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April 2011

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The platforms and tracks at Cempaka station in 2007
The platforms and tracks at Cempaka station in 2007
The platforms and tracks at Cais do Sodré station in 2002
The platforms and tracks at Cais do Sodré station in 2002
A cross-section of a girder used in the Bull Bridge
A cross-section of a girder used in the Bull Bridge
The locomotive "La Porteña" that hauled the first trains in 1857, photographed circa 1873
The locomotive "La Porteña" that hauled the first trains in 1857, photographed circa 1873
Breda A650 subway car trainset on the Los Angeles Metro Rail Red Line at Union Station in 2008
Breda A650 subway car trainset on the Los Angeles Metro Rail Red Line at Union Station in 2008
Bingo-Ochiai railway station in 2007
Bingo-Ochiai railway station in 2007
Bell railway station in 2008
Bell railway station in 2008
Exterior view of the Estació de França trainshed in 2005
Exterior view of the Estació de França trainshed in 2005
  • ...that the Estació de França in Barcelona, Spain, which was in originally built the 19th century as the main terminus for trains arriving from France and is the second-busiest station in Barcelona as of 2011, is the only station in the city that does not include underground platforms?
The platforms and station building of Ayr railway station in 2008
The platforms and station building of Ayr railway station in 2008
An Auburn & Syracuse Electric Railroad car in 1905
An Auburn & Syracuse Electric Railroad car in 1905
A 200 series Shinkansen train on Asahi service in Tokyo, August 2002
A 200 series Shinkansen train on Asahi service in Tokyo, August 2002
  • ...that the name Asahi, which was used from 1982 to 2002 to describe a limited-stop Shinkansen service between Tokyo and Niigata, Japan, was first introduced in 1960 for semi-express (準急, junkyū) services operating between Niigata and Sendai?
Apeldoorn station and the newly opened bicycle tunnel in 2008
Apeldoorn station and the newly opened bicycle tunnel in 2008
British Rail Class 460, no. 460007, at London Victoria in 2003
British Rail Class 460, no. 460007, at London Victoria in 2003
A Renfe class 130 train at the Alicante terminal in 2007
A Renfe class 130 train at the Alicante terminal in 2007
The Yorktown Heights station in 2009
The Yorktown Heights station in 2009
An E2 series Shinkansen on Yamabiko service in December 2003
An E2 series Shinkansen on Yamabiko service in December 2003
Wirksworth station in 2009
Wirksworth station in 2009
Roy welensky
Roy welensky
The former Warszawa Główna, now the site of a railway museum, in 2007
The former Warszawa Główna, now the site of a railway museum, in 2007
A train at the Wadamisaki platform of Hyogo Station in 2009
A train at the Wadamisaki platform of Hyogo Station in 2009
Trains at Vlissingen station in 2005
Trains at Vlissingen station in 2005
Graduable brake valve (right) and the small (upper) and large ejector cocks from a GWR locomotive
Graduable brake valve (right) and the small (upper) and large ejector cocks from a GWR locomotive
  • ...that automatic vacuum brake systems introduced as early as the 1860s have been in widespread use in British train equipment and in those countries influenced by British practice until they were superseded by air brake systems in the 1970s?
Map of the Uzhhorod – Košice broad gauge track
Map of the Uzhhorod – Košice broad gauge track
Flemington Bridge station on the Upfield line, with CityLink in the background
Flemington Bridge station on the Upfield line, with CityLink in the background
Replica Union Pacific 119 at Golden Spike Historic Site in 2008
Replica Union Pacific 119 at Golden Spike Historic Site in 2008
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt (seated, at left) and friends mount the observation platform of the Uganda Railway in 1909
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt (seated, at left) and friends mount the observation platform of the Uganda Railway in 1909
Tsurumaki-Onsen station in 2008
Tsurumaki-Onsen station in 2008
  • ...that Tsurumaki-Onsen Station on the Odakyu Odawara Line in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, originally opened in 1927 as Tsurumaki Station and then was renamed to Tsurumaki-Onsen Station in 1937, but reverted to its original name in 1944 as authorities felt that the onsen in the name appeared frivolous in light of wartime austerities, and was finally renamed back to Tsurumaki-Onsen Station in 1987?
An electronic treadle used as an axle counter
An electronic treadle used as an axle counter