...that although proposals have been made to repair and restore the abandonedWestchester Avenue station in the Bronx in New York City, Amtrak owns the station and the land it occupies and has listed it as a trackside structure in need of demolition?
...that the Train Automatic Stopping Controller (TASC) system used in Japan was originally developed in the 1950s and the 1960s as a way of ensuring that trains stop properly at stations but has also been useful at preventing SPADs?
...that after extensively studying New York City Subway system rule books and manuals, Keron Thomas posed as motorman "Regoberto Sabio" on May 8, 1993, and operated an A train in revenue service for over three hours, when he was sixteen years old?
...that the railroad car ferrySS Lansdowne, which was built in 1884 and is reported to have served as late as the 1970s was the longest ship on the Great Lakes when it was built and was the last sidewheeler serving on the Great Lakes when it was retired?
...that traction and electrical equipment for SNCB's class 13 locomotives was tested on a converted class 21 locomotive, while pantograph equipment for the class was tested on a class 27 locomotive?
...that Shinagawa Station, one of Japan's oldest stations, opened on June 12, 1872, four months before the inauguration of "Japan's first railway" between Shimbashi and Yokohama through Shinagawa on October 14, 1872?