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The railings of the former Devonport Kings Road railway station in 2007
The railings of the former Devonport Kings Road railway station in 2007
  • ...that although Devonport Kings Road railway station was demolished in the 1970s, the approach road still drops down from Paradise Road and the wall is still topped by the LSWR's decorative railings?
Preserved Devon Belle observation car in operation approaching Kingswear Station in 2009
Preserved Devon Belle observation car in operation approaching Kingswear Station in 2009
A CN EMU train at Val Royal station in 1979
A CN EMU train at Val Royal station in 1979
A car of the Detroit, Monroe and Toledo Railroad in 1905
A car of the Detroit, Monroe and Toledo Railroad in 1905
Preserved Derby Lightweight car at Bewdley in 2006
Preserved Derby Lightweight car at Bewdley in 2006
A Denver Tramway cable car in 1895
A Denver Tramway cable car in 1895
A subway train stopped at DeKalb Avenue station in 2007
A subway train stopped at DeKalb Avenue station in 2007
Aerial view of the Spuyten Duyvil derailment
Aerial view of the Spuyten Duyvil derailment
A Class 23 locomotive on a passenger train in the Moselle Valley in 1972
A Class 23 locomotive on a passenger train in the Moselle Valley in 1972
A First Great Western train travels along the Dawlish Sea Wall in 2009
A First Great Western train travels along the Dawlish Sea Wall in 2009
Davisville Yard during construction in 1953
Davisville Yard during construction in 1953
A Dartmouth Steam Railway train in 2015
A Dartmouth Steam Railway train in 2015
A regional train at Beuron station in 2007
A regional train at Beuron station in 2007
A train on the Da Lat–Thap Cham Railway before 1954
A train on the Da Lat–Thap Cham Railway before 1954
Locomotive 484 leads a C&TS train circa 2009
Locomotive 484 leads a C&TS train circa 2009
CSX SD40-2 number 8029, a locomotive of the same type as 8888, in service in Georgia in 2005
CSX SD40-2 number 8029, a locomotive of the same type as 8888, in service in Georgia in 2005
  • ...that the 2010 motion picture Unstoppable drew inspiration from a 2001 incident in Ohio in which a CSX train ran uncontrolled for two hours at up to 51 miles per hour (82 km/h)?
Preserved 387.043 at Lužná u Rakovníka Museum in 2007
Preserved 387.043 at Lužná u Rakovníka Museum in 2007
CSAR Class E, ex IMR Reid Tenwheeler, c. 1902
CSAR Class E, ex IMR Reid Tenwheeler, c. 1902
A train crossing the Crumlin Viaduct in 1957
A train crossing the Crumlin Viaduct in 1957
  • ...that in its 109 years of service until being dismantled in 1967, the Crumlin Viaduct in Wales was the least expensive bridge for its size ever constructed, the highest railway viaduct in the United Kingdom and the third highest viaduct in the world?
The Newark Bay Bridge in 1979
The Newark Bay Bridge in 1979
A new CROTRAM tram with an older tram in the background
A new CROTRAM tram with an older tram in the background
Crewe Arms Hotel adjacent to the platforms of Crewe station in 2014
Crewe Arms Hotel adjacent to the platforms of Crewe station in 2014
  • ...that Crewe railway station, which opened in 1837, was the first station to have its own adjacent railway hotel The Crewe Arms, which was built in 1838 and is still in use?
German railway Crampton locomotive "Badenia" circa 1863
German railway Crampton locomotive "Badenia" circa 1863
The platform of Covent Garden station in 2009
The platform of Covent Garden station in 2009
  • ...that because Leicester Square and Covent Garden stations are only 260 metres (0.16 mi) apart, the shortest distance between two adjacent stations on the London Underground network, the standard single cash fare for the journey between them equates to £29.81 per mile?
The small station and giant apple warehouses of Sheffield Mills circa 1931
The small station and giant apple warehouses of Sheffield Mills circa 1931