...that the Schwerer Gustavrailway guns, developed in Germany the late 1930s by Krupp in order to destroy large, heavily fortified targets, could fire a shell that weighed more than 7 tons at distances up to 37 km (23 miles)?
...that the Hundred of Hoo Railway in England was conceived on the belief that Gravesend's proximity to London would make it a more desirable outlet for the distribution of goods intended for the Kent area?
...that a one-city-block long demonstration tunnel of the Beach Pneumatic Transit system opened in New York City in 1870, but by the time Alfred Ely Beach, its inventor, finally gained permission to expand the system in 1873, public and financial support had waned, and the subway was closed down?
...that the 30 mm (1.181 in) gaugePuffing Billy Railway near Melbourne, Australia, aims to preserve the line as near as possible to how it was in the first three decades of its existence, with particular emphasis on the early 1920s?
...that before the separation of Pakistan and India, Sialkot Junction on the Wazirabad Narowal Railway line served as a connection point to Jammu via the Sialkot Jammu Line?
...that Italian engineer Giuseppe Bianchi proposed the creation of four "roles" for locomotives, so as to specialize maintenance services within Ferrovie dello Stato, the Italian national railway, more than had previously been possible?
...that the 50000 seriesEMUs operated by Tōbu Railway in Japan are the first aluminium body cars on Tōbu commuter trains and are also the first Tōbu trains to feature bilingual (Japanese and English) automated passenger announcements?
...that the TW 6000 articulated light rail vehicles delivered to BKV, the public transport company of Budapest, Hungary, earned the nickname "banana" because they were delivered wearing a green livery but were soon repainted into an orange livery?
...that the Stourbridge Lion was not only the first locomotive to be operated in the United States, it was also one of the first locomotives to operate outside of England, where it was manufactured in 1828?