Portal:Trains/Did you know/September 2005

September 2005

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A South African Garratt
 
Korea Train Express, DongDaegu Station
  • ...that the high speed Korea Train Express, which opened in March 2004, reduced travel time between Seoul and Busan from 260 minutes to 160 minutes, and a further improvement to 116 minutes is expected in 2010, when the route shifts to run fully on high-speed tracks?
 
An Erie L-1
 
Logo of Ferrocarriles Argentinos
 
The real Platform 9¾ at Kings Cross
 
Diagram from Janney's patent application
 
A Fell mountain railway system in use
 
The Durham Viaduct on England's East Coast Main Line
  • ...that since the Mallard's record setting run in 1938, England's East Coast Main Line has become one of the fastest railway lines in the UK, with most of the line rated at 125 mph (200 km/h)?
 
An M-Bahn train at the Nürnberg railway museum
 
Builder's plate from Brooks Locomotive Works
 
Turnstiles at a Boston MBTA station
  • ...that on many rapid transit systems, station turnstiles are often designed to operate only after a payment has been made, usually by inserting a coin or token or by swiping an electronic card?
 
The Chicago freight tunnels in 1910
 
A rail car mover, brand name Trackmobile
 
Amtrak F40PH number 345 passing Porter, Indiana
  • ...that because head end power generated for electrical supply in passenger cars must be delivered at a relatively constant frequency, the prime mover in an EMD F40PH must turn at a constant high speed (as much as 900 rpm)?
 
A character in The Great Train Robbery and his gun
  • ...that in the twelve minute long film The Great Train Robbery produced in 1903, scenes with the gun pointing at the audience and the train rushing towards the audience had audiences at the time screaming in fear, then laughing in relief.
 
John B. Jervis
 
The Kingston Flyer approaching the terminus at Fairlight
 
ART Mark II train
 
A scale test car owned by Canadian National Railway
 
A bumper at the Linden Railroad Museum, Linden, Indiana
  • ...that a buffer stop or bumper (US) is a device to prevent railway vehicles from going past the end of a section of track?
 
Part of a massive LEGO train layout at the National Train Show 2005
 
The Newfoundland Railway station at St. John's
 
A 2-4-4 of the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad as built in 1886
 
A BOB train in Interlaken
 
The Maidenhead Railway Bridge