...that railbuses, self-propelled, lightweight railway vehicles that share many aspects of their construction with highway buses, were normally designed to provide passenger train service specifically on little-used railway lines, a service that is now often provided by diesel multiple unit trains?
...that RENFE's Class 334diesel locomotives, built by Vossloh from 2006 to 2008, feature a General Motors EMD 710 engine instead of the EMD 645 used in the Class 333.4, but inherit the main generator, alternator and heating equipment from Class 319.3 locomotives which in turn have inherited the generators and alternators from scrapped Class 333 locomotives?
...that Pretoria railway station in South Africa was originally built in 1910 shortly before the creation of the Union of South Africa in part because the government of the Transvaal Colony decided to spend excess funds on constructing a new station for Pretoria rather than surrendering the money to the new national government?
...that despite some initial hostility to the Welsh Highland Railway and local objections to a halt, former visitors to the outdoor centre Plas-y-Nant raised the entire amount to pay for the construction of Plas-y-Nant railway station and turned out in force with members of the local community on the day of opening for a train ride to Rhyd Ddu and back?
...that the Ocean Beach Railway was the first organisation to preserve a steam locomotive in New Zealand with the intention of operating it, became the first operating heritage railway in New Zealand and the railway owns locomotive A67, a member of the 0-4-0A class of 1873 built by Dübs & Co., the oldest operational locomotive in the country?
...that when Nederlandse SpoorwegenClass 1300 locomotive number 1303 was damaged beyond repair when it collided with EMU 642 after less than a year in service in 1953, some components from the damaged locomotive were salvaged and reused in the locomotive's replacement, number 1311?
...that although British light diesel locomotive manufacturer Motor Rail ceased production of new locomotives in 1987, the Simplex locomotive business was transferred to Alan Keef Ltd of Ross-on-Wye, who continue to provide spares and have built several locomotives to Motor Rail designs?
...that the original proposal for the Mogadishu-Villabruzzi Railway in present-day Somalia was for the railway to connect to the Somali border with Ethiopia and proceed into the Ogaden, and the 114-kilometre (71 mi) long line reached Villabruzzi in 1928, but the Second Italo-Abyssinian War in 1936 stopped further construction?
...that Minami-Hashimoto Station in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, originally opened in 1932 as Okawara Siding (大河原停留場, Okawara teiryūjō), a rail siding on the Sagami Railway, was renamed as Sagamimachi Siding (相模町停留場, Sagamimachi teiryūjō) in 1940, and finally elevated in status to Sagamimachi Station (相模町駅, Sagamimachi-eki) in 1941?
...that because Melbourne tram route 19 is one of the most patronised in Melbourne, Australia, the VicRoadsThink>Tram initiative, which included designating the tram track as a dedicated traffic lane, was instated along this route to help increase ontime running?