...that variants of the
FablokTKh490-6-0T
steam locomotive built in the 1950s, a design that was based on the T1A and T2A locomotives built in the late 1920s, were exported to
China,
Romania and
Hungary, with a few examples in China reported to have served in active revenue service until 1993?
...that the single 5-car E655 series dual-voltage
electric multiple unit train operated by
JR East in
Japan is used as a luxury charter train called Nagomi (なごみ(和)), and also as the
Imperial train by inserting a dedicated Imperial carriage?
...that the Dublin and Lucan Steam Tramway in
Ireland was so successful that on some days as many as 200 people were left behind at
Chapelizod for lack of room despite 34 double journeys having been worked?
...that
Cape Government Railways3rd Class 4-4-0 locomotives of 1898, commonly known as the "Wynberg Tenders" for their use on the original 1864 suburban line from
Salt River to
Wynberg, in
Cape Colony, were designed with reverse running in mind, with a weatherboard, a
cowcatcher and headlight mounted on the tender?
...that at the time of its 1840 completion, the mainline of what would become the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, which later played a key role in the
Siege of Petersburg during the
American Civil War, was the longest railroad in the world with 161.5 miles (259.9 km) of track?