...that railway abandonments in the United States are controlled under Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 1152, of the Code of Federal Regulations, and are administered by the Surface Transportation Board, which prescribes various timeframes to be allotted in order for other interested parties to proffer their requests regarding the abandonment, including conversion to rail trails, sale to private parties, or subsequent operation by other railroad entities?
...that the main platform at Waterford railway station in Ireland is quite long and due to a crossover it can be operated as two platforms if necessary with the eastern end being platform 3 and the western end being platform 4?
...that some early wagonways, commonly cited as the predecessors to the steam locomotive-hauled railways of the early- to mid-19th century, were built with "L" shaped iron rails or plates where the flanges were on the track rather than the wheels?
...that trolley parks, picnic and recreation areas along or at the ends of streetcar lines in most of the larger cities in the United States, were often created by the streetcar companies in the 19th century to give people a reason to use their services on weekends?
...that in contrast to push-pull operations, in top and tail operations trains have a locomotive at each end to simplify direction reversals, but only the locomotive pulling at the front in whichever direction the train is operating is used to propel the train?
...that in 1982 after a train derailed on the Upper Maumee Bridge and damaged it, a bridge which was originally built in 1902, the Toledo Terminal Railroad which operated the line in Ohio elected not to fix the bridge but instead abandon it stirring up much controversy?
...that the Garabit Viaduct in southern France was used as a location to represent the titular condemned bridge in the 1976 film The Cassandra Crossing and the studio artwork for the film shows a typical U.S.diesel locomotive along with a pantograph for overhead electric wires even though the railway scenes of the film are set in Europe?
...that travelers on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route in Japan must make six transfers between Tateyama and Ōgisawa, including travel on two different funicular railways, on the 37-kilometre-long (23 mi) route?
...that unlike most of the other underground stations on Hong KongMTR's Island Line, Tai Koo Station does not have separate tubes for each track and platform as the station was built by the cut and cover method, giving it an open design and platforms that are not separated?
...that although the current Suzuran limited express service operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) between Muroran and Sapporo in Hokkaido, Japan, was introduced in July 1992, the name was first used from 1956 for an express service operated by JNR between Hakodate and Sapporo?
...that Spasskaya, the current western terminus station of Pravoberejnaya line of Saint Petersburg Metro, does not have a ground-level vestibule or a connecting escalator so passengers have to transfer to one of the connected stations in order to exit to the city?
...that the South African Class 15CA 4-8-2steam locomotives were introduced in 1926 with a design almost identical to the Class 15C but with the frames widened under the firebox by means of a bridle casting to overcome a problem with the 15C's design that caused cracks in the frame?
...that on July 6, 2011, the new SNCB/NMBSClass 18 units 1801 and 1803 built by Siemens, the first regularly used of the class which replaced the older Class 18 built by Alsthom, hauled their first passenger trains on the Ostend - Brussels - EupenIntercity-A service, also running through the HSL 2 at 200 km/h (120 mph)?