...that the Bull bridge accident, which occurred near Ambergate in Derbyshire, England, in 1860, is believed to have been caused by a "cold shut," where the molten metal does not fuse together during metal casting, that grew into a complete gap in the girder due to the repeated fatigue from the weight of passing trains?
...that when the oldest portion of the Buenos Aires Western Railway opened in Argentina in 1857, originally a 10-kilometre (6.2 mi) long line that connected Plaza Parque station in Buenos Aires and La Floresta station in Flores, no fewer than 15,000 passengers were carried in the first fortnight?
...that the Estació de França in Barcelona, Spain, which was in originally built the 19th century as the main terminus for trains arriving from France and is the second-busiest station in Barcelona as of 2011, is the only station in the city that does not include underground platforms?
...that the name Asahi, which was used from 1982 to 2002 to describe a limited-stop Shinkansen service between Tokyo and Niigata, Japan, was first introduced in 1960 for semi-express (準急, junkyū) services operating between Niigata and Sendai?
...that when the Apeldoorn railway station in the Netherlands was refurbished from 2004 to 2008, a station which originally opened in 1876, the work included closing a few level crossings and construction of a new bicycletunnel under the station to replace them?
...that although the Wadamisaki Line, a low-traffic spur line in Japan, is officially part of the San'yō Main Line, there is no regular through service between the branch and the main line, and Wadamisaki Line trains depart from a separate platform at Hyōgo Station?
...that automatic vacuum brake systems introduced as early as the 1860s have been in widespread use in British train equipment and in those countries influenced by British practice until they were superseded by air brake systems in the 1970s?
...that despite being dubbed the Lunatic Express by its detractors, the Uganda Railway was a huge logistical achievement and proved useful in the suppression of slavery, by removing the need for humans in the transport of goods, and in the First World War campaign against General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck in German East Africa?
...that Tsurumaki-Onsen Station on the Odakyu Odawara Line in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, originally opened in 1927 as Tsurumaki Station and then was renamed to Tsurumaki-Onsen Station in 1937, but reverted to its original name in 1944 as authorities felt that the onsen in the name appeared frivolous in light of wartime austerities, and was finally renamed back to Tsurumaki-Onsen Station in 1987?
...that treadles, mechanical or electrical devices that detect when a train axle has passed a particular location, are used to actuate flange greasers, axle counters and signals such as level crossing lights and barriers?