...that although the TGV has had a number of accidents, including the world's fastest derailment, which occurred in France on December 21, 1993, there has not been a single fatality in a TGV accident?
Two class E412 locomotives pull a train during a snowstorm
GE-built steeplecab of the Northern Ohio Traction & Light Company
...that while the center-mounted cab of a steeplecabelectric locomotive helped protect the crew in case of collision, it reduced room for the electrical equipment?
A 4-6-2 locomotive with the trailing wheels highlighted
...that trailing wheels were often used on steam locomotives to support the firebox allowing it to be longer and wider increasing firebox surface area which allowed higher possible boiler pressures which in turn allowed locomotives to produce more power?
...that the foundation for Haydarpaşa Terminal in Istanbul, Turkey, consists of 1,100 wooden piles, each 21 m (68.9 ft) long, driven into land reclaimed from the sea, resulting in a train station that is surrounded by water on three sides?
Branson Scenic Railway station with the F7A visible
...that excursion trains of the Branson Scenic Railway operate with a locomotive at each end of the train, one an F7A and the other a GP30, so the trains do not need to use a wye to turn around for the return trip?
Map of the rail lines on Corsica
...that the L'Ile-Rousse - Calvi line of TER Corse, on the island of Corsica, is very popular among tourists because it follows the coastline practically over the beaches?
An InterCityExpress train on the Hanover-Würzburg line
...that Light Railways magazine, which is produced by the Light Railway Research Society of Australia (LRRSA), began publishing a year before the LRRSA's organization in 1961?
...that Slavyansky Bulvar of the Moscow Metro will open in 2007 as part of a section that will bypass more than six surface stations as part of the rapid transit improvement in Moscow?
CNW's Proviso Yard in Chicago in 1942
...that larger classification yards include an artificial hill called a "hump" to use the force of gravity to propel the cars through the switch ladder, and that cars are slowed automatically through a series of retarders?