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July 2021

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The Cologne Stadtbahn at Rochusplatz station in May 2015
The Cologne Stadtbahn at Rochusplatz station in May 2015
  • ...that when the first underground line of the Cologne Stadtbahn opened in November 1968, it was integrated into the existing tram network, instead of being run as a separate subway?
The north portal of the Schloss-Röttgen Tunnel on the Cologne Airport loop in 2009
The north portal of the Schloss-Röttgen Tunnel on the Cologne Airport loop in 2009
Great Southern & Western Railway Coey 4-6-0 No. 365 in photographic grey in 1907
Great Southern & Western Railway Coey 4-6-0 No. 365 in photographic grey in 1907
A Cobourg and Peterborough Railway locomotive and crew circa 1870
A Cobourg and Peterborough Railway locomotive and crew circa 1870
A Coaster train near Encinitas in March 2021
A Coaster train near Encinitas in March 2021
  • ...that in December 2018, the NCTD achieved full implementation of positive train control along the entire Coaster route, making it one of only four railroads in the United States to achieve full implementation without needing an extension beyond 2018?
A train on the Ayalon Railway line in 2006
A train on the Ayalon Railway line in 2006
The 1903 Hornsby locomotive
The 1903 Hornsby locomotive
Passengers in a CN radio car, listening to broadcast programming in 1927
Passengers in a CN radio car, listening to broadcast programming in 1927
A Clover Hill Railroad stock certificate from 1864
A Clover Hill Railroad stock certificate from 1864
Fremantle railway line at southern side of rail bridge in 2019
Fremantle railway line at southern side of rail bridge in 2019
Woodcut illustration of Judson Clements in 1884
Woodcut illustration of Judson Clements in 1884
  • ...that in 1916, Interstate Commerce Commission Commissioner Judson C. Clements proposed that no worker be allowed to quit a railway company or urge others to do the same until the Commission had the opportunity to investigate the matter in a fair and equitable manner?
Edgar Clark at his desk circa 1915
Edgar Clark at his desk circa 1915
CityLynx Gold Line Birney car 93 on E. Trade Street, departs the streetcar line's layover area at Charlotte Transportation Center in March 2016
CityLynx Gold Line Birney car 93 on E. Trade Street, departs the streetcar line's layover area at Charlotte Transportation Center in March 2016
The defunct City Hall subway station in New York City as seen in 2018
The defunct City Hall subway station in New York City as seen in 2018
A Tangara in July 2013 at Circular Quay the halfway point of the City Circle
A Tangara in July 2013 at Circular Quay the halfway point of the City Circle