...that although Devonport Kings Road railway station was demolished in the 1970s, the approach road still drops down from Paradise Road and the wall is still topped by the
LSWR's decorative railings?
...that although
carriages of the mid-19th century were generally less than 50 feet (15 m) long, Thomas Gethin Clayton of the
Midland Railway had the foresight to design Derby Carriage and Wagon Works to deal with vehicles up to 70 feet (21 m) long?
...that a proposed renewal project, backed by provincial and local governments in
Vietnam, aims to restore the entire Đà Lạt–Tháp Chàm railway to handle both
passenger and
cargo transportation?
...that the 2010 motion picture Unstoppable drew inspiration from a 2001 incident in
Ohio in which a
CSX train ran uncontrolled for two hours at up to 51 miles per hour (82 km/h)?
...that in its 109 years of service until being dismantled in 1967, the Crumlin Viaduct in
Wales was the least expensive bridge for its size ever constructed, the highest railway viaduct in the
United Kingdom and the third highest
viaduct in the world?
...that Crewe railway station, which opened in 1837, was the first station to have its own adjacent
railway hotelThe Crewe Arms, which was built in 1838 and is still in use?
...that by placing the single driving axle with very large
driving wheels behind the
firebox, the Cramptonsteam locomotive design had a low centre of gravity and did not require a
broad gauge track to travel safely at high speeds?
...that because
Leicester Square and Covent Garden stations are only 260 metres (0.16 mi) apart, the shortest distance between two adjacent stations on the
London Underground network, the standard single cash fare for the journey between them equates to £29.81 per mile?