...that upon its opening in December 1999, Prime Minister Tony Blair, praised the Manchester MetrolinkEccles Line as "exactly the type of scheme needed to solve the transport problems of the metropolitan areas of the country"?
An MRT train at Aljunied station in 2006
...that travel between Pasir Ris and Tuas Link stations, the endpoints of the East West MRT Line, the longest MRT line in Singapore at 57.2 kilometres (35.5 mi), takes about 78 minutes?
A London Overground train at Crystal Palace station on the East London line extension opening day, 23 May 2010
Former LNER 2-6-0 locomotive number 3442, 'The Great Marquess', approaches bridge 16 at Bury on the East Lancashire Railway in 2008
...that the East Lancashire Railway's 2003 extension to Heywood required construction of a new bridge to cross over the Manchester Metrolink line to Bury, and the slopes on either side have earned it the nickname "The Ski Jump"?
Morrinsville station on the East Coast Main Trunk in 1902
...that the electric multiple unit cars used by the East Bay Electric Lines were originally painted in standard railroad olive green, but were soon painted a bright red and became known as the "red trains" or "big red cars"?
The Eagle Mountain Railroad's disused maintenance shed and interchange yard at Ferrum, California, in 2006
...that many local materials were used in the construction of the FrenchNorman-style Duluth Depot building, which was completed in 1892, including granite, sandstone, and yellow brick?
Preserved Saxon class IV K locomotive at the Dresden Transport Museum in 2005
...that the Dresden Transport Museum, which preserves artifacts from all modes of transportation in Germany, is housed in the Johanneum, which was built between 1586 and 1590, making it one of the oldest museum buildings in Dresden?
A Downeaster train passes the Ballardvale MBTA station in 2013
...that in fiscal year 2008, the Downeasterregionalpassenger train service in Maine was Amtrak's fastest-growing service, with ridership up 22.9% from the previous year, and in fiscal 2011, ridership topped 500,000 for the first time?
A BNSF Railway double-stack train in West Kingman Canyon, Arizona, in 2006
SP 3100 in preservation at Orange Empire Railway Museum in 2005
...that Southern Pacific Railroad's preserved locomotive number 3100, one of many locomotives that were painted in special Bicentennial liveries nationwide in 1976, is the only operable GE U25B remaining?