Illustration of "Old Ironsides", Baldwin's first commissioned locomotive built in 1832
...that the first commissioned steam locomotive built by Matthias W. Baldwin in 1832, nicknamed Old Ironsides, traveled at the rate of only 1 mile per hour (1.6 km/h) in initial trials, but was later refined and improved to reach speeds of 28 mph (45 km/h)?
The original platforms at Baker Street station in 2011
An AVE Class 102 train showing the duckbill shaped power car
...that AVEClass 102 train built by Talgo for RENFE is nicknamed Pato, Spanish for duck, due to the aerodynamic design of the power cars resembling a beak?
A former Great Western Railway 'Aberdare' class 2-6-0 built in 1901 leads a goods train through Swindon Station in 1946
...that the AAR reported that over 95% of the North American rail car fleet was tagged for automatic equipment identification, and over 3,000 readers have been installed by North American railways as of the end of 2000?
Preserved rolling stock at Augsburg Railway Park in 2008
...that Ansaldo and Fiat Ferroviaria collaborated in the mid-1970s to build the FS Class 401 EMU train which became the first train in the world featuring active body tilting to enter commercial service and was capable of speeds of up to 250 km/h (160 mph)?
...that Anglo-Argentine Tramways Company operated the vast majority of the largest network of trams in Buenos Aires, one of the largest in the world at the time with its 875 km (544 mi) length, including Buenos Aires' first underground tram line?
Angels Flight in 2008
...that the Angels Flightfunicular in Los Angeles has operated on two different sites, using the same cars and station elements?
1888 map of streetcar lines in Washington, D.C.; A&P is in yellow