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June 2008

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LNER Class V2 60800 "Green Arrow", the sole survivor of the class
LNER Class V2 60800 "Green Arrow", the sole survivor of the class
Skansen Bridge
Skansen Bridge
A train passes through a station protected by platform screen doors
A train passes through a station protected by platform screen doors
  • ...that although platform screen doors have been installed at stations to reduce the movement of air caused by the trains at they pass through the tunnels as well as to reduce air conditioning costs for stations in warmer climates such as Singapore, they also serve a safety purpose in preventing passengers falling onto the tracks or in front of an oncoming train?
Marielund station at Upsala- Lenna heritage railway in 2006
Marielund station at Upsala- Lenna heritage railway in 2006
A JPBX (Caltrain) Baby Bullet MPI MPXpress locomotive
A JPBX (Caltrain) Baby Bullet MPI MPXpress locomotive
NZR D class No. 140 at the Ferrymead Railway
NZR D class No. 140 at the Ferrymead Railway
E424 075 in its original livery, at the FerAlp Team museum, in Bussoleno
E424 075 in its original livery, at the FerAlp Team museum, in Bussoleno
Trains of Luzern-Stans-Engelberg-Bahn in Obermatt
Trains of Luzern-Stans-Engelberg-Bahn in Obermatt
Scharfenberg coupler (Schaku) at german railcar type 612
Scharfenberg coupler (Schaku) at german railcar type 612
  • ...that Scharfenberg couplers have a distinct advantage over conventional AAR (Janney/Knuckle) automatic couplers as they also automatically connect and disconnect electrical and hydraulic systems, but their low maximum tonnage rating makes them unsuitable for heavy freight service?
Barcelona Metro's Catalunya station
Barcelona Metro's Catalunya station
  • ...that Barcelona Metro's Catalunya station in Spain, built in 1926 as the terminus of Ferrocarril Metropolitano Transversal, boasted an underground shopping centre called Avinguda de la Llum until 1990?
Flying Scotsman at the Doncaster Works Open day in 2003
Flying Scotsman at the Doncaster Works Open day in 2003
V/Line A class locomotive A 70
V/Line A class locomotive A 70
Little Belt Bridge
Little Belt Bridge
The Warsaw metro station "Plac Wilsona"
The Warsaw metro station "Plac Wilsona"
  • ...that the Plac Wilsona (Wilson Square) station on the Warsaw Metro in Poland was selected as the Metro Award recipient for the "Best New Station" in 2008?
IORE from Narvik approaching Kiruna with an empty ore train
IORE from Narvik approaching Kiruna with an empty ore train
  • ...that Swedish mining company LKAB's IORE locomotives, used for transporting iron ore, are so named because IORE is an acronym of "iron ore", as well as an intentional close-match of the name carried by the fictional donkey Eeyore (Swedish: Ior)?
Toronto Transit Commission ART train
Toronto Transit Commission ART train
An official photograph of No. 2395 from 1925
An official photograph of No. 2395 from 1925
Southern Pacific 4294
Southern Pacific 4294
An Adtranz electric multiple unit train at the Masjid Jamek LRT station
An Adtranz electric multiple unit train at the Masjid Jamek LRT station
Series 70 linear motor EMU heading to Kadoma-Minami
Series 70 linear motor EMU heading to Kadoma-Minami
Locomotive VL10-582 in Tomsk
Locomotive VL10-582 in Tomsk
Animation of a schematic Napier Deltic diesel engine
Animation of a schematic Napier Deltic diesel engine
SBB-CFF-FFS train service
SBB-CFF-FFS train service
  • ...that Swiss Federal Railways' origins date back to 20 February 1898, when the Swiss people agreed in a referendum to the creation of a state-owned railway company after the collapse of a number of private railway companies?