...that in 2005 the National Railway Company of Belgium was split into three parts: Infrabel to maintain the infrastructure, NMBS/SNCB to manage train operations, and NMBS/SNCB-Holding to own and coordinate the other two?
...that construction cost overruns and insufficient revenues resulted in the British Raj taking control of the Kalka-Shimla Railway in northwest India in 1906?
...that parts of a steam locomotive's firebox in contact with full steam pressure have to be kept covered with water to prevent them from overheating and weakening in a way that could cause a boiler explosion?
...that the railway development-themed board gameRailway Rivals was originally developed as a teaching aid for geography and to demonstrate how geography and competition led to railway line development and construction?
...that a section of Cajon Pass in Southern California is named Mormon Rocks in commemoration of a group Mormon settlers who crossed through the pass in 1851?
...that bank engines, also called helper engines, are sometimes added to trains that require more power or traction to climb a grade (or bank)?
...that by 1870, the railway engineering facility known as Crewe Works in England had installed a Bessemer converter for manufacturing steel, became the first place to use open-hearth furnaces on an industrial scale, and built its own brickworks?