of Forth
is 2.5 km (1.5 miles) long and the
rail tracks
it carries are 46 m (approx. 150 ft) above the Firth's high tide?
Unloading sheep from a stock car c. 1916
...that
Alonzo C. Mather
was awarded a medal by the
American Humane Society
in 1883 for the humane treatment of
livestock
carried in
stock cars
he designed?
...that
ÖBB
(
Austrian
Federal Railways) operated
steam locomotives
until retiring the last one in 1978?
...that all
Tranz Metro
passenger trains
operated by
Toll NZ
(in
New Zealand
) connect to the capital,
Wellington
...that the
Iowa Interstate Railroad
is dispatched not by
centralized traffic control
, but by
track warrants
?
...that most of the railroad lines operated by the
Taiwan Railway Administration
are fully electrified?
...that the
Channel Tunnel
(sometimes called the "Chunnel") under the
English Channel
is the second longest railway tunnel in the world?
...that the
British Columbia Railway
used
Budd Rail Diesel Cars
for
passenger train
service until October 31, 2002?
Cecil Rhodes and Africa
...that plans begun in the mid-
19th century
for a
Cape-Cairo railway
across
Africa
are still under consideration?
a fish car
...that a
fish car
is a specialized type of
stock car
designed to carry live
fish
?
LNER Mallard
...that
LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard
set the speed record for
steam locomotives
on July 3, 1938, at 126 mph (203 km/h)?
a covered hopper
...that a
covered hopper
, although very similar to a
hopper car
, is normally used to carry loads that are susceptible to the weather (like
cement
or
kaolin clay
) or that are less dense (like
corn
,
wheat
or
barley
)?
...that
Showmen's Rest
in
Forest Park, Illinois
is a 750 plot section of
Woodlawn Cemetery
where members of a
circus
troupe were interred following the
Hammond circus train wreck
in 1918?
...that the load carried in a
Schnabel car
makes up part of the car structure itself?
...that to advertise the
Southern Belle
passenger train
service inauguration, the
Kansas City Southern Railway
held a beauty contest to find
Miss Southern Belle
?
v
t
e
DYK entries on the Trains Portal
2000s
2005
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2006
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2007
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2008
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2009
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2010s
2010
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2011
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2012
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2013
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2014
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2015
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2016
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2017
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2018
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2019
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2020s
2020
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2021
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2022
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
archive
candidates
Category
:
Rail transport did you know archives
Videos
Youtube
|
Vimeo
|
Bing
Websites
Google
|
Yahoo
|
Bing
Encyclopedia
Google
|
Yahoo
|
Bing
Facebook
Top Of Page
Home
•
Search
•
Translate
©
CSE