...that banana messengers were agents sent on U.S. railroads to accompany shipments of bananas and other fruit, and that they were accorded special ticket rates, similar to those for railway employees and clergy, as late as the 1960s?
...that the Sierra Leone Government Railway, which operated from 1897 to 1974, formed a national railway system constructed solely to a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) rail gauge, a narrow gauge which was usually confined to feeder railways?
...that the open platform of an observation car was often used on whistle stop tours by those campaigning for public office to make speeches, or as a stage for famous personalities such as members of a royal family or film stars to greet well-wishers and fans during public tours?
...that the former Wonthaggi railway line in Australia was built so rapidly that the 30-mile (48 km) line, authorised in December 1909, carried its first coal train in February 1910?
...that the acquisition of German-Swedish rail rolling stock equipment manufacturer ADtranz by Bombardier Transportation in 2001 made Bombardier the largest rail equipment manufacturer in the world?