A diesel hydraulic multiple unit (DHMU) of the Teresina Metro in 2010
...that to reduce construction costs, the Teresina Metro in the Brazilian state of Piauí uses a pre-existing metre gauge line, and to reduce interference with road traffic, new sections of the line were placed into a cut in the centre of the city?
B 81500-series train at the Gare de Bercy, Paris, in 2006
...that Spain's fleet of eight RENFE Class 354diesel-hydraulic locomotives have encountered a number of serious mishaps during the last decade, with three destroyed in two separate head-on collisions, another unit badly damaged after catching fire, and yet another damaged after a derailment?
Preserved former Südbahn Class 23 No. 671, in Graz in 2006
...that at 8,371 metres (27,464 ft) in length, the Tauern Rail Tunnel in Austria is the longest tunnel in the Tauern Railway Line, and that the highest point of the tunnel, at 1,226 metres (4,022 ft) above sea level, is also the highest point in all of the railway line?
T1 number 5001 preserved in Prague in 2005
...that the first prototype of a T1 type tram, the very first tramcar based on the American Presidents' Conference Committee concept produced by Czechoslovakian company ČKD Tatra, has been preserved in Střešovice depot in Prague, which has been converted to a tramway museum?
...that since Tampere railway station in Tampere, Finland, is situated in a central location of the city, the station and its railway yard have served as divisors of the city's districts almost in the same way as Tammerkoski such that Tamperean places are often located by saying which side of the station they are on?
A TMK 101 class tram at the Zagreb maintenance depot in 2008
...that the TMK 101, a 2-axletram which was used in Zagreb, Croatia, from 1951 until December 2008, was the first modern type of trams produced in Croatia with automatic door openers, driver's and conductor's seats, electrical brakes, mechanical brakes, air-operated brakes and a protective shield in front of the tram?
C62 class locomotive hauling the Niseko tourist train in 1994
The Icanadoul Mavi Express led by a DE24000 class locomotive in 2006
...that when the Turkish State Railways (TCDD) was in the process of dieselisation in the late 1960s and into the 1970s, TCDD signed a licensing agreement with Matériel de Traction Electrique of France to build the new DE24000 class locomotives domestically by TÜLOMSAŞ?
A T-Third Street train crossing the Islais Creek Channel in 2007
Spanish method: a way of placement of train platforms that allows passengers to simultaneously board a train from one side and exit from the other
...that the Spanish solution for crowd control at busy stations is a method of using two platforms, on both sides of the track, by one train to speed up embarkation and disembarkation where passengers exit the train on one side, and board from the other?
...that the Guangzhou Metro, mainland China's fourth metro and opened only in 1997, delivered 675 million rides in 2009, with route length expected to grow from the current 150 kilometres (93 mi) to 600 kilometres (370 mi) by 2020?
A DB Schenker-operated freight service operating in the UK in 2010
...that EU Directive 91/440, a directive for railways in the European Union to allow open access operations by companies other than those that own the rail infrastructure, was intended to foster competition but has encouraged larger operators to grow through acquisitions and may lead to a potential duopoly between SNCF and Deutsche Bahn (DB) in western Europe?