...that from 2004 to 2009, the Guizhou–Guangxi Railway was rebuilt to add tunnels and bridges in place of switchbacks over mountainous terrain, reducing the line's length from 607 km (377 mi) to 489 km (304 mi)?
Grimsby & Immingham tram 26 preserved at Beamish Museum in 2012
...that the majority of the Grimsby and Immingham Electric Railway fleet, at 43 feet 8 inches (16.51 metres) overall length, were by far the largest British trams until modern times?
An Abellio Greater Anglia liveried class 90 hauling the Norwich to London intercity express service at Stratford station in 2014
...that in 2013, Abellio Greater Anglia was named train operator of the year, but a survey in February 2014 by the consumer group Which? found that customer satisfaction of Abellio Greater Anglia was at last place out of 20 train operators?
A preserved GWR 2884 Class steam locomotive with power and weight classification markings
"Train Robbers' Bridge" in 2013, so named as it was the scene of the 1963 robbery
...that the perpetrators of the 1963 Great Train Robbery on the UK's West Coast Main Line planned the heist with inside information from an individual known as "The Ulsterman" who was not named until 2014?
Railway shop workers leaving their workplace to strike in 1922
The preserved body of a suburban passenger car built by the Great Eastern Railway in 1892
...that the Great Eastern Railway in England made every effort to maximise the capacity of its suburbancarriages to deal with the rise in usage, including cutting some cars in half longitudinally and inserting a section to make them wider?
Postcard showing the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad's Northland Limited
...that facing decreasing lumber business in the 1880s, the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad in Michigan marketed itself as "The Fishing Line" to attract tourists?
An AB6 locomotive in suburban service in Joliet in 1966
...that shortly before it was closed in 1961, Goudhurst railway station in Kent, England, achieved some degree of fame when it appeared in the 1950s children's television series "The Old Pull and Push"?
A train on the Goole swing bridge in 2003
...that in the latter part of the 20th century, the Goole railway swing bridge in England became known for the frequent incidents involving ship collisions with the superstructure?
A tram crossing the bridge above Goodwood station in 2010
...that the 574-metre long (1,883 ft), 78-metre tall (256 ft) Göltzsch Viaduct in Germany is the largest brick-built bridge in the world, and for a time it was the tallest railway bridge in the world?
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