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In predetermined route. The train may be hauled or propelled by one or more vehicles designed exclusively for that purpose (locomotives) or may be driven by a number of motors incorporated in all or several of the vehicles (multiple units ).
As of 2018[update], there are approximately 1,052,000 kilometres (654,000 mi) of railway track in use worldwide. (World Bank (via Archive.org)) |
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Selected article of the week
The Beeching axe. A part of the former main line has been preserved as the Great Central (heritage) Railway between Leicester and Loughborough. The route is being assessed by the Labour Party as a cheaper alternative to High Speed 2.
Recently selected: Grand Trunk Western Railroad - A/S Graakalbanen - Gotthard railway
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Preserved
railway museum in Rotterdam, Netherlands
, in 2007.
Recently selected: South West African Jung - Trams in Maputo - ONCF passenger train
Did you know...
- ...that the opening ceremonies of the Galway to Clifden railwaywere very sparsely attended because the event date was a strict church holiday and was reserved for attending church services?
- ...that following heavy damage to the Galveston Island Trolley track and cars from Hurricane Ike in 2008, substitute service with replica buses was operated until service resumed in October 2021?
- ...that although the former Santa Fe Railway's Galesburg station was demolished after regular passenger service to the station ended in 1996, the site is still used if derailments cause trains to use the Chillicothe Subdivision instead of the Mendota Subdivision?
- ...that the Fuzhou–Xiamen railway, which opened in 2010, was so heavily used that it reached capacity in 2015, spurring construction on the parallel Fuzhou–Xiamen high-speed railway for CRH passenger train services?
Selected anniversaries
- April 23
- New York Central and Hudson River Railroad1885–1898, is born (d. 1928).
- 1858 – Leonor F. Loree, president of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 1901–1903, Delaware and Hudson Railway 1907–1938 and Kansas City Southern Railway 1918–1920, is born (d. 1940).
- right-of-way in New York City, but it is operated separately from the New York City Subway.
- Antelope Valleyline.
Train News
- July 24, 2021 – Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe No. 2926, a 4-8-4 steam locomotive built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1944, moves under its own power for the first time since Christmas Eve of 1953, after nearly twenty-two years of being rebuilt by volunteers. The locomotive will be put into mainline excursion service. (NMSL&RHS, Trains Magazine on Facebook)
Santa Fe No. 2926 at Albuquerque, New Mexico - May 5, 2021 – Steamtown National Historic Site completes thorough cosmetic overhaul on Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy No. 4012, which is moved back on static display before National Train Day. (NEPA Scene)
Big Boy No. 4012 at Steamtown National Historic Site - Xiulin Township, Hualien County, Taiwan, killing 49 people and injuring at least 200 others. North of Hualien City a construction truck had fallen down a slope onto the tracks. The eight-carriage train derailed after colliding with the truck, and then came to a rest in the tunnel, with severe damage and many casualties. (Bloomberg, CNN, CNA, New York Times, Financial Times)
The preserved C&O 1309 at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum in October 2009 - December 31, 2020 – Following a complete restoration, No. 734’s place as the largest active steam locomotive in the state of Maryland. (Trains.com Newswire)
An Avelia Liberty train on a test run in Delaware in May 2020 - September 28, 2020 – Boston South Station. Previous test runs had occurred from Washington, D.C., only as far north as New Jersey and Delaware. Barring any problems, the trains are expected to enter regular service on the route in 2021. (Universal Hub)
Berryessa/North San José station on the first day of service - June 13, 2020 – The )
General images
The following are images from various train-related articles on Wikipedia.-
A German DB Class V 200 diesel-hydraulic locomotive at Technikmuseum, Berlin (from Locomotive) -
Workington stabling point in 1981, with locomotives from Classes 25, 40 and 47 parked between duties. (from Rail yard) -
This cab car includes a horn (top), a bell (top right), headlights (above the door), classification lights (red lights on side), and ditch lights (white lights on side). (from Train) -
A prototype of a Ganz AC electric locomotive in Valtellina, Italy, 1901 (from Locomotive) -
The 1902 Maudslay Petrol Locomotive (from Locomotive) -
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The 1887 Daimler draisine (from Locomotive) -
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WainwrightSECR Class P on the Bluebell Railway, England (from Locomotive) -
Typical American extended vision caboose (from Railroad car) -
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VR Class Tk3 steam locomotive in the town of Kokkola in Central Ostrobothnia, Finland (from Locomotive) -
A Tokyo Monorail train (from Train) -
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Pacific National diesel locomotives in Australia showing three body types, cab unit (front), hood unit (middle) and box cab (rear) (from Locomotive) -
A passenger car of the China Railway, 2011 (from Railroad car) -
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An early Diesel-mechanical locomotive at the North Alabama Railroad Museum (from Locomotive) -
World's first useful diesel locomotive (a diesel-electric locomotive) for long distancesSŽD Eel2, 1924 in Kyiv (from Locomotive) -
The Locomotion No. 1 at Darlington Railway Centre and Museum (from Locomotive) -
A coach yard in Shanghai, China (from Rail yard) -
Werner von Siemens experimental DC electric train, 1879 (from Locomotive) -
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Inside a modern-day car from Finland (from Railroad car) -
Second-class compartment of aChina Railways CRH1A-A train (from Train) -
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Southern Railway (UK) 20002 was equipped with both pantograph and contact shoes (from Locomotive) -
Variety of rolling stock in rail yard (from Rolling stock) -
The "hump" of a hump yard. Railcars travel past retarders, which control their speed, and are directed onto tracks to be assembled into new trains. The control tower operates the retarders. (from Rail yard) -
A Union Pacific freight train; high clearances enable double-stacked containers to be carried in well cars. (from Train) -
Trevithick's 1802 locomotive (from Locomotive) -
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China operates an extensive high speed rail network. (from Train) -
A narrow gauge battery-electric locomotive used for mining (from Locomotive) -
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Most derailments, such as this one in Switzerland, are minor and do not cause injuries or damage. (from Train) -
This map of Cedar Hill Yard in Connecticut shows a variety of different facilities, including receiving yards, departure yards, classification yards, and a repair yard. (from Rail yard) -
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Baltimore & Ohio electric engine, 1895 (from Locomotive) -
The Japanese 0 Series Shinkansen pioneered high speed rail service. (from Train) -
The New Orleans Streetcar System is one of the oldest in the world. (from Train) -
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A preserved armored train (from Train) -
A large Amtrak and Metra coach yard just south of Chicago Union Station. About 25 percent of all rail traffic in the United States travels through the Chicago area. (from Rail yard) -
Various types of railroad cars in a classification yard in the United States (from Train) -
Union Pacific 18, a gas turbine-electric locomotive preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum (from Locomotive) -
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Electric train on Djursholmsbanan in Stockholm in the 1890s. (from Train) -
A London Underground battery-electric locomotive at West Ham station used for hauling engineers' trains (from Locomotive) -
Stockton and Darlington special inaugural train 1825: six wagons of coal, directors coach, then people in wagons (from Train) -
Yard for Amtrak equipment, located next to the Los Angeles River. The two tracks on the left are the mainline. (from Rail yard) -
British Rail Mark 3 coach, an all-steel car from the 1970s (from Railroad car) -
A number of maintenance vehicles at work on Metro-North Railroad (from Train) -
The Union Pacific Big Boy locomotives represented the pinnacle of steam locomotive technology and power. (from Train) -
US-style railroad truck (bogie) withjournal bearings (from Train)
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