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February 2007

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Dual gauge operations on the Stuttgart Stadtbahn
Dual gauge operations on the Stuttgart Stadtbahn
  • ...that dual gauge track can be used as an interim measure during a gauge conversion to allow trains to continue operating until the conversion is completed?
Helsinki Central railway station facade
Helsinki Central railway station facade
RE service between Munich and Nuremberg
RE service between Munich and Nuremberg
City Road station remnants
City Road station remnants
  • ...that the only visible surface level remnant of City Road tube station on the London Underground system following the station's closure in 1922 is a brick ventilation shaft that incorporates parts of the original station building above the site of the lift shaft and emergency staircase?
System map of Iranian railways
System map of Iranian railways
A train of the South Manchuria Railway
A train of the South Manchuria Railway
Preserved O&K steam locomotive
Preserved O&K steam locomotive
Preserved class 05 at Didcot Railway Centre
Preserved class 05 at Didcot Railway Centre
A mail hook on a preserved RPO in Illinois
A mail hook on a preserved RPO in Illinois
Passengers waiting for the subway at Jernbanetorget
Passengers waiting for the subway at Jernbanetorget
Dakar railway station
Dakar railway station
System map of Philippine National Railways
System map of Philippine National Railways
Basel Badischer Bahnhof facade
Basel Badischer Bahnhof facade
Spirit of Progress in 1938
Spirit of Progress in 1938
  • ...that according to legend, Victorian Railways engineers went as far as road testing the new dining car on the Spirit of Progress before its introduction in 1937 by placing a full bowl of soup on one of the tables and checking that none spilt as the train took curves along the route at 70 mph (112 km/h)?
Ferromex system map
Ferromex system map
Hung Hom Station (Kowloon Station), Hong Kong
Hung Hom Station (Kowloon Station), Hong Kong
Stuttgart Rack Railway at the Marienplatz station
Stuttgart Rack Railway at the Marienplatz station
Drayton Park station entrance
Drayton Park station entrance
Turkish rail network map
Turkish rail network map
A doodlebug of the East Broad Top railroad
A doodlebug of the East Broad Top railroad
Malleco Viaduct in Chile
Malleco Viaduct in Chile
The station sign at Oshikado station in Japan
The station sign at Oshikado station in Japan
Berlin Friedrichstraße railway station
Berlin Friedrichstraße railway station
Indian Railways WAP-5 class locomotive
Indian Railways WAP-5 class locomotive
BMT cars on the approach to the Brooklyn Bridge in 1905
BMT cars on the approach to the Brooklyn Bridge in 1905
An Arriva Trains Wales Class 150/2 unit in Gloucester's Platform 3
An Arriva Trains Wales Class 150/2 unit in Gloucester's Platform 3
  • ...that At 602.69 metres (1977 ft 4 in) Gloucester railway station has the longest railway platform in Great Britain due to a break-of-gauge between the Great Western Railway's 7 ft 0¼ in (2140 mm) gauge and London Midland and Scottish Railway's 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) gauge tracks until 1892?