A Hankyu 6300 series train at Katsura Station in 2009
...that the Arashiyama Line now operated by Hankyu Railway in Kyoto, Japan, was opened in 1928 as a double track line, but one of the two tracks was removed and the metal in the rails was reclaimed as part of the Japanese war effort in 1944?
Godley station in 1989
...that Godley was the temporary terminus of the route to Sheffield, England, when the first section of the Woodhead Line was opened on 17 November 1841, but the original station was located about 1⁄4 mile (0.40 km) further west of the later Godley East railway station location?
The SNCF industrial site of Moulin-Neufin 2008
...that the Moulin Neuf Industrial Equipment Facility behind Gare de Chambly in France was originally built during World War I and opened in 1916 by the French military for repairing strategic infrastructure behind the front lines?
The tracks and platforms of Eltham station with the former Eltham Park station building visible in 2008
...that although both Eltham Park and Eltham Well Hall stations in South East London were closed and replaced by the current Eltham railway station, which opened on 17 March 1985 when a section of the A2 opened, the platforms and buildings of the disused Eltham Park station still survive?
The preserved facade of Gothenburg Central Station in 2005
...that during the 19th and early 20th century about one million Swedish emigrants passed through Gothenburg Central Station in order to get to the harbour to continue their journeys?
The platform and track at Cobh station in 2011
...that Cobh railway station in County Cork, Ireland, served what was Ireland's largest emigration port in the 19th century and the station was the main receiving centre for mails for Ireland and Britain from the United States and Canada?
Cape Government Railways 3rd Class 4-4-0 of 1903 no. 49 pulls a motor train between Germiston and Wattles circa 1930
...that despite being considered obsolete in 1912, all eight of Cape Government Railways' 3rd Class4-4-0 locomotives built in 1903 survived until c. 1918 with two being withdrawn from service between 1918 and 1931 while the rest survived in service until after 1931?
An 1891 drawing of the earlier Ogden Union Station
...that after a 1923 fire, the Ogden Union Railway & Depot Co. originally planned on rebuilding OgdenUnion Station in its original design, but an accident in which a stone from the clock tower fell and killed a railroad clerk reversed this decision and a new design was proposed?
The tracks and platforms at Aqueduct – North Conduit Avenue station in 2008