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January 2021

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Boat car No. 227 at Stanley Road, Fleetwood, in 2016
Boat car No. 227 at Stanley Road, Fleetwood, in 2016
  • ...that the Boat cars operated as part of the Blackpool Heritage Trams fleet were originally called Luxury Toastrack cars?
The track side of Blackburn station in 1983
The track side of Blackburn station in 1983
A train on the Blackball Branch's Roa Incline in the mid-20th century
A train on the Blackball Branch's Roa Incline in the mid-20th century
A 12 inch Mk IX W railway gun in France in 1916
A 12 inch Mk IX W railway gun in France in 1916
  • ...that since the BL 12-inch railway gun allowed only 1° left and right traverse by pivoting the entire gun car body about the forward bogies, it was operated on specially-constructed curved track and moved forward or backward to point it at a new target?
A train at Birmingham Snow Hill station in 2013
A train at Birmingham Snow Hill station in 2013
  • ...that many parts of the Oppenheim's Glassworks building and machinery, which were demolished in the mid-19th century for construction of the original Birmingham Snow Hill railway station, are believed to be buried underneath the current station and car park?
Aerial view of the Big Bayou Canot accident aftermath
Aerial view of the Big Bayou Canot accident aftermath
Two trains at Primasens Nord station on the Biebermühl Railway in August 2012
Two trains at Primasens Nord station on the Biebermühl Railway in August 2012
  • ...that the Biebermühl Railway in Germany is the only one of all the Palatine railway lines that were completed in the 20th century that has never been threatened with closure?
37 class locomotive number 42 at the Richmond Vale Railway Museum in 1990
37 class locomotive number 42 at the Richmond Vale Railway Museum in 1990
The eastbound platform at Bethnal Green station in 2008
The eastbound platform at Bethnal Green station in 2008
The platforms of Bessarion station in 2003
The platforms of Bessarion station in 2003
Detail view of a postcard showing the Besançon tramway circa 1905
Detail view of a postcard showing the Besançon tramway circa 1905
Two Rhaetian Railway ABe 4/4 III multiple units with a Bernina Express train on the Bernina Railway, passing Lago Bianco in 2010
Two Rhaetian Railway ABe 4/4 III multiple units with a Bernina Express train on the Bernina Railway, passing Lago Bianco in 2010
  • ...that the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) metre gauge Bernina railway in Switzerland is the highest railway crossing in Europe and the third-highest railway in Switzerland?