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Gants Hill tube station concourse
Gants Hill tube station concourse
A 2009 Stock Victoria line train
A 2009 Stock Victoria line train
  • ... that the London Underground Victoria line (train pictured) was so named because it sounded "just right"?
  • ... that the Colonial replaced a train that often could not fill a single passenger car?
  • ... that the East Side Access railroad expansion in New York City has been estimated to cost about $3.5 billion per mile of new tunnel, seven times more than similar projects in other countries?
  • ... that the Georgetown Car Barn, opened in 1897, operated as a terminal for cable cars for less than a year?
Chalfont Viaduct in 2009
Chalfont Viaduct in 2009
Bockenheimer Depot in 2015
Bockenheimer Depot in 2015
Paper car wheels
Paper car wheels
Smith–Ninth Streets station viewed from below
Smith–Ninth Streets station viewed from below
  • ... that the Smith–Ninth Streets station (pictured) in New York City is the world's highest subway station?
Sumner station
Sumner station
Metro bus and light rail passing in the tunnel
Metro bus and light rail passing in the tunnel
Goat Canyon Trestle
Goat Canyon Trestle
Droxford station
Droxford station
The CPRR's Lilly Belle locomotive and caboose
The CPRR's Lilly Belle locomotive and caboose