...that Haxo, a
ghost station on the
Paris Métro, has never had a regular in-service train call at the station and no access to street level was ever constructed?
...that in
Britain, where
steam hauled trains generally have
vacuum operated brakes, it was quite common for turntables to be operated by vacuum powered motors worked from the locomotive's vacuum ejector or pump via a flexible hose or pipe?
...that an Ausbesserungswerk is a railway facility in
German-speaking countries, the primary function of which is the repair (and formerly also the construction) of
railway vehicles or their components?
...that cant, the difference in elevation of rails around a curve also known as superelevation, helps steer a train around a curve, keeping the wheel flanges from touching the rails and minimizing friction and wear?
...that the
New South Wales Government Railways' D58 class4-8-2, intended to be an improved version of the
D57 class, had smaller diameter cylinders which demanded a later
cut-off and used more steam, thus making the locomotives uneconomical in the use of coal and water when compared with the D57?
...that the 1949 Matsukawa derailment was reported to have occurred as the result of sabotage, which the government in
Japan blamed on the
Japanese Communist Party and the Japan National Railway Union?
...that retarders, a series of stationary
brakes surrounding a short section of each rail on the
track that grip and slow the cars' wheels through
friction as they roll through them, are used in
classification yards to reduce the speed of freight cars as they are sorted into
trains?
...that gauntlet track is
railway tracks that converge onto a single roadbed and are interlaced to pass through a narrow passage such as a
cutting,
bridge, or
tunnel, which eliminates the complexities of a
switching system since both tracks remain discrete?
...that Rule 55, a problematic operating rule adopted by railway companies in the
British Isles in the late 19th century, required that if a
train was brought to a stand at a signal in rain, snow or fog, the
fireman,
guard or any shunter riding on the train must immediately make his way back to the signal box to ensure that the signalman was aware of the presence of the stopped train?
...that Haxo, a
ghost station on the
Paris Métro, has never had a regular in-service train call at the station and no access to street level was ever constructed?
...that in
Britain, where
steam hauled trains generally have
vacuum operated brakes, it was quite common for turntables to be operated by vacuum powered motors worked from the locomotive's vacuum ejector or pump via a flexible hose or pipe?
...that an Ausbesserungswerk is a railway facility in
German-speaking countries, the primary function of which is the repair (and formerly also the construction) of
railway vehicles or their components?
...that cant, the difference in elevation of rails around a curve also known as superelevation, helps steer a train around a curve, keeping the wheel flanges from touching the rails and minimizing friction and wear?
...that the
New South Wales Government Railways' D58 class4-8-2, intended to be an improved version of the
D57 class, had smaller diameter cylinders which demanded a later
cut-off and used more steam, thus making the locomotives uneconomical in the use of coal and water when compared with the D57?
...that the 1949 Matsukawa derailment was reported to have occurred as the result of sabotage, which the government in
Japan blamed on the
Japanese Communist Party and the Japan National Railway Union?
...that retarders, a series of stationary
brakes surrounding a short section of each rail on the
track that grip and slow the cars' wheels through
friction as they roll through them, are used in
classification yards to reduce the speed of freight cars as they are sorted into
trains?
...that gauntlet track is
railway tracks that converge onto a single roadbed and are interlaced to pass through a narrow passage such as a
cutting,
bridge, or
tunnel, which eliminates the complexities of a
switching system since both tracks remain discrete?
...that Rule 55, a problematic operating rule adopted by railway companies in the
British Isles in the late 19th century, required that if a
train was brought to a stand at a signal in rain, snow or fog, the
fireman,
guard or any shunter riding on the train must immediately make his way back to the signal box to ensure that the signalman was aware of the presence of the stopped train?