Portal:Trains/Did you know/July 2016
July 2016
- ...that the new terminus that was demolished in 1963 and converted to a parking lot?
- ...that the thirty ?
- ...that EP-1 and EF-1 classes of electric locomotives introduced in 1915 proved highly successful, replacing a much larger number of steam locomotives, cutting costs and improving both freight and passenger train schedules?
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- ...that a contributing factor in the Nidareid train disaster in 1921 on the Trondhjem-Størenbanen in Norway was the use of the phrase "night to Monday the 19th" which was misinterpreted by train crews to mean the night one day after the incident?
- ...that 4859 pulled the first electrically powered train from Philadelphia to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1938 as well as the last GG1-powered freight train while under Conrailownership in 1979?
- ...that engine drivers Petr Šimral and Radan Stift in August 2003, became the first Czech open access operator offering regular passenger trains from Liberec to German Zittau using Uerdingen railbuses?
- ...that the 1.04-mile long (1.67 km) cut on the Lackawanna Cut-Off railroad line in northwest New Jersey?
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- ...that almost one third of the entire production of 144 diesel-electric locomotives built in the 1950s and 60s have been preserved by railroad museumsas well as by several railroad companies across the United States?
- ...that when The Village by the Grange shopping and residential complex was built in 1976 around and on top of McCaul Loop on Toronto Transit Commission's 502 Downtowner line, two Peter Witt streetcars were placed within the loop to serve as a theme restaurant?
- ...that the Loyola-UPT Streetcar Line is unique in New Orleans in that the streetcar stops are built to light rail system standards as opposed to typical streetcar stops that utilize a simple concrete platform?
- ...that stops along the Balloon Route Beverly Hills, Old Soldiers' Home in Sawtelle, Camera Obscura at Santa Monica and Redondo's Moonstone Beach?
- ...that the Denver and Rio Grande Western Depot in Salt Lake City was designed and built specifically to outshine their rival's depot 3 blocks to the north?
- ...that 64% of the total length of the highest railway bridge in the world?
- ...that Red Line since 1969, reuses an old vault under the railroad bridges that was built in the 1920s as a potential commuter rail station by the Van Sweringen brothers?
- ...that an investigation after the 1903 East Paris train wreck in Michigan revealed that nearby station staff on the Pere Marquette Railway knew of signal problems as much as ten minutes earlier but could not prevent the accident?
- ...that a Eurobalise transponder installed on the European rail network can transmit at least 3 copies of a 'telegram' to be received by a train passing above it at any speed up to 500 km/h (311 mph)?
- ...that a peculiarity of the Liskeard and Looe Railway line in Cornwall, England, is the circuitous route from Liskeard to Coombe, which includes a steep gradient to descend from Liskeard into the valley, and sharp curves?
- ...that the 1930 closure of Leith Walk railway station in Edinburgh, Scotland, was likely due to competition from Edinburgh Corporation Tramways as the tram journey from the city centre to Leith Walk was quicker than travelling by train?
- ...that London, Chatham and Dover Railway's four Europa class 2-4-0 steam locomotives built in the 1870s were designed by William Martley, the LCDR's locomotive superintendent, for the mail trains as the punctuality of these services was essential to their retention?
- ...that Belgian locomotive and rolling stock manufacturer La Brugeoise et Nivelles, which was acquired by Bombardier Inc. in 1988, could trace its corporate history back to a hardware store founded by Joseph De Jaegher in Bruges in 1851?
- ...that the Zurich, Switzerland, which now sees traffic of six different Zürich S-Bahn lines connecting to Zürich Hauptbahnhof, was built in 1969 so freight trainscould bypass the Hauptbahnhof?