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September 2015

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A Green Mover Max train on the Hiroden network in 2007
A Green Mover Max train on the Hiroden network in 2007
Preserved Class 625 locomotive 017 in 2007
Preserved Class 625 locomotive 017 in 2007
A Cork-Dublin train at Heuston in 2006
A Cork-Dublin train at Heuston in 2006
Trains of the Deli Railway in the mid-20th century
Trains of the Deli Railway in the mid-20th century
Tracks and platforms at Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza in 2006
Tracks and platforms at Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza in 2006
Innovia Monorail 300 in São Paulo, Brazil, in 2014
Innovia Monorail 300 in São Paulo, Brazil, in 2014
The Avellaneda Park Historic Train in July 2015
The Avellaneda Park Historic Train in July 2015
Work on the Algemba project in the 1920s
Work on the Algemba project in the 1920s
  • ...that during construction of the failed Algemba railway and pipeline project from 1919 to 1921 led by the Bolsheviks in Russia, as many as 35,000 workers died, sometimes with hundreds of people dying every day, from poor food, inadequate shelter and disease?
Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center Station platform in 2010
Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center Station platform in 2010
CRH2-126E on the Xiaoshan–Ningbo Railway in Ningbo in 2010
CRH2-126E on the Xiaoshan–Ningbo Railway in Ningbo in 2010
Construction of the Diliman AGT in 2012
Construction of the Diliman AGT in 2012
Part of the official opening ceremony for the Marunouchi Line on January 20, 1954
Part of the official opening ceremony for the Marunouchi Line on January 20, 1954
Aerial view of the derailment
Aerial view of the derailment
The Pamban Bridge in 2009
The Pamban Bridge in 2009
  • ...that in 1964 Indian Railways set a timeline to restore the Pamban Bridge following its partial destruction in a cyclone as a six-month project, but once civil engineer E. Sreedharan was put in charge of the project, one of the first in his celebrated career, he restored the bridge in just 46 days?
Class 14E number 14-002 in 2006
Class 14E number 14-002 in 2006
A Siemens O&K train at Inclán station on Line H in 2008
A Siemens O&K train at Inclán station on Line H in 2008
Tazu Stationn on the Sanko Line in 2008
Tazu Stationn on the Sanko Line in 2008
  • ...that although the first 13.9-kilometre long (8.6 mi) segment of the Sankō Line between Gōtsu and Kawado in Japan opened in 1930, the line was not fully completed to Miyoshi until 1975?
Photograph of the railway of the Prince Imperial taken 1859 by Charles-Louis Michelez
Photograph of the railway of the Prince Imperial taken 1859 by Charles-Louis Michelez
A Puerto Deseado Railway passenger train in Las Heras, Santa Cruz Province, in the late 1920s
A Puerto Deseado Railway passenger train in Las Heras, Santa Cruz Province, in the late 1920s
  • ...that the Puerto Deseado Railway in Argentina was considered the southernmost passenger railway in the world, due to other lines of the region focusing on exploitation and transport of natural resources (such as the Comodoro Rivadavia Railway did with petroleum) rather than operating passenger services?
Phoenix Park station in 2013
Phoenix Park station in 2013
First NYC MU car in 1906
First NYC MU car in 1906