...that prior to the construction of the current Forth Bridge in Scotland, construction of a bridge designed by
Tay Bridge designer Sir
Thomas Bouch got as far as the laying of the foundation stone until the project was canceled in the wake of the Tay Bridge's collapse in 1879?
...that when Keihan Electric Railway started its operation between
Osaka and
Kyoto, Japan, in 1910, it was the first
electric railway that connected these two cities, and the first line on the left bank of
Yodo River?
...that the 27 new
EMD SD70M locomotives exported from the United States to Companhia Vale do Rio Doce in
Brazil constitute the first use of this locomotive model in South America and due to the railroad's 1600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
rail gauge,
EMD had to design a new wider
bogie for the locomotives?
...that the EMD 265, a
diesel engine for
locomotive use, marks a major departure from decades of
Electro-Motive Dieseltwo stroke engine design practice as it is a
four-stroke design, and unlike the previous
567,
645, and
710 lines of engines, the designation refers to the bore of the cylinder in millimeters rather than the displacement of each cylinder in cubic inches?
...that the 194 year-old Puffing Billy is not only the oldest surviving
steam locomotive in the world, it is also the first commercial
adhesion locomotive, and the first locomotive to employ coupled
driving wheels?
...that China's Shenzhen Metro employs
RFID tokens as part of its ticketing system that allow the system to determine both the origin and destination of the journey and the fare to be adjusted accordingly?
...that the
New York Central Railroad's luxury Twentieth Century Limited passenger train boasted on-board features such as
secretarial services and a
barbershop, and the service is even credited as the source of the term "
red carpet treatment" for its well-known custom of rolling a plush red carpet across the platform for the benefit of boarding passengers?
...that the
Japan National Railways (JNR) Class ED62 locomotives feature an unusual Bo-1-Bo
wheel arrangement, being modified from conventional
Bo-Bo locomotives with the addition of an unpowered central axle between the
bogies to spread the weight and reduce the locomotive
axle load?
...that the
New Zealand RailwaysDF class locomotives of 1979 were rebuilt in the early 1990s with
turbochargers, raising their power from 1,230 kW (1,650
hp) to 1,800 kW (2,400 hp)?
...that the Brussels Metro was originally inaugurated in 1969 as a "pre-metro", effectively a
tramway or
light rail system, ahead of a planned future infrastructure upgrade to a full
metro system which was eventually undertaken in 1976?
...that
Fairbanks-Morse retained the services of renowned industrial designer
Raymond Loewy to create a visually impressive carbody for the company's Erie-built series of streamlined, cab-equipped dual service
diesel locomotives?
...that
Malaysia's KTM Komuterelectrifiedcommuter train service which commenced in 1995 was built using existing lines with minor alterations (such as the replacement of wooden
sleepers with concrete ones, and the replacement of wooden
station buildings with brick and concrete structures)?
...that the
NZRJA class4-8-2 JA 1274 was the last
steam locomotive to be built by NZR and in December 1956 became the last steam locomotive to enter service in New Zealand?
...that the Pullman Company built a
company town, named
Pullman, on 4,000 acres (16 km²) just south of the city limits of Chicago, and that company employees were required to live in Pullman, despite the fact that cheaper rentals could be found in nearby communities?
...that the ancestry of the Bombardier Double-deck Coach used by a number of European rail operators can be traced back to double-deck coaches built by Wumag at
Görlitz, Germany for the
Lübeck–
Büchen–
Hamburg railway in 1935?
...that the Curzon Street railway station building in
Birmingham, United Kingdom, opened in 1838 and in use as a station until 1966, is the world's oldest surviving piece of monumental railway architecture?
...that a water crane, which is used to replenish the water supply in a
steam locomotive, can deliver from one up to ten cubic metres of water per minute?
...that the Village on Wheels is the name given to special tourist train services introduced by the
Indian Railways to cater to the budget tourists, especially villagers, hence the name?
...that the Hiawatha Line, a 12-mile (19-kilometre)
light-rail corridor in
Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA which opened in 2004, carried 9.4 million passengers during 2006, an amount well over double the expected ridership?
...that prior to the 1985
Schengen treaty (which eliminated
passport checks between the borders of 30 European nations), a key feature of the fast EuroCity international rail services was the checking of passports on-board the train while in motion?
... that Norway's Raumabanen (Rauma railway line) played a key role amidst the
World War II invasion of Norway by
Nazi Germany in April 1940 when it was used to smuggle Norway's
gold reserves (totalling 3,000
bars, some 49
tons) from the
Norges Bank in
Oslo to waiting British
battle cruisers at
Åndalsnes for safekeeping out of the country?
... that of the estimated 58 EMD E8 locomotives to have survived into preservation, one, the former
New York Central Railroad #4085, is notable for having hauled the last eastbound Twentieth Century Limited service from Chicago to New York City?
...that the Berlin–Baghdad railway, a railway line through
Ottoman Empire territory intended to advance
German and Ottoman economic and political interests, was not completed before the outbreak of the
Great War in 1914 and the subsequent collapse of both Imperial powers?
...that Seoul Station in South Korea, opened in 1900, underwent no fewer than three name changes between 1905 and 1947?
...that prior to the construction of the current Forth Bridge in Scotland, construction of a bridge designed by
Tay Bridge designer Sir
Thomas Bouch got as far as the laying of the foundation stone until the project was canceled in the wake of the Tay Bridge's collapse in 1879?
...that when Keihan Electric Railway started its operation between
Osaka and
Kyoto, Japan, in 1910, it was the first
electric railway that connected these two cities, and the first line on the left bank of
Yodo River?
...that the 27 new
EMD SD70M locomotives exported from the United States to Companhia Vale do Rio Doce in
Brazil constitute the first use of this locomotive model in South America and due to the railroad's 1600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
rail gauge,
EMD had to design a new wider
bogie for the locomotives?
...that the EMD 265, a
diesel engine for
locomotive use, marks a major departure from decades of
Electro-Motive Dieseltwo stroke engine design practice as it is a
four-stroke design, and unlike the previous
567,
645, and
710 lines of engines, the designation refers to the bore of the cylinder in millimeters rather than the displacement of each cylinder in cubic inches?
...that the 194 year-old Puffing Billy is not only the oldest surviving
steam locomotive in the world, it is also the first commercial
adhesion locomotive, and the first locomotive to employ coupled
driving wheels?
...that China's Shenzhen Metro employs
RFID tokens as part of its ticketing system that allow the system to determine both the origin and destination of the journey and the fare to be adjusted accordingly?
...that the
New York Central Railroad's luxury Twentieth Century Limited passenger train boasted on-board features such as
secretarial services and a
barbershop, and the service is even credited as the source of the term "
red carpet treatment" for its well-known custom of rolling a plush red carpet across the platform for the benefit of boarding passengers?
...that the
Japan National Railways (JNR) Class ED62 locomotives feature an unusual Bo-1-Bo
wheel arrangement, being modified from conventional
Bo-Bo locomotives with the addition of an unpowered central axle between the
bogies to spread the weight and reduce the locomotive
axle load?
...that the
New Zealand RailwaysDF class locomotives of 1979 were rebuilt in the early 1990s with
turbochargers, raising their power from 1,230 kW (1,650
hp) to 1,800 kW (2,400 hp)?
...that the Brussels Metro was originally inaugurated in 1969 as a "pre-metro", effectively a
tramway or
light rail system, ahead of a planned future infrastructure upgrade to a full
metro system which was eventually undertaken in 1976?
...that
Fairbanks-Morse retained the services of renowned industrial designer
Raymond Loewy to create a visually impressive carbody for the company's Erie-built series of streamlined, cab-equipped dual service
diesel locomotives?
...that
Malaysia's KTM Komuterelectrifiedcommuter train service which commenced in 1995 was built using existing lines with minor alterations (such as the replacement of wooden
sleepers with concrete ones, and the replacement of wooden
station buildings with brick and concrete structures)?
...that the
NZRJA class4-8-2 JA 1274 was the last
steam locomotive to be built by NZR and in December 1956 became the last steam locomotive to enter service in New Zealand?
...that the Pullman Company built a
company town, named
Pullman, on 4,000 acres (16 km²) just south of the city limits of Chicago, and that company employees were required to live in Pullman, despite the fact that cheaper rentals could be found in nearby communities?
...that the ancestry of the Bombardier Double-deck Coach used by a number of European rail operators can be traced back to double-deck coaches built by Wumag at
Görlitz, Germany for the
Lübeck–
Büchen–
Hamburg railway in 1935?
...that the Curzon Street railway station building in
Birmingham, United Kingdom, opened in 1838 and in use as a station until 1966, is the world's oldest surviving piece of monumental railway architecture?
...that a water crane, which is used to replenish the water supply in a
steam locomotive, can deliver from one up to ten cubic metres of water per minute?
...that the Village on Wheels is the name given to special tourist train services introduced by the
Indian Railways to cater to the budget tourists, especially villagers, hence the name?
...that the Hiawatha Line, a 12-mile (19-kilometre)
light-rail corridor in
Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA which opened in 2004, carried 9.4 million passengers during 2006, an amount well over double the expected ridership?
...that prior to the 1985
Schengen treaty (which eliminated
passport checks between the borders of 30 European nations), a key feature of the fast EuroCity international rail services was the checking of passports on-board the train while in motion?
... that Norway's Raumabanen (Rauma railway line) played a key role amidst the
World War II invasion of Norway by
Nazi Germany in April 1940 when it was used to smuggle Norway's
gold reserves (totalling 3,000
bars, some 49
tons) from the
Norges Bank in
Oslo to waiting British
battle cruisers at
Åndalsnes for safekeeping out of the country?
... that of the estimated 58 EMD E8 locomotives to have survived into preservation, one, the former
New York Central Railroad #4085, is notable for having hauled the last eastbound Twentieth Century Limited service from Chicago to New York City?
...that the Berlin–Baghdad railway, a railway line through
Ottoman Empire territory intended to advance
German and Ottoman economic and political interests, was not completed before the outbreak of the
Great War in 1914 and the subsequent collapse of both Imperial powers?
...that Seoul Station in South Korea, opened in 1900, underwent no fewer than three name changes between 1905 and 1947?