...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 almost one third of the entire production of 144 EMD E9diesel-electric locomotives built in the 1950s and 60s have been preserved by
railroad museums as well as by several railroad companies across the United States?
...that a Eurobalisetransponder 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?