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JR East E6 series shinkansen car E611-1 (car No. 11) of pre-production set S12 at Omiya Station in 2011
...that the overall styling of the
E6 Series Shinkansen
operated by
East Japan Railway Company
(JR East) on
Super Komachi
services between Tokyo and
Akita
was overseen by
Japanese
industrial designer
Ken Okuyama
and is intended to evoke images of the
Namahage
demons and
kantō
festival lanterns for which
Akita Prefecture
is famous?
The tracks and platforms of Donnybrook station in 2010
...that ten years after
Donnybrook railway station
opened as a single-
platform
station in
Donnybrook
,
Victoria
,
Australia
, a second platform was added in 1882 but
track duplication
in both directions was not completed for a few more years?
Hans Jørgen Darre-Jenssen
...that
Hans Jørgen Darre-Jenssen
, who oversaw the latter part of the
Drammen Line
's reconstruction and later served as technical director for
Norwegian State Railways
, was a great-grandson of
Jacob Hersleb Darre
, a founding father of the
Norwegian Constitution
?
Trains at Southern Cross station in 2008
...that the almost-continuous
gradients
of the
Craigieburn railway line
in northern
Melbourne
,
Australia
, were a factor when, in 2003, an unmanned
suburban train
rolled the entire length of the line from
Broadmeadows
to
the city
, and crashed into a stationary but loaded
passenger train
waiting to depart Southern Cross Station (then
Spencer Street
Station)?
A Canadian Pacific train crossing the Fraser River in 2010
...that the
Cisco Bridges
, one carrying the
Canadian Pacific Railway
(CPR) and the other the
Canadian National Railway
(CNR) across the
Fraser River
near
Lytton, British Columbia
,
Canada
, are popular with
railfans
to the area due to the proximity of the two bridges, which allows both bridges to be taken in one photograph, sometimes with a CPR and CNR train on each bridge simultaneously?
Cape Government Railways 2nd Class no. 2 of 1875
...that when
Cape Government Railways
'
2nd Class
2-6-2
TT locomotives were delivered in 1875, as
tank engines
with additional 4-wheel
tenders
for longer-distance services, they became the first locomotives to enter service on the new
3 ft 6 in
(
1,067 mm
)
mainlines
?
A California Car coach/cab car leads the San Joaquin in Fresno in 2012
...that while the
California Car
, a type of
bilevel rail car
operated by
Amtrak
under the
Amtrak California
brand, was based on Amtrak's long-distance
Superliner
cars, the cars include several changes for
commuter
services such as more and larger doors and stairways and a control cab to allow for
push-pull operation
?
A postcard view of one of the Blue Bird's dome observation cars
...that in 1950 when
Wabash Railroad
relaunched the
Blue Bird
passenger train
service between
Chicago
and
St. Louis
with new
dome cars
, it became the first dome train in regular operation between those two cities?
Aftermath of the wreck of the Bar Harbor Express
...that the
Bar Harbor Express
passenger train
was involved in a fatal collision on September 2, 1913, the first full day of
Howard Elliott
's term as president of
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
?
Ashtown railway station in 2007
...that
Ashtown railway station
, on the
Dublin Connolly
to
Maynooth
and
Docklands
to
M3 Parkway
lines in
Fingal
,
Ireland
, was originally opened by the
Midland Great Western Railway
in 1847 for race specials at the now demolished
Phoenix Park Racecourse
?
Amagasaki station in June 2013
...that
JR West
's
Amagasaki Station
, which originally opened in 1874 and is now referred to as "JR Amagasaki" to distinguish it from
Hanshin Electric Railway
's
Amagasaki Station
, served only as a local stop until 1997 when it became the official terminus of the
Fukuchiyama
and
Tozai
lines?
Yoshioka-Kaitei Station platform in 2007
...that
Yoshioka-Kaitei Station
, which now serves as an emergency escape point within the
Seikan Tunnel
in
Japan
, is located 149.5 metres (490 ft) below sea level, making it the deepest underground station in the world?
Yokokawa Station in 2007
...that the former
Yokokawa Station
locomotive depot
for
bank engines
used on the
Usui Pass
in
Japan
was transformed into the
Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park
, which exhibits the bank engines (
JNR Class EF63
electric locomotives) and other rolling stock?
A preserved LTSR 4-4-2T of one of Thomas Whitelegg's designs
...that although the
London, Tilbury and Southend Railway
in
England
originally opened in 1854,
Thomas Whitelegg
became the railway's first locomotive superintendent in 1875 because the line was worked by their contractors
Peto, Brassey and Betts
?
A V/Line Sprinter railcar arrives from Melbourne in 2008
...that
Wandong railway station
, on the
North East railway line
in
Victoria
,
Australia
, was originally a
siding
named Morphett's that was installed in 1876, and it was soon after that
platforms
were added and the station was named Wandong?
VBZ trams and buses in central Zürich in 2007
...that
Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich
in
Switzerland
owns and operates
trams
,
trolleybuses
,
buses
, and a
funicular
and also operates, but does not own, a further funicular, a
rack railway
, and the
Stadtbahn Glattal
light rail
system?
A section of the Ueno-Tokyo Line under construction over the Tōhoku Shinkansen tracks in 2011
...that a major part of the
Ueno-Tokyo Line
construction is to restore about 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) of tracks that linked
Ueno Station
and
Tokyo Station
until they were separated near
Kanda Station
to make room for the
Tōhoku Shinkansen
extension to Tokyo in 1991?
The preserved Tubize 2179 at the railway museum in Warsaw in 2008
...that
Tubize 2179
, a preserved
Belgian
600 mm
(
1 ft
11
+
5
⁄
8
in
)
gauge
steam locomotive
built by
Ateliers de Tubize
, originally for use at the Colonial Exhibition in Brussels, was seized by
Germany
during
World War II
and then used for military and construction railways?
Preserved Stephenson Tram No 1 on the Ferrymead Tramway in 2007
...that the
Tramway Historical Society
, which operates the
heritage tram
line in
Ferrymead Heritage Park
in
Christchurch
,
New Zealand
, was originally formed in 1960 as the Tramway Preservation Association to preserve trams formerly used by the
Christchurch Transport Board
, beginning with 1887-built
horse tram
50 and 1881
Kitson
steam-tram engine 7?
The railway entrance to Tokyo Freight Terminal in 2010
...that
Tokyo Freight Terminal
, which principally handles freight traffic to and from western Japan via the
Tōkaidō Main Line
, is the largest rail freight terminal in
Japan
?
The deck of the Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge in 2009
...that when trains, such as the
Eastern and Oriental Express
, cross the
Mekong
river between
Thailand
and
Laos
over the
Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge
using the
metre gauge
track in the bridge's median, all highway traffic over the bridge is stopped?
JNR 183 series EMU on a "Tamba" service at Kyoto Station in 2006
...that the name
Tamba
, which was used as the name for
limited express
service on
JR West
's
San'in Main Line
until 2011, comes from the feudal-era
Tamba Province
, which was situated in what is now northern
Kyōto Prefecture
and northeastern
Hyōgo Prefecture
,
Japan
?
Hale Holden in 1917
...that as one of his last statements before his death in 1914,
Darius Miller
was reported to have asked
Louis W. Hill
to recommend
Hale Holden
to
James J. Hill
as Miller's selection for his successor as president of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
?
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