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December 2013

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JR East E6 series shinkansen car E611-1 (car No. 11) of pre-production set S12 at Omiya Station in 2011
JR East E6 series shinkansen car E611-1 (car No. 11) of pre-production set S12 at Omiya Station in 2011
The tracks and platforms of Donnybrook station in 2010
The tracks and platforms of Donnybrook station in 2010
Hans Jørgen Darre-Jenssen
Hans Jørgen Darre-Jenssen
Trains at Southern Cross station in 2008
Trains at Southern Cross station in 2008
A Canadian Pacific train crossing the Fraser River in 2010
A Canadian Pacific train crossing the Fraser River in 2010
Cape Government Railways 2nd Class no. 2 of 1875
Cape Government Railways 2nd Class no. 2 of 1875
A California Car coach/cab car leads the San Joaquin in Fresno in 2012
A California Car coach/cab car leads the San Joaquin in Fresno in 2012
A postcard view of one of the Blue Bird's dome observation cars
A postcard view of one of the Blue Bird's dome observation cars
Aftermath of the wreck of the Bar Harbor Express
Aftermath of the wreck of the Bar Harbor Express
Ashtown railway station in 2007
Ashtown railway station in 2007
Amagasaki station in June 2013
Amagasaki station in June 2013
Yoshioka-Kaitei Station platform in 2007
Yoshioka-Kaitei Station platform in 2007
  • ...that Yoshioka-Kaitei Station, which now serves as an emergency escape point within the Seikan Tunnel in Japan, is located 149.5 metres (490 ft) below sea level, making it the deepest underground station in the world?
Yokokawa Station in 2007
Yokokawa Station in 2007
A preserved LTSR 4-4-2T of one of Thomas Whitelegg's designs
A preserved LTSR 4-4-2T of one of Thomas Whitelegg's designs
A V/Line Sprinter railcar arrives from Melbourne in 2008
A V/Line Sprinter railcar arrives from Melbourne in 2008
VBZ trams and buses in central Zürich in 2007
VBZ trams and buses in central Zürich in 2007
A section of the Ueno-Tokyo Line under construction over the Tōhoku Shinkansen tracks in 2011
A section of the Ueno-Tokyo Line under construction over the Tōhoku Shinkansen tracks in 2011
The preserved Tubize 2179 at the railway museum in Warsaw in 2008
The preserved Tubize 2179 at the railway museum in Warsaw in 2008
  • ...that Tubize 2179, a preserved Belgian 600 mm (1 ft 11+58 in) gauge steam locomotive built by Ateliers de Tubize, originally for use at the Colonial Exhibition in Brussels, was seized by Germany during World War II and then used for military and construction railways?
Preserved Stephenson Tram No 1 on the Ferrymead Tramway in 2007
Preserved Stephenson Tram No 1 on the Ferrymead Tramway in 2007
The railway entrance to Tokyo Freight Terminal in 2010
The railway entrance to Tokyo Freight Terminal in 2010
The deck of the Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge in 2009
The deck of the Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge in 2009
JNR 183 series EMU on a "Tamba" service at Kyoto Station in 2006
JNR 183 series EMU on a "Tamba" service at Kyoto Station in 2006
Hale Holden in 1917
Hale Holden in 1917