...that although no plan was implemented until the late 1970s, the first proposal for rail electrification in Queensland was made in 1897 when the Chief Engineer of the Queensland Railways was sent to study electrified railways in Europe and America?
...that the 8.5-mile (13.7 km) distance between Poughkeepsie station and the next nearest station on Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line is the longest distance between any two adjacent stations on any Metro-North main line?