...that the Shiosai service was introduced in 1975, following the completion of
electrification of the
Sōbu Main Line in October 1974, to replace five of the seven daily diesel-powered Inubō (犬吠) express services that operated between
Shinjuku/
Ryōgoku and
Chōshi, and fully replaced all Inubō services in 1982?
The tracks and station building at Shin-Ōsaka Station in 2008
A train at Changsin station on Seoul Subway Line 6 in 2008
...that
Seoul Metropolitan Subway's Line 6 was designed such that when a train arrives at
Eungam Station, the terminus of the line, it runs through what is commonly known as the "Eungam Loop", a one-way operation loop of five stations, then the train arrives at Eungam again, from which it continues to
Bonghwasan Station, the other line terminus?
A train passes the Sealdah station sign board in 2008
...that
Sealdah station in
Kolkata,
India, handles 1.5 million passengers arriving or departing in 704 trains daily (including EMU locals), many of which use the Sealdah–Ranaghat line as it is the
main line out of that station?
A train on the Sanyo Electric Railway Main Line at Sumaura-Koen Station in 2006
A sail bogey train on the Herne Bay pier in the 19th century
...that sail bogeys,
wind-driven vehicles that run along
railway tracks, were sometimes used to push short trains instead of having
locomotives pull them from the early days of railroad history until as late as the 1950s?
A railway stamp from Queensland Government Railways, Australia
...that a wide variety of railway stamps have been issued by different countries and by private and state railways as a means for shippers to pay the cost of the conveyance of a letter or parcel by rail?
An SD40T-2 locomotive owned by R.J. Corman Railroad Group in 2008
...that in addition to operating rail lines in seven states, R.J. Corman Railroad Group has offered services to the rail industry including construction and maintenance, derailment services and cleanup across the
United States, distribution centers, and train loading facilities, and with its 2009 acquisition of
Railpower Technologies,
locomotive construction and rebuilding?
A cutaway view of a locomotive boiler and steam dome showing the regulator
...that priming (also called foaming in North America) is a condition in the
boiler of a
steam engine in which water is carried over into the steam delivery, which is harmful to the valves and pistons, as
lubrication is washed away, and can be dangerous as any water collecting in the
cylinders is not compressible and if trapped may fracture the cylinder head or
piston?
...that Orekhovo station, on
Moscow Metro's
Zamoskvoretskaya Line in
Russia, opened on 30 December 1984 as part of an extension but was closed the very next day because of flooding, and finally reopened in February 1985?
The facade of Nishinomiya station shortly after its name change in 2007
...that on March 18, 2007, in coordination with the beginning of passenger service at
Sakura Shukugawa Station, at the request of the city, the "ノ" was removed from
JR West's Nishinomiya Station name and the station was renamed 西宮駅 while the "ノ" in the name of
JR Sannomiya Station was retained?
A three car Class 80 train trailed by 8085 leaves Derriaghy in 2004