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October 2007

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Grafton Bridge soon after it opened in 1932
Grafton Bridge soon after it opened in 1932
Street side of San Bernardino station
Street side of San Bernardino station
Nigerian railway map
Nigerian railway map
  • ...that the Nigerian government is making efforts to convert the entire Nigerian Railway Corporation system from 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge?
New South Wales PTC train
New South Wales PTC train
Alexander Cassatt somewhere between 1890-1900
Alexander Cassatt somewhere between 1890-1900
Llanfairpwll station sign
Llanfairpwll station sign
  • ...that although referred to by National Rail as Llanfairpwll or Llanfair P. G., the full name of Llanfairpwll railway station in Wales is Llanfairpwllgwyngyll-gogerychwyrndrobwll-llantysilio-gogogoch, the longest station name in the United Kingdom?
NGG15 class locomotive Beddgelert awaiting restoration at the Welsh Highland Railway
NGG15 class locomotive Beddgelert awaiting restoration at the Welsh Highland Railway
Fort Macquarie Tram Depot
Fort Macquarie Tram Depot
The Linke Rheinstrecke near Remagen
The Linke Rheinstrecke near Remagen
Trucks being carried in KRC's RORO service
Trucks being carried in KRC's RORO service
  • ...that the Konkan Railway Corporation (KRC) in India offers a service called RORO, an acronym for roll-on/roll-off, where loaded trucks are carried aboard KRC trains allowing the truck drivers to avoid hazardous driving conditions and to reduce road congestion?
Shalom Meir Tower in Tel Aviv
Shalom Meir Tower in Tel Aviv
  • ...that in 1967 a subway station was built at Shalom Meir Tower in Tel Aviv, Israel, as part of the planned Tel Aviv Subway but financial difficulties forced the abandonment of the project, and Shalom Meir remains the only subway station in Tel Aviv, disconnected from other transport links?
Map of North Island Main Trunk line.
Map of North Island Main Trunk line.
A Swiss narrow gauge 0-4-4-2 Mallet-type tank locomotive
A Swiss narrow gauge 0-4-4-2 Mallet-type tank locomotive
A rail trail converted from the former Jersey Shore, Pine Creek and Buffalo Railway
A rail trail converted from the former Jersey Shore, Pine Creek and Buffalo Railway
Claudius Crozet
Claudius Crozet
  • ...that French-born engineer Claudius Crozet oversaw the construction of the Blue Ridge Tunnel, the longest of four tunnels near Afton Mountain in Central Virginia, in 1856 with a tunnel bore accurate to within six inches (152 mm) of perfect alignment along its 4,273 feet (1,302.4 m) length?
Unter Den Linden S-Bahn Station
Unter Den Linden S-Bahn Station
  • ...that the term Ghost station (the English translation for the German word Geisterbahnhöfe) was used to describe certain stations on Berlin's U-Bahn and S-Bahn metro networks that were closed during the period of Berlin's division during the Cold War?
Tanggula station sign
Tanggula station sign
Emergency and evacuation instructions on a British Rail Mark 3 carriage
Emergency and evacuation instructions on a British Rail Mark 3 carriage
  • ...that the Taunton sleeping car fire, which killed 12 passengers on a Penzance to London Paddington service in 1978, occurred just as British Rail Mark 3 rolling stock was at the design stage; consequently these new carriages were equipped with state-of-the-art fire prevention measures including sophisticated warning systems, fire retardant materials, multilingual warning placards and revised emergency procedures?
789-1000 series "Super Kamui" trainsets
789-1000 series "Super Kamui" trainsets
An Amtrak Regional train on the Northeast Corridor in 2005
An Amtrak Regional train on the Northeast Corridor in 2005
  • ...that the Northeast Operating Rules Advisory Committee developed a unified rulebook for railway operations in the northeast United States that is now used by 12 full member railroads and 44 associate member railroads throughout the region?
One of the tracklaying crews at the Grand Trunk Pacific's last spike ceremony
One of the tracklaying crews at the Grand Trunk Pacific's last spike ceremony
  • ...that the Last Spike ceremony on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in Canada began with a race between the track-layers and crews from the eastern and western ends of construction where the last mile of track had been left unfinished and each crew was timed to see who could complete their last half mile the fastest?
British Rail Class 84, no. 84001 at Crewe Works open day on 11th September 2005
British Rail Class 84, no. 84001 at Crewe Works open day on 11th September 2005
WDG-4 #12049, an EMD GT46MAC, leads empty BOXNs through Hi-Tec station
WDG-4 #12049, an EMD GT46MAC, leads empty BOXNs through Hi-Tec station
Rockefeller's oil and railroad interests, as depicted in a 1901 cartoon from Puck magazine
Rockefeller's oil and railroad interests, as depicted in a 1901 cartoon from Puck magazine
Italian articulated Bo-Bo-Bo E656 locomotive, Rome, June 2, 2006
Italian articulated Bo-Bo-Bo E656 locomotive, Rome, June 2, 2006
  • ...that Bo-Bo-Bo locomotives (which feature three independent two-axle bogies with all axles powered) are favoured for their increased traction and reduced axle load, but require either an articulated frame or significant side play on the centre bogie?