...that cars of the Portland–Lewiston Interurban, which connected its namesake cities in
Maine, were capable of
multiple unit operation, but difficulties operating over municipal
streetcar tracks discouraged the practice?
...that Peartree railway station in
Derby,
England, one of only two stations remaining open in the city, was reopened in 1976 in order to transport workers to and from the
Rolls-Royce plant via the private Sinfin North station on the plant property in
Sinfin?
...that the preserved
Natal Railway Company0-4-0WT locomotive Natal, the first locomotive to operate in revenue service in
South Africa, was reconstructed in the 1940s from little more than its frame, wheels, springs, cylinders and some odd loose parts?
...that one system of propulsion for
maglev trains is known as magnetic river, referring to the action that provides stability along the longitudinal axis, which acts similar to the flow of water in a river?
...that the LivermoreAltamont Corridor Express station in
California was originally planned as the site of a co-located
BART station but the Livermore City Council reversed its position in response to a petition requesting that the alignment stay within or nearby the
Interstate 580 right-of-way?
...that in September 2010,
185-200 series 7-car
EMU set OM03 was repainted into the Shōnan colour scheme of orange and green to recreate the appearance of the early 80 series EMUs, as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Kusatsulimited express service?
...that
South African Railways' Class 264-8-4 locomotive was originally named L.D. Porta in honor of
Livio Dante Porta, but in Cape Town press reports after its debut the locomotive was dubbed the Red Devil due to its red livery, a nickname that eventually became official?