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April 2010

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Sir Charles Fox
Sir Charles Fox
Typical combined main and distant signals in Finland
Typical combined main and distant signals in Finland
Elsenham station building in 2006
Elsenham station building in 2006
Cyrus S. Eaton in 1929
Cyrus S. Eaton in 1929
An E1 Series Shinkansen train in 2008
An E1 Series Shinkansen train in 2008
A Thalys train in 2009
A Thalys train in 2009
  • ...that in the Netherlands there are five types of train services including NS Hispeed/International such as the Thalys services to Paris, Intercity, Sneltrein, stoptrein and Sprinter?
The locomotive Douglas Ferreira in 2008
The locomotive Douglas Ferreira in 2008
William Dargan
William Dargan
  • ...that William Dargan is known as the "father of Irish railways" for his work in constructing the first Irish railway in 1833, which connected Dublin to Dún Laoghaire, as well as over 800 miles (1,300 km) of railway to important urban centres of Ireland?
Dabaishu station in 2009
Dabaishu station in 2009
Dachnoye station
Dachnoye station
The locomotives that were about to be purposely crashed at Crush, Texas
The locomotives that were about to be purposely crashed at Crush, Texas
The Kent station trainshed in 2009
The Kent station trainshed in 2009
Artist impression of the class 1000 Shinkansen
Artist impression of the class 1000 Shinkansen
  • ...that the class 1000 Shinkansen trains delivered in 1962 were not only used for high-speed testing ahead of the opening of the Tōkaidō Shinkansen in 1964, but were also all scrapped at Hamamatsu Works between 1975 and 1976 to test the cutting-up facilities ahead of the first batch of 360 0 series cars due for withdrawal?
A preserved Brill car on the Christchurch tram heritage line
A preserved Brill car on the Christchurch tram heritage line
The Chinese characters showing the Chigang Pagoda Station name
The Chinese characters showing the Chigang Pagoda Station name
A passenger train of Chemin de Fer de La Mure in 2008
A passenger train of Chemin de Fer de La Mure in 2008
Northbound Carolinian at the Raleigh, NC, station in 2008
Northbound Carolinian at the Raleigh, NC, station in 2008
Driving trailer 6111, the former railcar 2624 and the only surviving example of the 2600 class, heads a push–pull train at Howth Junction on May 11, 1974
Driving trailer 6111, the former railcar 2624 and the only surviving example of the 2600 class, heads a push–pull train at Howth Junction on May 11, 1974
Canadian Pacific locomotive 374 at the Drake Street Roundhouse in Yaletown, Vancouver, in 2002
Canadian Pacific locomotive 374 at the Drake Street Roundhouse in Yaletown, Vancouver, in 2002
A train on Busan Subway Line 2 in 2009
A train on Busan Subway Line 2 in 2009
A preserved British Railways brake van in 2007
A preserved British Railways brake van in 2007
  • ...that because freight trains in the United Kingdom without a continuous train braking system in either the whole train or the rearmost section of the train were still common as late as the 1970s a train's guard would use the brake van's brakes to assist with keeping a train under control on downwards gradients and whenever he could see that the locomotive's crew was attempting to slow the train?
Rio Grande Zephyr at Denver's Union Station in 1983
Rio Grande Zephyr at Denver's Union Station in 1983
Plan X 41 in Hoorn, 2006
Plan X 41 in Hoorn, 2006
Reopening of Jannowitzbrücke station
Reopening of Jannowitzbrücke station
A GE locomotive painted in the SPSF merger scheme.
A GE locomotive painted in the SPSF merger scheme.