...that the chime played to announce train arrivals and departures at Omoromachi Station on the Okinawa Monorail in Japan is the traditional Okinawan folk songDanjukariyushi?
...that Montclair, New Jersey, originally known as West Bloomfield, was named by Julius Pratt, founder of the New York and Greenwood Lake Railway, which was created in 1878 through the merger of the Montclair Railway and the Montclair and Greenwood Lake Railroad?
...that Neumarkt station on the Cologne Stadtbahn in Innenstadt, Cologne, Germany, is divided with an overground part for three lines of Stadtbahn's low-floor trains and an underground part for four lines of Stadtbahn's high-floor trains?
...that the James Bond film "You Only Live Twice" used Nakano-shimbashi Station in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan, as the location of Tiger Tanaka's private transportation hub and as of 2011, many of the fixtures in the station are unchanged from the time of filming?
...that the development of the first railways in England in the late 1820s inspired John Molson to pursue railroad development in Canada, leading to his company building the first railway line in the country, connecting the Saint Lawrence River and the Hudson River, where his company's steamships continued passengers' travels between Montreal and New York City?
...that the Tsukuba Express platforms at Minami-Nagareyama Station in Nagareyama, Chiba, Japan, which were built in 2005 approximately 125 m (410 ft) long to accommodate 6-car trains, are scheduled to be lengthened by 40 m (130 ft) in either direction by autumn 2012 to allow the train stopping positions to be offset, reducing platform crowding during peak periods?
...that MEMU (Mainline Electric Multiple Unit) a commuter rail system introduced in 2008 in India operated by the Indian Railways, is designed for semi-urban and rural areas, unlike EMU (electric multiple unit) trains that are designed for urban and semi-urban areas?
...that in 1895, William Gibbs McAdoo returned to Knoxville, Tennessee, after a few years in New York City and regained control of part of his bankrupt streetcar company (which had been auctioned off), then in subsequent months, he engaged in a continuous struggle with Ohio businessman C.C. Howell over control of the city's streetcar system, culminating in a bizarre incident known as the Battle of Depot Street?
...that in live steamrail transport modelling, often the track gauge has little to do with the scale of a locomotive since larger equipment can be built in a narrow-gauge configuration which leads to scales of 1.5, 1.6, 2.5 and 3 inches per foot (corresponding to scales of 1:8 to 1:4) being used on a 7+1⁄2 in (190.5 mm) track gauge?
...that Line A of the Buenos Aires Underground in Argentina opened to the public on 1 December 1913, becoming the first rapid transit line in South America, the Southern Hemisphere and the entire Spanish-speaking world and making Buenos Aires became the thirteenth city in the world to have an underground transport service?