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April 2018

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The speed record setting attempt in 2007
The speed record setting attempt in 2007
  • ...that the LGV Est line connecting Paris to eastern France was used as the test track to set a new world speed record at 574.8 km/h (159.6 m/s, 357.2 mph) in 2007?
A Central Line train at Leytonstone station in 2015
A Central Line train at Leytonstone station in 2015
A LEO Express train in May 2012
A LEO Express train in May 2012
North portal of the 1915 Leipzig tunnel in 2010
North portal of the 1915 Leipzig tunnel in 2010
Railways in front of Easton, Pennsylvania, in 1860
Railways in front of Easton, Pennsylvania, in 1860
A poster showing the timetable for the Leek & Manifold Valley Light Railway
A poster showing the timetable for the Leek & Manifold Valley Light Railway
Engraving of Joshua Leach in 1889
Engraving of Joshua Leach in 1889
LB&SCR J1 class number 326 pulls a passenger train
LB&SCR J1 class number 326 pulls a passenger train
A train crossing the Langwieser Viaduct in 2011
A train crossing the Langwieser Viaduct in 2011
The Lake Shore Limited at Poughkeepsie in 1978
The Lake Shore Limited at Poughkeepsie in 1978
La Brugeoise car from the Buenos Aires metro during its first heritage trip in 2017
La Brugeoise car from the Buenos Aires metro during its first heritage trip in 2017
An L0 Series train on a test run in 2013
An L0 Series train on a test run in 2013
L&YR Class 32 Nº1505
L&YR Class 32 Nº1505
  • ...that the two 21+12-by-26-inch (546 mm × 660 mm) inside cylinders on Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway's Class 32 0-8-2T steam locomotives were the largest in size of any non-compound engine in England?
A train made of R143 cars in cars in L service at New Lots Avenue, bound for Manhattan in 2015
A train made of R143 cars in cars in L service at New Lots Avenue, bound for Manhattan in 2015
Southern Pacific locomotive number 9011 at a servicing facility in San Jose, California, in 1964
Southern Pacific locomotive number 9011 at a servicing facility in San Jose, California, in 1964
A HEMU-430X train on a test run at Seodaejeon Station in 2014
A HEMU-430X train on a test run at Seodaejeon Station in 2014
  • ...that a HEMU-430X train, the next model train for Korea Train eXpress, achieved 421.4 km/h in 2013, making South Korea the fourth country in the world to develop a high-speed train running on conventional rail above 420 km/h?
A sign for construction of the Koralm Railway tunnel
A sign for construction of the Koralm Railway tunnel
  • ...that when the Koralm Railway construction in Austria is completed, the railway is expected to reduce travel time from Klagenfurt to Graz from three hours to 45 minutes?
The last train on the Kent and East Sussex Railway line at Tenterden station in 1954
The last train on the Kent and East Sussex Railway line at Tenterden station in 1954