Portal:Trains/Did you know/July 2011

July 2011

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Rothley station and platforms in 2005
 
View of the Forty Mile Desert from the California Zephyr
 
Route map of the Rodalies Barcelona orbital line
 
Riihimäki railway station in 2007
 
The platform and track at Redditch station in 2006
  • ...that Redditch railway station, which was opened in 1859 in Worcestershire, England, has been relocated three times, in 1868, 1972 and 1992, to allow for redevelopment in the town centre and the construction of a new bus station?
 
An Amtrak Police vehicle in 2010
 
Radegast station building in 2006
 
JR East E351 series Super Azusa limited express on the Chūō Main Line between Takao and Sagamiko in 2001
  • ...that Japan's Railway Construction Act promulgated by the Diet of Japan on June 21, 1892, and amended in 1922, designated government support for a network of thirty-three railway lines covering most of Japan, with the exception of Hokkaidō, a network that formed the backbone of the present national railway network, JR?
 
French Motorail Service in Marseille in 2006
  • ...that among the ticketing services offered by Rail Europe, Motorail trains operated in the summer months in France carry cars and motorbikes using car transporters attached to the trains allowing travelers to take their cars to the south of France and onwards with a minimum amount of driving?
 
Builder's photo of a Pennsylvania Railroad D4 class locomotive in 1874
 
A plaque mounted in 2003 to commemorate 70 years of operations on the Polish coal trunk line
 
The locomotive "Lydia" of the Perrygrove Railway
 
An 1853 map of the Chemins de fer du Nord, showing the Paris-Lille line
 
A section of the Oregon Pacific Railroad Linear Historic District in 2010
 
One of the Line 3 platforms at Oksu Station in 2007
 
The platforms of the former Oakamoor station in 2009
 
A NZR 56-foot carriage used by the Taieri Gorge Railway at Dunedin Railway Station in 2009
  • ...that upon their introduction in 1927, New Zealand Railways' 56-foot carriages were a development of the then-standard steel-panel Aa class 50-foot carriages with lengthened underframes at the ends and the same bogie spacing, but were clad in wood, to be rebuilt later with steel sides and new underframes to match the later 56 ft cars?
 
Main Street in Northport, New York, showing the abandoned streetcar track in 2008
  • ...that although the Northport Traction Company on Long Island ended operations in 1924, the track used by this streetcar line, a former Long Island Rail Road subsidiary, is still extant in the middle of Main Street?
  • ...that Norsk Bane, a company owned by municipalities, counties and other local forces in western Norway, has developed detailed plans for numerous new railway lines and claims they would be able to build and operate a high-speed network in Norway?
 
The Nice tramway on Place Garibaldi in Nice in 2010
 
The aftermath of a level crossing collision in Bourbonnais, Illinois, in 1999
 
A cutaway Napier Deltic engine on display at the National Railway Museum
 
A tram at Naarden-Bussum in 1940
 
Myōhōji Station in 2007
 
An MTR Airport Express train in 2005
 
Montpellier Tramway line 2 in Castelnau-le-Lez along abicycle path in 2006
 
A former St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad MLW M420W at the Canadian Railway Museum in 2010
 
Midorii station building in 2008
 
The former erecting shop at Melton Constable Works in 2010
 
The platforms and tracks of McIver station in 2005