...that variants of the FablokTKh490-6-0T steam locomotive built in the 1950s, a design that was based on the T1A and T2A locomotives built in the late 1920s, were exported to China, Romania and Hungary, with a few examples in China reported to have served in active revenue service until 1993?
A cartoon depicting the rivalry between Vanderbilt and Fisk during the Eire War
The E655 series set on an imperial train working in November 2011The E655 series set on an imperial train working in November 2011
...that the single 5-car E655 series dual-voltage electric multiple unit train operated by JR East in Japan is used as a luxury charter train called Nagomi (なごみ(和)), and also as the Imperial train by inserting a dedicated Imperial carriage?
A Dublin & Lucan train circa 1892
...that the Dublin and Lucan Steam Tramway in Ireland was so successful that on some days as many as 200 people were left behind at Chapelizod for lack of room despite 34 double journeys having been worked?
Builder's photo of Cape Government Railways 3rd Class 4-4-0 of 1898 number 164
...that Cape Government Railways3rd Class 4-4-0 locomotives of 1898, commonly known as the "Wynberg Tenders" for their use on the original 1864 suburban line from Salt River to Wynberg, in Cape Colony, were designed with reverse running in mind, with a weatherboard, a cowcatcher and headlight mounted on the tender?
The tracks and platform at Canberra railway station in 2007
Railway cannon at Petersburg during the American Civil War
...that at the time of its 1840 completion, the mainline of what would become the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, which later played a key role in the Siege of Petersburg during the American Civil War, was the longest railroad in the world with 161.5 miles (259.9 km) of track?
Warm Springs station under construction in January 2014