...that George Stephenson's conservative views on the capabilities of locomotives meant he favoured circuitous routes and civil engineering that were more costly than his successors thought necessary?
...that some pioneering early steam locomotives used steam springs rather than leaf or coil springs for suspension because at the time high quality steel was so expensive as to be regarded as 'a semi-precious metal'?
...that in the 1990s, the two island platforms at St James railway station in Sydney, Australia, were connected by filling in the space between them, resulting in one single, large island platform?