Preserved C36 class locomotive number 3642, built by Clyde Engineering in 1926, on an excursion train in 2010
...that in addition to manufacturing new locomotives and rolling stock for Australian railroads, Clyde Engineering also manufactured telephone and industrial electronic equipment, machine tools, domestic aluminium ware, road making and earth making equipment, hydraulic pumps, product finishing equipment, filtration systems, boilers, power stations and firing equipment?
Chernihivska station in 2011
...that Chernihivska station on Kyiv Metro's Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska line has a second platform for eastbound trains that was used when the station was the line's terminus for quicker unloading of passengers who were traveling from the centre to prevent the congestion in the small station vestibules during peak hours?
Fulgence Bienvenüe in front of the entrance to Monceau station
...that Fulgence Bienvenüe, who has been called "Le Père du Métro" (Father of the Métro), designed a special procedure of building the Paris Métro tunnels to allow the swift repaving of surface roads, which included building the crown of the tunnel first and the flooring last, the reverse of the usual norm at that time?
SNCF locomotive number 241.P.17 at Nantes station in 1969
...that before becoming general manager of SNCF in 1949, Louis Armand invented in 1940-41 a water treatment process for preventing the calcification, or furring up, of steam locomotiveboilers that came to be known as the Traitement Integral Armand?
The remains of the Mexican Canyon Trestle near Cloudcroft in 2009
A 213 series EMU on an Akō Line local service at Osafune Station in 2006
...that only one train runs the entire length of the Akō Line in Japan, with service split at Banshū-Akō, and no trains terminate at either of the official terminals of Aioi or Higashi-Okayama?
A TWR 70-000 series EMU at Ikebukuro Station in 2018
...that when Kintetsu's Nagoya Line in Japan was regauged to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) in 1959, the Yōrō Line was left at 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge partly due to through freight trains to the Japanese National Railways (JNR) at Ōgaki and Kuwana, because the Yōrō Line is shorter between these stations than JNR lines and used as a shortcut?
Remains of the Dreamland Monorail in 2009
...that the route of the Yokohama Dreamland Monorail in Japan included steep grades of as much as 100‰ (10%), and while the monorail vehicles were altered to cope with the high grades, increasing their weight, the strength of the track beam was not increased to match, resulting in damage to the track within a year of its opening?
...that in 1995 the signal box at Wallan railway station was removed and replaced by a new lever frame within the station building that was built from parts of the Craigieburn frame, which became the last new frame to be installed on mainline railways in Victoria, Australia?
Alstom AGV train running at 200 km/h on the large circuit in 2008
...that of the two large standard gaugerailway track ovals designed for continuous running of new rail vehicles at the Velim railway test circuit, which has become one of the main testing locations for new types of rolling stock designed for use in Europe, the village of Sokoleč, Czech Republic, lies completely inside the larger circuit?
...that a major constraint for George Turnbull, chief engineer of the East Indian Railway who oversaw its construction from 1851 to 1862, was the lack of both quality clay and brick-building skills resulting in the change to importing much ironwork from England for the many bridges and other structures on the line?
Portland Vintage Trolley car 511 at the stop on 5th Avenue at Montgomery Street in 2009
