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A train at Berck-Plage circa 1907
...that the
Chemins de Fer du Nord
advanced
₣
3.8 million, an average of ₣43,000 per kikometre, to build the
Chemins de fer d'Aire à Fruges et de Rimeux-Gournay à Berck
in 1890?
The preserved Chelsea station building in 2011
...that the former
Michigan Central Railroad
Chelsea station
is the only known Michigan example designed by the well known
Detroit
architectural firm of
Mason and Rice
?
Drawing of "Novelty" shown The Mechanics Magazine in 1829
...that the British
mechanical draughtsman
Charles Cheffins
, who drew one of the earliest drawings of
Novelty
, was an expert witness in the
patent infringement
lawsuit about that locomotive?
The track and platform at Chappaqua station with the historic station on right
...that next to the modern
Chappaqua station
is a building opened by the
New York Central Railroad
in 1902 and still in use as a waiting area that was built on land donated by the daughter of
Horace Greeley
?
Cape Government Railways 0-4-0ST harbour construction locomotive "Aid" shortly after erection at Port Alfred circa 1878
...that the
0-4-0
ST
steam locomotive
named
Aid
was purchased to alleviate the need for ferrying
Blackie
between the banks of the
Kowie River
?
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