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Australian diesel locomotives XR 558 and XR552 at the Grain Loop, Geelong, Victoria, in 2007
Australian diesel locomotives XR 558 and XR552 at the Grain Loop, Geelong, Victoria, in 2007
A new RandstadRail viaduct connects former train and tram tracks in The Hague.
A new RandstadRail viaduct connects former train and tram tracks in The Hague.
Kingston Railway Station, closed since 1992, as seen in 2007
Kingston Railway Station, closed since 1992, as seen in 2007
  • ...that although the Jamaican Railway Corporation last ran a train in 1992 when services were abruptly ceased, it continues operations as lessor of track, a provider of locomotives and associated technical services for private freight operators on the 65 kilometres (40 mi) of the former 272-kilometre (169 mi) network still in use for freight haulage?
  • ...that Turkey's Marmaray project to modernise suburban rail lines along the Sea of Marmara in Istanbul also includes the construction under the Bosphorus strait of the world's deepest undersea immersed tube tunnel?
Interior of Cardiff workshops, showing diesel locos under repair in 1982
Interior of Cardiff workshops, showing diesel locos under repair in 1982
BB 15014 wearing TEE Arzens livery at the Gare de l'Est in 2005
BB 15014 wearing TEE Arzens livery at the Gare de l'Est in 2005
  • ...that the SNCF (French National Railways) Class BB 15000 electric locomotive is a member of a family of locomotives sharing a common body shell nicknamed "Nez Cassé" (English: Broken Nose), a reference to the inclined cab window design that ironically is designed to save the driver from injury in a frontal crash?
Car 6704 of the 1906 Atlantic City train wreck being removed from the water
Car 6704 of the 1906 Atlantic City train wreck being removed from the water
Iidabashi Station on the Tokyo Metro
Iidabashi Station on the Tokyo Metro
  • ...that although the Tokyo Subway makes up a small fraction of heavy rail rapid transit in Tokyo, Japan, with 282 out of the city's 882 stations, it forms the world's busiest subway system in terms of ridership with nearly eight million passenger journeys every day?
British Rail Class 47 at Felixstowe Beach in 1988
British Rail Class 47 at Felixstowe Beach in 1988
9th of September Express at Ayvacik Station in 2008
9th of September Express at Ayvacik Station in 2008
Preserved Bengal Nagpur Railway class N No. 815 at the National Rail Museum, New Delhi, in 2007
Preserved Bengal Nagpur Railway class N No. 815 at the National Rail Museum, New Delhi, in 2007
PCC formation in the Urquiza rail line in Buenos Aires
PCC formation in the Urquiza rail line in Buenos Aires
Benjamin Baker circa 1860
Benjamin Baker circa 1860
A side view of the 1980 built MB100 cars on a Laurentina bound train
A side view of the 1980 built MB100 cars on a Laurentina bound train
Queens Quay underground streetcar station in 2009
Queens Quay underground streetcar station in 2009
  • ...that Queens Quay underground streetcar station is the only station in Toronto with a pedestrian crossing between platforms at track level, requiring streetcars crossing the pedestrian walkway to stop and sound their gong before proceeding?
Berlin Zoo Station at night
Berlin Zoo Station at night
Carpet railway 'dribbler' locomotive, Stevens Dockyard, England, circa 1890
Carpet railway 'dribbler' locomotive, Stevens Dockyard, England, circa 1890
Metro station Akademiya Nauk in Minsk, Belarus, in 2008
Metro station Akademiya Nauk in Minsk, Belarus, in 2008
  • ...that the interior design of Akademiya Nauk station on the Minsk Metro in Belarus includes detail touches such as pillars reveted with grey marble and punctuated by stainless steel insets, contrasting white marbled walls and grey granite floor, and large artworks in the vestibules?
Historic A12 tram on the re-opened Djurgården line in 2005
Historic A12 tram on the re-opened Djurgården line in 2005
Former JR East 103 series EMU working in the Jakarta area of Indonesia, July 2007
Former JR East 103 series EMU working in the Jakarta area of Indonesia, July 2007
Steam locomotives around one of the North Melbourne Locomotive Depot turntables circa 1905
Steam locomotives around one of the North Melbourne Locomotive Depot turntables circa 1905
V set 9 at Sydney Central station
V set 9 at Sydney Central station
The replacement Thousand Mile Tree as seen from the nearby highway in 2010
The replacement Thousand Mile Tree as seen from the nearby highway in 2010
500 Series Shinkansen in 2008
500 Series Shinkansen in 2008
  • ...that the 500 Series Shinkansen, originally built in the mid-1990s, was the first Shinkansen train in Japan to operate at a maximum speed of 300 km/h (190 mph) in regular passenger service?
Penistone Railway Station in 2005
Penistone Railway Station in 2005
Kurrajong bound passenger train running along Marsh Street Richmond, 1950
Kurrajong bound passenger train running along Marsh Street Richmond, 1950
Mount St. Helens erupts, 18 May 1980
Mount St. Helens erupts, 18 May 1980
E4 Shinkansen operated by JR East
E4 Shinkansen operated by JR East
Portsmouth Corporation Transport tram No. 84 at Milestones Museum in Basingstoke, Hampshire, in 2008
Portsmouth Corporation Transport tram No. 84 at Milestones Museum in Basingstoke, Hampshire, in 2008
A passenger train on the Pingnan railway in 2008
A passenger train on the Pingnan railway in 2008
D&RGW system map of 1901
D&RGW system map of 1901