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November 2013

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Taipei station in 2005
Taipei station in 2005
Two Sulzer-engined British Rail Class 47 locomotives with a passenger train at Bangor in 1987
Two Sulzer-engined British Rail Class 47 locomotives with a passenger train at Bangor in 1987
  • ...that the Sulzer LDA (prefixed by the number of cylinders, and with a suffix related to the cylinder bore) diesel engine was widely used by British Rail with many built under license by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow as six-, eight- and twelve-cylinder form?
An InterCity 125 train at Bristol Temple Meads station in the 1970s
An InterCity 125 train at Bristol Temple Meads station in the 1970s
An SAR Class MC1 locomotive and its assigned driver pose for a portrait circa 1930
An SAR Class MC1 locomotive and its assigned driver pose for a portrait circa 1930
SAR Class 6J number 642 leads the Dining Car Express circa 1904
SAR Class 6J number 642 leads the Dining Car Express circa 1904
SAR No. 3511 at Hartswater, Cape Province, in 1981
SAR No. 3511 at Hartswater, Cape Province, in 1981
Soneda Station in 2011
Soneda Station in 2011
Titan metro station on the Bucharest Metro in 2006
Titan metro station on the Bucharest Metro in 2006
A 185-200 series EMU on a Shinkansen Relay service at Omiya Station in 1982
A 185-200 series EMU on a Shinkansen Relay service at Omiya Station in 1982
The tracks and platforms at Shimo Ochiai station in 2008
The tracks and platforms at Shimo Ochiai station in 2008
An SBB RABDe 500 between Schwarzenbach SG and Algetshausen-Henau in 2004
An SBB RABDe 500 between Schwarzenbach SG and Algetshausen-Henau in 2004
The west portal of the Soumagne tunnel in 2008
The west portal of the Soumagne tunnel in 2008
A car on the Takaotozan Railway line in 2007
A car on the Takaotozan Railway line in 2007
  • ...that the 1-kilometre long (0.62 mi) Takaotozan Railway (高尾登山電鉄, Takao Tozan Dentetsu) connecting Kiyotaki Station at elevation 201 m (659 ft) and Takaosan Station at elevation 472 m (1,549 ft) creating a 608 (31°) grade is the steepest funicular railway in Japan?
A car on the Sakamoto Cable line in 2007
A car on the Sakamoto Cable line in 2007
  • ...that with a track length of 2 kilometres (1.2 mi), the Sakamoto Cable (坂本ケーブル, Sakamoto Kēburu), a funicular railway operated by Hieizan Railway in Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan, is the longest funicular railway in Japan?
The tracks and platforms of Rushall station in 2005
The tracks and platforms of Rushall station in 2005
The remains of the locomotive shed at Summit Station in 2006
The remains of the locomotive shed at Summit Station in 2006
The opening of Randsfjordbanen in 1868
The opening of Randsfjordbanen in 1868
  • ...that while Norwegian railway director Carl Abraham Pihl recommended in 1858 that a railway line should connect Drammen to Randsfjorden, forester Thorvald Meiddell argued for a channel instead and the decision for a rail line, which became the Randsfjorden Line, was made in a meeting of the Drammen chairmanship with the final vote in 1863 being six to three in favor of rail?
Map of rail lines in Angola as of 2011
Map of rail lines in Angola as of 2011
  • ...that rail transport in Angola consists of three separate and disconnected 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge lines—the Luanda Railway (northern), the Benguela Railway (central) and the Moçâmedes Railway (southern)—and a 600 mm (1 ft 11+58 in) gauge line that once linked Gunza and Gabala?
The Pune Junction station sign in 2013
The Pune Junction station sign in 2013
Henry B. Plant
Henry B. Plant
The tracks and platforms of Parnas station in 2010
The tracks and platforms of Parnas station in 2010