...that in preparation for trans-
Australian passenger service on The Ghan to
Darwin, one of the
locomotives was named for
Steve Irwin in a hope that the internationally-recognized face of Australia would help promote the new service and tourism to the region?
...that since its closure in 1965, the yard and buildings of the former Fordham railway station in
Cambridgeshire,
England, were used in turn by a roofing/scaffolding contractor, and as a waste management depot?
...that the 100 Series Shinkansen trains were introduced in the late 1980s after the
200 series trains, but their numbering is such because in the days of
JNR,
Shinkansen types running east of
Tokyo were given even numbers and those west of Tokyo odd numbers?
...that
SNCF used a number of gas turbine trains, called the Turbotrain typically consisting of a
power car at each end with three cars between them, in non-
electrified territory, and that these trains led to the development and introduction of
TGV service?
...that although nominally independent, the 25-mile (40 km) long East Norfolk Railway in
England was operated by the
Great Eastern Railway from the start of services in 1874, and soon passed into ownership of the latter company?
...that the modifications made to the
Pullman car Ferdinand Magellan in the 1940s for use in
Presidential transportation increased the weight of the car from 160,000 pounds (73,000 kg) to 285,000 pounds (129,000 kg) making it the heaviest
passenger railcar ever used in the
United States?
...that prior to the
New York City Subway's free in-system transfer and the introduction of the
MetroCard in 1994, a paper bus-style transfer ticket was handed out at the Franklin Avenue station
token booth, the only place in the subway where this was still being done?
...that following a 2003 accident, the
ValmetNr II class
trams operated in
Helsinki,
Finland, were refitted with a new windshield design and better
air conditioning systems to prevent the drivers from becoming overheated and losing control of the trams?