...that before VIA Rail came to depend on the LRC for the majority of its intercity service in the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor, Amtrak used two of them on the Beacon Hill (New Haven-Boston) and Shoreliner (New York-Boston) services?
...that experimental low-floor trams were placed in service as early as 1912?
...that the two replica Brillstreetcars built in the 1990s and purchased for the Loop Trolley in St. Louis, feature steel frames under their wooden bodies and more-modern propulsion equipment including rebuilt 1940s trucks?
...that the adopted official name of LNWR's Bloomer Class of 2-2-2steam locomotives stemmed from the popular excitement in the 1850s aroused by the appearance of women wearing trousers, as advocated by Mrs Amelia Bloomer?
...that in 2008 the North British Locomotive Preservation Group launched a project to build two new LNERClass B174-6-0 locomotives?
...that from 2008 to 2015 Amtrak sponsored National Train Day on the Saturday closest to May 10 to spread information to the general public about the advantages of railway travel and the history of trains in the United States?
...that in the early 1980s the 2 ft (610 mm) gaugeLincolnshire Coast Light Railway carried heavy passenger traffic to and from a large car boot sale on Sundays?