...that dual gaugetrack can be used as an interim measure during a gauge conversion to allow trains to continue operating until the conversion is completed?
...that the only visible surface level remnant of City Road tube station on the London Underground system following the station's closure in 1922 is a brick ventilation shaft that incorporates parts of the original station building above the site of the lift shaft and emergency staircase?
...that the 1947 strike action against the Dakar-Niger Railway in present day Senegal was celebrated as a turning point in the anti-colonial struggle by Senegalese writer Ousmane Sembène in his 1960 novel Les Bouts de bois de Dieu?
...that although the two lines of the Philippine National Railways network both connect to Manila, one northward and one southward, there is no direct rail connection between the two?
...that according to legend, Victorian Railways engineers went as far as road testing the new dining car on the Spirit of Progress before its introduction in 1937 by placing a full bowl of soup on one of the tables and checking that none spilt as the train took curves along the route at 70 mph (112 km/h)?
...that the first High-speed rail line in Turkey connecting İstanbul to Ankara via Eskişehir is currently scheduled to open in 2007 and is expected to reduce travel times between the two terminals from almost 7 hours to just over 3 hours?
...that self-propelled railroad cars called doodlebugs were sometimes used to provide passenger and mail service on lightly-used branch lines in North America during the first half of the 20th century?
...that a popular myth claims that the Malleco Viaduct crossing the Malleco River valley in Chile was designed by Gustave Eiffel although Eiffel's proposal was rejected by the Chilean authorities?