Curve with superelevation of tracks on the Keystone Corridor near Rosemont, PA, in 2011
...that one element of railway track geometry is superelevation in curved track, in which the track is usually designed with a raised outer rail, providing a banked turn, thus allowing trains to maneuver through the curve at higher speeds than would otherwise be possible if the surface was flat or level?
A 10-car train of Tobu 8000 series cars on the Tōjō Line in 2008
...that a total of 712 cars in Tobu Railway's 8000 series fleet were built between 1963 and 1983, making this the most numerous EMU type operated by a private railway operator in Japan?
The platforms and tracks of the relocated Tel Aviv South station in 2008
...that the new AVRIL passenger train under development by Talgo, of which a prototype was premiered at InnoTrans 2010, will have front and rear power cars containing under-floor traction equipment, and 12 trailer cars in between the power cars, giving a total seating capacity comparable to those of an electric multiple unit rather than a locomotive-hauled train?
A coal train of Rinkō Line in 2007
...that the Rinkō Line, which opened in 1925 and is operated by Taiheiyō Coal Services and Transportation in Japan, is the only private railway in Hokkaidō, as well as the only surviving colliery railway in Japan?
The IRT Sixth Avenue line looking north from 14th Street in 1905
...that when the IRTSixth Avenue Line in New York City was demolished in 1938, concern was expressed that scrap metal from the demolition would reach the Japanese, and allegations of such continued as late as the 1960s despite repeated denials?
System map of the Gulf Coast Lines system from before 1924
An example of single-line working in the Czech Republic in 2011
...that when a section of track which is not normally signaled for bi-directional operations has to be used in both directions for single-line working, very special safety measures, such as tokens or pilotman operations, are needed to ensure safe operation?
Part of the Seneseki Line platforms and tracks at Sendai Station in 2007
...that the above-ground portion of Sendai Station in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, lies in Aoba-ku and is situated so that tracks run roughly north-south, while in the station's easternmost section, the platform for the east-west Senseki Line lies underground and across the ward border in Miyagino-ku?
An S-Bahn Zürich RABe 514 "DTZ" train on the S8 service near Felben-Wellhausen in 2009
...that because delivery of the first Swiss Federal RailwaysRABe 514 trains was delayed from the manufacturer by several months, Siemens agreed to build an additional train instead of paying a penalty, completing delivery of all 61 trains in July 2009?
A Hokusei Line 270 series train in 2006
...that in addition to the 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge Sangi Line, the Sangi Railway, which was originally established in 1928 in Japan, also operates the former KintetsuHokusei Line, the longest of only four lines remaining in the country that are still 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge?
The remnant of the gravel line west of Sakado station in 2011
PRR #460, preserved at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in 2010
...that when Charles Lindbergh was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1927, there was intense competition between several newsreel companies to be the first to get footage of the ceremony from Washington, D.C., to New York City to show in the Broadway theaters, such that International News Reel Corporation chartered a Pennsylvania Railroad train pulled by E6 class locomotive #460 because the train could carry a darkroom to develop the film en route?
The main exhibition hall of Pietrarsa railway museum in 2008
The tracks and platforms of Gare de Poitiers on the Paris–Bordeaux railway in 2010
...that the opening of the LGV Atlantiquehigh speed line from Paris to Tours in 1989 has decreased the importance of this section of the Paris–Bordeaux railway for passenger traffic, a line that originally opened in stages beginning in 1840, and an additional LGV, from Tours to Bordeaux, is planned that would further decrease TGV services on the original line?
Little Eaton Gangway in July 1908 with the last train of loaded coal wagons arriving