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September 2013

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A Keisei AE series "Skyliner" EMU at Higashi-Matsudo Station in 2010
A Keisei AE series "Skyliner" EMU at Higashi-Matsudo Station in 2010
A 207 series EMU on a Katamachi Line local service in 2009
A 207 series EMU on a Katamachi Line local service in 2009
A Kanto Railway KiHa 2300 series DMU at Moriya Station on the Jōsō Line in 2008
A Kanto Railway KiHa 2300 series DMU at Moriya Station on the Jōsō Line in 2008
  • ...that in fiscal 1999, the Jōsō Line, which originally opened in 1913, carried an annual total of 14.16 million passengers (38,000 per day), making it the busiest non-electrified private line in Japan?
ED60 7 pulls a freight train circa 1985
ED60 7 pulls a freight train circa 1985
James Staats Forbes in 1902
James Staats Forbes in 1902
Trains of the Kashima Railway at Ishioka Depot adjacen to Ishioka Station in January 2007
Trains of the Kashima Railway at Ishioka Depot adjacen to Ishioka Station in January 2007
The Illinois Central freight depot in 2010
The Illinois Central freight depot in 2010
Ron Huberman at Harper High School in 2009
Ron Huberman at Harper High School in 2009
  • ...that Ron Huberman, an avowed "L" rider during his tenure as president at the Chicago Transit Authority, once removed an unruly and disorderly passenger from a train he was riding on after the rider verbally harassed a female passenger?
Trams of different construction eras operating concurrently on the Hiroden network in 2005
Trams of different construction eras operating concurrently on the Hiroden network in 2005
The eastern portal of Hex River Tunnel number 4 in 2005
The eastern portal of Hex River Tunnel number 4 in 2005
  • ...that upon its completion in 1989, the 13.5-kilometre long (8.4 mi) tunnel number 4 of the Hex River Tunnels in South Africa, a part of the Hexton line that helped to eliminate the Hex River rail pass bottleneck, became the longest railway tunnel in Africa?
East London Harbour Grasshopper type construction locomotive, c. 1880
East London Harbour Grasshopper type construction locomotive, c. 1880
A 485-3000 series Hakuchō at Aomori Station in 2003
A 485-3000 series Hakuchō at Aomori Station in 2003
  • ...that although the current Hakuchō services between Shin-Aomori and Hakodate via the undersea Seikan Tunnel in Japan were introduced in 2002, the Hakuchō name actually dates back to 1960, as the name of a service which ran from Ōsaka to Aomori until March 2001; the name was reused for the new services by popular demand?
Groningen railway station in 2007
Groningen railway station in 2007
JA1250 leads a passenger train on the Glenbrook Vintage Railway at the railway's workshops in 2008
JA1250 leads a passenger train on the Glenbrook Vintage Railway at the railway's workshops in 2008
The track side of Gare d'Abbeville in 2010
The track side of Gare d'Abbeville in 2010
The Iizaka Line's yard at Sakuramizu in 2011
The Iizaka Line's yard at Sakuramizu in 2011
Map of the Ferrocarril Rosario y Puerto Belgrano line
Map of the Ferrocarril Rosario y Puerto Belgrano line
The former Pettigo station building, now a private residence, as seen in 2007
The former Pettigo station building, now a private residence, as seen in 2007
An E5 series Shinkansen on a Hayabusa service in 2011
An E5 series Shinkansen on a Hayabusa service in 2011
  • ...that the first revenue-earning service operated on the Joetsu Shinkansen by an E5 series trainset was a special Joetsu Shinkansen 30th Anniversary (上越新幹線開業30周年号」, Jōetsu Shinkansen Kaigyō 30-shūnen-gō) service from Niigata to Tokyo on 17 November 2012 using E5 series set U8, with a special ceremony at Niigata Station before departure?
A postcard view of the interior of an Astra Dome lounge car in the 1950s
A postcard view of the interior of an Astra Dome lounge car in the 1950s
  • ...that most dome lounge cars, a type of dome car that includes lounge, cafe, dining or other space on the upper level or both levels of the car, remained in service for their original owners up to the end of privately run passenger trains in North America when many were transferred to Amtrak?
An artist's conception of a Dalkey Atmospheric Railway train arriving at Kingstown in 1844
An artist's conception of a Dalkey Atmospheric Railway train arriving at Kingstown in 1844