...that in 1972 the location of Maarn railway station, which was originally opened in 1845 in the Netherlands, was moved one kilometer to the east of its original location?
...that following the recreation of Poland in 1918, the Lublin railway station building, which originally opened in 1877, was reconstructed in the 1920s to give it a more Polish style, as the original building looked like a typical station of the Russian Empire?
The sandbox of a British Rail Class 319 electric multiple unit in 2007
...that in order to alleviate locomotive wheelslip, which is caused when the turning force applied to the driving wheels greatly exceeds the opposing friction force effected by the surface of the rail, most locomotives are fitted with sandboxes so that sand or Sandite can be dropped on the rails to improve adhesion?
LNER Class O1 locomotive 63760 at Gorton engine shed in 1958
A Hakodate Transportation Bureau type 9600 tram in 2008
...that the name "Little Dancer," the brand name of a series of low-floor trams used in Japan, is derived in part from the Japanese word dansa which translates as "bump" or "step" referring to the tram's low floor?
Transrapid series 09 vehicle at the Emsland Test Facility in 2009
The main hall of Dostoevskaya station on Saint Petersburg Metro Line 4 in 2010
...that the Pravoberezhnaya Line of the Saint Petersburg Metro, the shortest line in the system with the stations featuring a modern design, was officially designated Line 4 in 1994, but the original name is still often used in informal context?
A preserved 1925 Leeds tram at the National Tramway Museum in Crich, Derbyshire in 2004
Laburnum station shortly after its reconstruction in 2007
...that until its reconstruction in 2007, Laburnum railway station in a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, was known for having a sign reading "Toot Toot - drive slowly" under the railway bridge which led locals to often toot their horns in acknowledgement of the sign as a warning to oncoming traffic approaching the narrow underpass?
JR East KiHa 110 DMU on the Koumi Line between Kobuchizawa and Kai-koizumi in 2007
...that the Saku Railway in Japan built the majority of what is now known as the Koumi Line as part of a plan for a railway network stretching from Kōfu in the south to Naoetsu and Nagaoka in the north, linking up with the Fuji Minobe Railway to create a coast-to-coast rail line?
The Kingston Flyer approaching Fairlight terminus in 2000
...that the last use of a steam locomotive on a regularly scheduled revenue service in New Zealand was on 26 October 1971, and the new Kingston Flyer heritage service began operating two months later on 21 December?
Locomotive "Cloister" passes the Kew Bridge Steam Museum garden in 2006
The bridge at the north end of the U-Bahn station Kellinghusenstraße in 2006
...that although Kellinghusenstraße station of the Hamburg U-Bahn system in Germany was opened in 1912 with four tracks, only the two outer tracks were initially used until 1914 when the line from Kellinghusenstraße to Ohlsdorf was opened?
...that before the Kyūshū Shinkansen opened in 2004, Kagoshima-Chūō Station, literally translated as Kagoshima Central Station, in Japan, was originally known as Nishi-Kagoshima Station, which translates as West Kagoshima Station?
The former Jyväskylä station buildings in 2009
...that in 2002 all railway activities were moved out of the original Jyväskylä railway station buildings in Finland to a new travel centre adjacent to the site, while the original buildings were preserved as part of the inventory of culturally significant areas of the Finnish National Board of Antiquities?
A coupler on a boxcar in 1989; automatic couplers like this were required by the 1893 act
The Jaipur Superfast Express at Kota Junction station in April 2011
...that the Jaipur Superfast Express, the second-fastest passenger train connecting Mumbai and Jaipur, India, traverses the 1,159-kilometre (720 mi) long route in 18 hours with a maximum speed of 110 kilometres per hour (68 mph)?
A Umeda-bound Express at Ishibashi in 2002
...that on June 25, 1952, hours before the first scheduled train of the day, hundreds of protesters against the Korean War who left a meeting at the Osaka University campus thronged Ishibashi Station in Ikeda, Osaka, Japan, and forced the station master to run a train to transport them to Osaka in what has become known as the Suita Incident?
An Interail 421 class locomotive in 2007
...that Interail was formed in 2002 as the interstate running arm of Queensland Rail through the acquisition of the standard gauge Northern Rivers Railroad in New South Wales, Australia, but since launch of the QRNational brand in 2005, it is unknown how long the Interail brand will remain in use?
An Inekon 01 Trio type tram in 2009
...that in the early 1990s Inekon Group, the parent company of Inekon Trams, a manufacturer of trams located in the Czech Republic, tried unsuccessfully to gain control of ČKD, but some of ČKD's engineers were dissatisfied with the new owners and were subsequently hired by Inekon?
KkStB express engine 108.04 at an unknown location circa 1901
...that in the early years of the 20th century before World War I, the Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways company (KkStB) had taken over thirty smaller railway companies to become a practical monopoly in rail transport, competing with only six other railway companies by the end of the Austrian Empire?
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