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February 2015

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Cover of 1891 Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide
Cover of 1891 Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide
A New Haven electric locomotive circa 1907
A New Haven electric locomotive circa 1907
AM 103 at Puhinui station on its first test run in October 2013
AM 103 at Puhinui station on its first test run in October 2013
Locomotive 6029 in 2013
Locomotive 6029 in 2013
Exmouth Junction in 2009
Exmouth Junction in 2009
One of the track and platform pairs at Warwick station in 2006
One of the track and platform pairs at Warwick station in 2006
  • ...that the upper bus deck at Warwick railway station on the Transperth Joondalup Line constructed of precast concrete was the most expensive structural element of the station, and was the cause of significant attention and consideration as part of the design and construction process?
Volksdorf station in 2011
Volksdorf station in 2011
Interior of an Ultra Dome owned and operated by Alaska Railroad
Interior of an Ultra Dome owned and operated by Alaska Railroad
  • ...that at the time of their construction beginning in 1988, the dome areas of Ultra Dome cars built by Colorado Railcar featured the largest individual glass panes ever installed in a railcar?
A local train on the Tōbu Kiryū Line in 2011
A local train on the Tōbu Kiryū Line in 2011
  • ...that the Tōbu Kiryū Line in Tokyo was originally built in 1911 as a 610 mm (2 ft) gauge human-powered line between Ota and Yabuzuka to haul stone blocks from the Yabuzuka Quarry?
Tito's Blue Train on 28 May 1976, at the opening of the final section of the Belgrade–Bar railway
Tito's Blue Train on 28 May 1976, at the opening of the final section of the Belgrade–Bar railway
St. Charles Streetcar passing through New Orleans' CBD in 2008
St. Charles Streetcar passing through New Orleans' CBD in 2008
Stretham Bridge on the former Steyning Line in 2007
Stretham Bridge on the former Steyning Line in 2007
  • ...that a few days prior to opening the Steyning Line in England, the Government Inspector of Railways, Colonel Tyler, carried out an inspection of the line, testing in particular the strength of several bridges across the River Adur by means such as placing multiple engines with their tenders on them?
South Ferry station in 2013
South Ferry station in 2013
  • ...that following damage from Hurricane Sandy in 2012 when severe flooding turned the station into a "large fish tank," as former MTA chairman Joseph Lhota described it, the South Ferry station, then the newest on the entire New York City Subway system, was closed with repairs estimated to continue until 2016?
Builder's photo of NGR 335 in 1909
Builder's photo of NGR 335 in 1909
Soo Line 2500 pulling a special train in Duluth in 2014
Soo Line 2500 pulling a special train in Duluth in 2014
Shimbashi Station in 1899
Shimbashi Station in 1899
  • ...that Shiodome Freight Terminal, originally built in 1872 as Shimbashi Station, served as the first railway terminal of Tokyo until it was converted to a freight-only terminal in conjunction with the opening of Tokyo Station in 1914?
Cann Viaduct on the SD&TR, preserved as a cycleway bridge in 2006
Cann Viaduct on the SD&TR, preserved as a cycleway bridge in 2006
Night view of the Sannomiye Station facade, showing the Japanese spelling of the station name
Night view of the Sannomiye Station facade, showing the Japanese spelling of the station name
103 series EMU with Universal City promotional vinyls at the Sakurajima Line Nishikujo Station in 2005
103 series EMU with Universal City promotional vinyls at the Sakurajima Line Nishikujo Station in 2005
An R127 garbage train at Union Turnpike station in 2014
An R127 garbage train at Union Turnpike station in 2014
Preserved NZASM 46 Tonner 230 (0-6-4T) "Jan Wintervogel" in 1993
Preserved NZASM 46 Tonner 230 (0-6-4T) "Jan Wintervogel" in 1993