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A UTA TRAX red line train at Daybreak Parkway station in August 2011
A UTA TRAX red line train at Daybreak Parkway station in August 2011
Builders photo of an S160 Class locomotive
Builders photo of an S160 Class locomotive
The tracks and platforms at University station in 2014
The tracks and platforms at University station in 2014
The main station building of Los Angeles Union Station in 2012
The main station building of Los Angeles Union Station in 2012
The Owensboro Union Station building in 2013
The Owensboro Union Station building in 2013
The first northbound "Vermonter" arrives at the new temporary station platform in Northampton, Massachusetts, on December 29, 2014
The first northbound "Vermonter" arrives at the new temporary station platform in Northampton, Massachusetts, on December 29, 2014
Meridian, MS, Union Station in 2008
Meridian, MS, Union Station in 2008
  • ...that the success of Union Station in Meridian, Mississippi, encouraged more than $8 million in private investment in the Depot District within the first few years since it was rebuilt in 1997?
UP 1943, honoring the US Armed Forces on a train in 2017
UP 1943, honoring the US Armed Forces on a train in 2017
The Ramsey car-transfer apparatus at Phoenicia in 1882
The Ramsey car-transfer apparatus at Phoenicia in 1882
Ulm Hauptbahnhof in 2012
Ulm Hauptbahnhof in 2012
  • ...that when Ulm Hauptbahnhof was rebuilt after World War II, Carl Ebner, the first chairman of the Tourist Office of Ulm/Neu-Ulm, called the new structure "the biggest train wreck of Ulm"?
A Ukrainian Railways long-distance passenger train in 2006
A Ukrainian Railways long-distance passenger train in 2006
  • ...that Ukrainian Railways' 'South-Western Railway' actually operates the north-central part of Ukraine's rail network, while the 'Southern Railway' actually operates in the east of the country?
An S10 Uetlibergbahn train of Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn (SZU), tailed by Be 556 524, has just left Uetliberg station for Zürich HB in 2005
An S10 Uetlibergbahn train of Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn (SZU), tailed by Be 556 524, has just left Uetliberg station for Zürich HB in 2005
A Tzu-chiang train at Changhua Station in 2009
A Tzu-chiang train at Changhua Station in 2009
A train at Metrocentre station in 2014
A train at Metrocentre station in 2014
  • ...that after its opening in 1835, services on the first section of what has become the Tyne Valley line were suspended for a few months when a local landowner objected to the use of locomotives?
Overhead view of Twyford station in 2013
Overhead view of Twyford station in 2013
Postcard showing Milwaukee Road Class A locomotive number 2 on a Hiawatha train
Postcard showing Milwaukee Road Class A locomotive number 2 on a Hiawatha train
A Twilight Shoreliner train at Boston South Station in 2002
A Twilight Shoreliner train at Boston South Station in 2002
A TCDD train at Çorlu railway station in 2017
A TCDD train at Çorlu railway station in 2017
  • ...that of the 5,538 km (3,441 mi) of new railway lines included in Turkish State Railways' 1948 expansion plan, only 96 km (60 mi) were actually built?
Tulip Viaduct in 2006
Tulip Viaduct in 2006
  • ...that in 1906, the workers building the Tulip Viaduct in Indiana, at the time the longest railroad trestle in the United States, were paid up to 30 cents per hour?
A London Underground train at Farringdon station in 2012
A London Underground train at Farringdon station in 2012
A Class 8 tram at St. Olavs Gate in 2005
A Class 8 tram at St. Olavs Gate in 2005
  • ...that the unusual combination of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) metre gauge and 260 cm (100 in) wide wagons made it difficult to sell the Class 8 trams that remain in service on the Trondheim Tramway?
Tsim Sha Tsui station's exit A1 after a 2016 renovation
Tsim Sha Tsui station's exit A1 after a 2016 renovation
Aerial view of Troy Transit Center in late October 2014
Aerial view of Troy Transit Center in late October 2014