Portal:Trains/Did you know/September 2006

September 2006

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CX-100 car on the BPLRT viaduct
 
Oresund Bridge
 
The Main North Line at Exmouth near Armidale, New South Wales
 
Iarnród Éireann Class 201 number 215 at Grand Canal Dock DART station in 2001
 
Two of the remaining goods sheds of Görlitzer Bahnhof
  • ...that although the main passenger terminal of Berlin's Görlitzer Bahnhof was demolished in the 1960s, the three goods sheds still stand and it is possible to follow part of the old railway route on foot?
 
McKeen car Roslyn of the Northern Pacific Railroad
 
Carmelit train
  • ...that because its 1800 metre (1.1 mile) long route is situated on the side of Mount Carmel connecting Gan Ha'em and Kikar Pariz, the Carmelit in Haifa, Israel, is in essence an underground funicular system?
 
A train order used in the US
  • ...that train orders are sometimes used as a means to dispatch trains and address changes in operating schedules and variances from published timetables?
 
The Glacier Express exiting a tunnel between Bergün and Preda in Graubünden
 
A derail installed on a siding
  • ...that a derailer is sometimes installed on sidings to prevent fouling of a track by purposely derailing unauthorized movements of trains or unattended rolling stock?
 
Andreyevsky Bridge at night
 
The Thames Tunnel in 2005
 
Twilight Express train
 
A double-headed passenger train of the 1860s
  • ...that running two steam locomotives on a train, known as double-heading a train, was sometimes done when a single locomotive was not sufficient to propel the train either due to the grades on the line or the train's speed requirements?
  • ...that like most other ex-Soviet systems, central stations on the Baku Metro in Azerbaijan are exquisitely decorated, often blending national motifs with Soviet ideology?
 
Leighton Buzzard train departing Pages Park Station
 
An A2 class locomotive
 
Rautatientori station
 
RegionalBahn train
 
Iron Duke class engines waiting scrapping
 
A porter assisting a passenger boarding a sleeping car
 
Metrorail train at the Kalk Bay station
  • ...that Metrorail, like the rest of South Africa's rail network, runs on 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm), also called Cape gauge, track with some routes operated by Spoornet and sharing space with long distance passenger and freight trains?
 
Queensboro Plaza platforms
 
Recreated section of plateway track