A Citadis 305 tram in the wire-free section on George Street in December 2019
...that the CBD and South East Light Rail's wire-free section between Town Hall and Circular Quay was originally to have been achieved by equipping the trams with batteries and providing recharging facilities at stops?
The restored Cavell Van on display at the Kent and East Sussex Railway in 2013
...that the Cavell Van, named in memory of Edith Cavell, carried the only three sets of British remains repatriated following the end of World War I?
Illustration of the Carnarvon Castle station area with two loaded railway wagons, stacks of slates and road carts
...that the original Carnarvon Castle railway station had no separate station siding, platforms, or reserved length of track, which required passengers to board from and alight to the trackside?
Bryn Teifi station on the Carmarthen–Aberystwyth line in 1962
Canada Southern locomotive number 337 with a passenger train at Comber Station in the late 19th century
...that Canada Southern Railway's charter specified that the railroad was to be constructed using a broad gauge of 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm), but that requirement was repealed in 1869 allowing it to use the standard gauge of 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)?
One of the northbound platforms at Camden Town station in 2008
...that the northbound platforms at Camden Town tube station are directly above the southbound platforms due the need to keep directly beneath the narrow roads above them to avoid having to pay compensation to landowners during construction?
1904 Erie Railroad advertisement promoting travel to Cambridge Springs
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