Portal:Trains/Did you know/August 2006

August 2006

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The third rail on the Bordeaux tram
 
A Savannahlander train at Lappa Junction, April 2006
 
VLTJ locomotives
  • ...that a ride on the Danish railway operator Vemb-Lemvig-Thyborøn Jernbane A/S is the subject of the 1985 song VLTJ by Tørfisk?
  • ...that CEBX 800, the largest schnabel car in operation worldwide, has 36 axles and when empty, measures 231 ft 8 in (70.6 m) in length?
 
Oliver Evans
 
a Gilmore & Pittsburgh train ascending the west side of Bannock Pass in Idaho
 
A horsecar in operation in San Diego, California, 1886
  • ...that in the early- to mid-19th century, horsecars replaced omnibus operations in many cities due to the low rolling resistance of metal wheels on iron or steel rails, allowing the animals to haul a greater load for a given effort?
 
The station and junction at Zidani Most
 
The Bowling Green and South Ferry station layouts on the New York City subway system
 
AB6 in commuter service
 
Interior of a Kinki Sharyo manufactured car in Hong Kong
 
Facade of the Vitebsky Rail Terminal in Saint-Petersburg
 
Reward offered for information about the derailment
 
Cisalpino train
 
Fyodor Pirotsky
 
Two sizes of trains on the London Underground
  • ...that London Underground trains are built in two different sizes due to the difference in the loading gauge between the newer and larger sub-surface lines and the older and smaller tube lines?
 
Warsaw Station before the Russian Revolution
 
A preserved plough at the Belgrade Military Museum
  • ...that a railroad plough, examples of which have been used in wartime, can be used to destroy the ties in a section of track, rendering the track unusable?
 
A Big Boy on display
 
05 001 in Nuremberg
 
A Shatabdi Express train at Ahmedabad station
 
William Mackenzie
 
Big Liz, the sole PRR FF1
 
the West Coast Main Line near Ansty in Warwickshire, England
 
Hanko-Hyvinkää Railroad, Hanko station, 1893
 
Rumsey Station platforms
 
Timken 1111