...that the New South Wales Public Transport Commission, which was created in 1972 by the merger of the New South Wales Government Railways and the New South Wales Department of Government Transport, instituted the blue and white livery on government buses, and a short-lived blue and white livery on suburban trains serving Sydney, Australia?
...that although referred to by National Rail as Llanfairpwll or Llanfair P. G., the full name of Llanfairpwll railway station in Wales is Llanfairpwllgwyngyll-gogerychwyrndrobwll-llantysilio-gogogoch, the longest station name in the United Kingdom?
NGG15 class locomotive Beddgelert awaiting restoration at the Welsh Highland Railway
...that the Fort Macquarie Tram Depot, which was built in the design of a fortress with castellated ramparts on the former site of Fort Macquarie in Sydney, Australia, was demolished in 1955 to make room for the Sydney Opera House?
...that the Konkan Railway Corporation (KRC) in India offers a service called RORO, an acronym for roll-on/roll-off, where loaded trucks are carried aboard KRC trains allowing the truck drivers to avoid hazardous driving conditions and to reduce road congestion?
Shalom Meir Tower in Tel Aviv
...that in 1967 a subway station was built at Shalom Meir Tower in Tel Aviv, Israel, as part of the planned Tel Aviv Subway but financial difficulties forced the abandonment of the project, and Shalom Meir remains the only subway station in Tel Aviv, disconnected from other transport links?
A Swiss narrow gauge 0-4-4-2 Mallet-type tank locomotive
...that although the Mallet locomotive's articulated design was intended to allow a medium-size locomotive to better negotiate the tight curves of a narrow gauge railway, it was also used in the United States to permit enormous locomotives such as the 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" to be built to sizes impossible with a single, rigid frame?
A rail trail converted from the former Jersey Shore, Pine Creek and Buffalo Railway
...that French-born engineer Claudius Crozet oversaw the construction of the Blue Ridge Tunnel, the longest of four tunnels near Afton Mountain in Central Virginia, in 1856 with a tunnel bore accurate to within six inches (152 mm) of perfect alignment along its 4,273 feet (1,302.4 m) length?
Unter Den Linden S-Bahn Station
...that the term Ghost station (the English translation for the German word Geisterbahnhöfe) was used to describe certain stations on Berlin's U-Bahn and S-Bahn metro networks that were closed during the period of Berlin's division during the Cold War?
Emergency and evacuation instructions on a British Rail Mark 3 carriage
...that the Taunton sleeping car fire, which killed 12 passengers on a Penzance to London Paddington service in 1978, occurred just as British Rail Mark 3 rolling stock was at the design stage; consequently these new carriages were equipped with state-of-the-art fire prevention measures including sophisticated warning systems, fire retardant materials, multilingual warning placards and revised emergency procedures?
An Amtrak Regional train on the Northeast Corridor in 2005
...that the Northeast Operating Rules Advisory Committee developed a unified rulebook for railway operations in the northeast United States that is now used by 12 full member railroads and 44 associate member railroads throughout the region?
One of the tracklaying crews at the Grand Trunk Pacific's last spike ceremony
...that the Last Spike ceremony on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in Canada began with a race between the track-layers and crews from the eastern and western ends of construction where the last mile of track had been left unfinished and each crew was timed to see who could complete their last half mile the fastest?
British Rail Class 84, no. 84001 at Crewe Works open day on 11th September 2005
WDG-4 #12049, an EMD GT46MAC, leads empty BOXNs through Hi-Tec station
...that Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW) in Varanasi, India, manufactures locomotives which are variants based on the original ALCO designs dating to the 1960s and GM EMD designs of the 1990s, such as the EMD GT46MAC?
Rockefeller's oil and railroad interests, as depicted in a 1901 cartoon from Puck magazine
...that the South Improvement Company, a short-lived venture between competing US railroads involving preferential treatment for companies controlled by John D. Rockefeller through the payment of secret rebates, was widely seen as part of Rockefeller's early efforts to organize and control the oil and natural gas industries in the United States which eventually became the Standard Oilmonopoly?
Italian articulated Bo-Bo-Bo E656 locomotive, Rome, June 2, 2006
...that Bo-Bo-Bolocomotives (which feature three independent two-axle bogies with all axles powered) are favoured for their increased traction and reduced axle load, but require either an articulated frame or significant side play on the centre bogie?
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