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October 2008

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Haxo station on the Paris Metro
Haxo station on the Paris Metro
  • ...that Haxo, a ghost station on the Paris Métro, has never had a regular in-service train call at the station and no access to street level was ever constructed?
AD60 Garratt locomotive 6012 tops the grade at Cowan
AD60 Garratt locomotive 6012 tops the grade at Cowan
A diesel locomotive in AW Bremen, 1984
A diesel locomotive in AW Bremen, 1984
  • ...that an Ausbesserungswerk is a railway facility in German-speaking countries, the primary function of which is the repair (and formerly also the construction) of railway vehicles or their components?
Canted curve on the Nuremberg–Ingolstadt line in Germany
Canted curve on the Nuremberg–Ingolstadt line in Germany
  • ...that cant, the difference in elevation of rails around a curve also known as superelevation, helps steer a train around a curve, keeping the wheel flanges from touching the rails and minimizing friction and wear?
Brussels-North railway station
Brussels-North railway station
4303 passes the wheat silos at Temora in January, 1966
4303 passes the wheat silos at Temora in January, 1966
DE10 locomotive of JR Hokkaido
DE10 locomotive of JR Hokkaido
Los Angeles Municipal Warehouse No. 1
Los Angeles Municipal Warehouse No. 1
5808 with a westbound goods train passing below the Lithgow Zig Zag
5808 with a westbound goods train passing below the Lithgow Zig Zag
Odakyū 50000 series VSE
Odakyū 50000 series VSE
El Paso and Southwestern Railroad bridge spanning the Rio Grande River
El Paso and Southwestern Railroad bridge spanning the Rio Grande River
An LNER A1 class locomotive pulling a passenger train in 1951
An LNER A1 class locomotive pulling a passenger train in 1951
A railway junction in Norway
A railway junction in Norway
Winnipeg skyline
Winnipeg skyline
Atlantic & Pacific freight cars in Winslow, Arizona, circa 1890
Atlantic & Pacific freight cars in Winslow, Arizona, circa 1890
A train undergoing service in Jolimont Workshops
A train undergoing service in Jolimont Workshops
The eastbound platform of Jernbanetorget Metro station, Oslo, Norway
The eastbound platform of Jernbanetorget Metro station, Oslo, Norway
The entrance and "platform 3" at Redruth railway station
The entrance and "platform 3" at Redruth railway station
Henry Shippen Huidekoper (1839-1918)
Henry Shippen Huidekoper (1839-1918)
Scene of the derailment
Scene of the derailment
A Siemens Eurobalise in Germany
A Siemens Eurobalise in Germany
The retarders grip the sides of the wheels on passing cars to slow them down
The retarders grip the sides of the wheels on passing cars to slow them down
  • ...that retarders, a series of stationary brakes surrounding a short section of each rail on the track that grip and slow the cars' wheels through friction as they roll through them, are used in classification yards to reduce the speed of freight cars as they are sorted into trains?
Spårakoff Tram Pub in Helsinki, Finland
Spårakoff Tram Pub in Helsinki, Finland
Gauntlet track for a tram line in a narrow alley at Malá Strana, Prague
Gauntlet track for a tram line in a narrow alley at Malá Strana, Prague
Hunting oscillation
Hunting oscillation
Locomotive #6031 of Brazil's RFFSA is a GMDH-1
Locomotive #6031 of Brazil's RFFSA is a GMDH-1
A semaphore signal fitted with a diamond sign denoting exemption from Rule 55
A semaphore signal fitted with a diamond sign denoting exemption from Rule 55
  • ...that Rule 55, a problematic operating rule adopted by railway companies in the British Isles in the late 19th century, required that if a train was brought to a stand at a signal in rain, snow or fog, the fireman, guard or any shunter riding on the train must immediately make his way back to the signal box to ensure that the signalman was aware of the presence of the stopped train?