Portal:Trains/Did you know/March 2022

March 2022

A 10-car E501 series formation on a Jōban Line service in January 2020

• ...that the Great Hanshin earthquake in January 1995 delayed delivery of the first E501 series trains from March to December?

An Eyre Peninsula Railway train in April 2017

• ...that the 60-kilometre long (37 mi), 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge Eyre Peninsula Railway in South Australia used to be 777 kilometres (483 mi) long?

A GWR Class 802 on the Exeter–Plymouth line near Dawlish in June 2021

• ...that the United Kingdom's 1976–79 Labour government proposed electrifying the Exeter–Plymouth line, but the 1979–90 Conservative governments opted to not implement the proposal?

Evansville Western number 6001 in August 2006

• ...that CSX Transportation retains title to the real estate comprising the right-of-way on which the Evansville Western Railway operates?

A preserved 3150 series train in August 2015

• ...that Euskotren's 3150 series railcars earned the nickname "Kiwis" due to their green and white paint scheme?

Essen-Altenessen station in October 2006

• ...that Essen-Altenessen station, which opened on 15 May 1847, is one of the two oldest stations in modern Essen?

Mosaic 212, an EMD MP15DC, in Fort Meade, Florida

• ...that EMD's MP15DC was developed following the successful integration of Blomberg B trucks on the SW1504 model locomotive?

Postcard view of Essen station in 1910

• ...that the second main station building erected for Essen Hauptbahnhof used iron girders to reduce the impact of subsidence from nearby deep coal mines?

Postcard view of Erlangen station about 1899

• ...that although Erlangen station was officially opened on 5 August 1844, the birthday of King Ludwig I, regular passenger service on the Ludwig South-North Railway didn't begin until October that year?

A pair of 4 car Oscar sets at Chatswood station operating the new Chatswood-Epping rail link in February 2009

• ...that the OSCARS, originally intended for longer journeys out of the Sydney basin, were used on the Epping to Chatswood rail link at its opening due to the steepness and noisiness of the tunnel?

An Amtrak train at Enfield station in 1980

• ...that at the time of its closure in 1986, boardings and exits at Enfield station in Connecticut averaged five daily passengers spread between eight trains?

Emerson Park station in May 2021

• ...that ridership at Emerson Park railway station, in the London Borough of Havering, has increased by 600% from 59,000 in 2008 to 350,000 in 2018/19?

A Class 66 locomotive in Norway with a cab air conditioner unit installed

• ...that excessive noise, vibration and heat complaints from drivers operating EMD Class 66 locomotives led to threats of industrial action in the UK in 2007?

A BART train at Embarcadero station in 2018

• ...that Embarcadero station, one of the two busiest stations in the BART system, opened as an infill station almost two years after service began through the Transbay Tube?