...that the Shiosai service was introduced in 1975, following the completion of
electrification of the
Sōbu Main Line in October 1974, to replace five of the seven daily diesel-powered Inubō (犬吠) express services that operated between
Shinjuku/
Ryōgoku and
Chōshi, and fully replaced all Inubō services in 1982?
...that
Seoul Metropolitan Subway's Line 6 was designed such that when a train arrives at
Eungam Station, the terminus of the line, it runs through what is commonly known as the "Eungam Loop", a one-way operation loop of five stations, then the train arrives at Eungam again, from which it continues to
Bonghwasan Station, the other line terminus?
...that
Sealdah station in
Kolkata,
India, handles 1.5 million passengers arriving or departing in 704 trains daily (including EMU locals), many of which use the Sealdah–Ranaghat line as it is the
main line out of that station?
...that sail bogeys,
wind-driven vehicles that run along
railway tracks, were sometimes used to push short trains instead of having
locomotives pull them from the early days of railroad history until as late as the 1950s?
...that a wide variety of railway stamps have been issued by different countries and by private and state railways as a means for shippers to pay the cost of the conveyance of a letter or parcel by rail?
...that in addition to operating rail lines in seven states, R.J. Corman Railroad Group has offered services to the rail industry including construction and maintenance, derailment services and cleanup across the
United States, distribution centers, and train loading facilities, and with its 2009 acquisition of
Railpower Technologies,
locomotive construction and rebuilding?
...that priming (also called foaming in North America) is a condition in the
boiler of a
steam engine in which water is carried over into the steam delivery, which is harmful to the valves and pistons, as
lubrication is washed away, and can be dangerous as any water collecting in the
cylinders is not compressible and if trapped may fracture the cylinder head or
piston?
...that Orekhovo station, on
Moscow Metro's
Zamoskvoretskaya Line in
Russia, opened on 30 December 1984 as part of an extension but was closed the very next day because of flooding, and finally reopened in February 1985?
...that on March 18, 2007, in coordination with the beginning of passenger service at
Sakura Shukugawa Station, at the request of the city, the "ノ" was removed from
JR West's Nishinomiya Station name and the station was renamed 西宮駅 while the "ノ" in the name of
JR Sannomiya Station was retained?