...that the Schwerer Gustavrailway guns, developed in
Germany the late 1930s by
Krupp in order to destroy large, heavily fortified targets, could fire a shell that weighed more than 7 tons at distances up to 37 km (23 miles)?
...that the Hundred of Hoo Railway in
England was conceived on the belief that
Gravesend's proximity to
London would make it a more desirable outlet for the distribution of goods intended for the
Kent area?
...that a one-city-block long demonstration tunnel of the Beach Pneumatic Transit system opened in
New York City in 1870, but by the time
Alfred Ely Beach, its inventor, finally gained permission to expand the system in 1873, public and financial support had waned, and the subway was closed down?
...that the 30 mm (1.181 in)
gaugePuffing Billy Railway near
Melbourne,
Australia, aims to preserve the line as near as possible to how it was in the first three decades of its existence, with particular emphasis on the early 1920s?
...that before the separation of
Pakistan and
India, Sialkot Junction on the Wazirabad Narowal Railway line served as a connection point to
Jammu via the Sialkot Jammu Line?
...that
Italian engineer Giuseppe Bianchi proposed the creation of four "roles" for
locomotives, so as to specialize maintenance services within
Ferrovie dello Stato, the Italian national railway, more than had previously been possible?
...that the 50000 seriesEMUs operated by
Tōbu Railway in
Japan are the first
aluminium body cars on Tōbu commuter trains and are also the first Tōbu trains to feature bilingual (
Japanese and
English) automated passenger announcements?
...that the TW 6000 articulated
light rail vehicles delivered to
BKV, the public transport company of
Budapest,
Hungary, earned the nickname "banana" because they were delivered wearing a green livery but were soon repainted into an orange livery?
...that the Stourbridge Lion was not only the first
locomotive to be operated in the
United States, it was also one of the first locomotives to operate outside of
England, where it was manufactured in 1828?