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December 2014

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Preserved illuminated car 9 of the Manx Electric Railway at Derby Castle Terminus in 2009
Preserved illuminated car 9 of the Manx Electric Railway at Derby Castle Terminus in 2009
Builder's photo of The Great Bear in 1908
Builder's photo of The Great Bear in 1908
The tracks and platforms at Cottesloe station in 2005
The tracks and platforms at Cottesloe station in 2005
CGR 4th Class 4-6-0TT no. M65 (265) at Cradock, c. 1890
CGR 4th Class 4-6-0TT no. M65 (265) at Cradock, c. 1890
DLR and Jubilee Line trains at Canning Town station in March 2014
DLR and Jubilee Line trains at Canning Town station in March 2014
TransAdelaide railcars speed through Bowden, South Australia, in 2005
TransAdelaide railcars speed through Bowden, South Australia, in 2005
Preserved DB Class 10 locomotive No. 001 in Hersbruck, Germany, in 2007
Preserved DB Class 10 locomotive No. 001 in Hersbruck, Germany, in 2007
Beersheba Turkish Railway Station building in 2009
Beersheba Turkish Railway Station building in 2009
Diagram showing how the Arnoux system articulates axles on coupled cars
Diagram showing how the Arnoux system articulates axles on coupled cars
Aerial view of the 1971 derailment
Aerial view of the 1971 derailment
The former Tunbridge Wells West station building in 2008
The former Tunbridge Wells West station building in 2008
The tracks and platforms at Warrington Bank Quay station in 2014
The tracks and platforms at Warrington Bank Quay station in 2014
The Mets – Willets Point station, during the 2007 U.S. Open
The Mets – Willets Point station, during the 2007 U.S. Open
A locomotive of Série 9020, at Livração station on the Tâmega line in May 1996
A locomotive of Série 9020, at Livração station on the Tâmega line in May 1996
  • ...that the Strategic Transport Plan, published by the Portuguese Government in October 2011, showed that the Tâmega line required the highest level of subsidy (at 2.50 per passenger per kilometre) of any railway in Portugal?
10000 series set 10101 at Shinkiba depot in 2006
10000 series set 10101 at Shinkiba depot in 2006
Map of the Kirkcudbright Railway in 1864
Map of the Kirkcudbright Railway in 1864
The former Swakopmund station in 1992
The former Swakopmund station in 1992
  • ...that before the 600 mm (1 ft 11+58 in) gauge Swakopmund–Windhoek line in present-day Namibia was built in 1897, the journey from Swakopmund to Windhoek took ten days, but the railway shortened the duration to two days?
Shin-Tosu station, part of a narrow gauge section of the Kyushu Shinkansen, under construction in 2007
Shin-Tosu station, part of a narrow gauge section of the Kyushu Shinkansen, under construction in 2007
NF5 (formerly W53) preserved at Pine Creek, Northern Territory, in 2005
NF5 (formerly W53) preserved at Pine Creek, Northern Territory, in 2005
SAR 33-025 at Bellville Loco, Cape Town, in 2009
SAR 33-025 at Bellville Loco, Cape Town, in 2009
The second type of Heilmann steam-electric locomotive, built in 1897
The second type of Heilmann steam-electric locomotive, built in 1897
Silver Mountain station building in 1910
Silver Mountain station building in 1910
Shimofukawa Station in 2005
Shimofukawa Station in 2005
India Point bridge swing span from Fox Point Park looking east in 1997
India Point bridge swing span from Fox Point Park looking east in 1997
Schöna railway station in 2009
Schöna railway station in 2009