Portal:Trains/Did you know/August 2015

August 2015

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The Mukōgaoka-Yūen Monorail in 1990
 
A CMM 400-2 in Entre Ríos Province on the General Urquiza Railway in 2011
  • ...that the Materfer CMM 400-2 diesel multiple unit trains, which are designed for use on Argentina's three primary track gauges of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in), 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) and 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in), included the first standard gauge DMUs to be produced for General Urquiza Railway services in Entre Ríos Province?
 
A train of the Ligne de Cerdagne crossing the river Têt near Villefranche de Conflent in 2002
 
The tracks and platforms of Kobe Station in 2014
 
The facade of Kaliningrad station in 2011
 
The JR East platform at Hamamatsuchō Station in 2006
  • ...that in fiscal 2013, Hamamatsuchō Station in Japan was used by an average of 155,784 passengers daily on JR East trains and 108,080 passengers daily on Tokyo Monorail trains, making it the sixteenth-busiest JR East station and the busiest Tokyo Monorail station?
 
A former GN Great Dome car in use by Amtrak in 2011
 
Car 21 in operation in 1987
 
Donabate station in 2001
 
A Roca Line train in 2015
 
The tracks and platforms of Caulfield station in 2011
 
An ETR 500 train at Bologna Centrale in 2013
 
Construction for Berryessa station in 2012
 
An LHB prototype carriage in 1985
 
ETS trains at Ipoh in 2010
 
Kitetsu series 1 train in 2007
  • ...that Kishū Railway Co., which used to be solely a real estate and hotel management company, took over the Kishū Railway Line, the second shortest passenger railway line in Japan, in 1973 in order to gain the prestige of being a railway company?
 
An HRCS2 multiple unit train in operation in 2012
 
Illustration of Great Central Station's trainshed in 1856
 
A support camp of the Epsom Salts Monorail in the 1920s
  • ...that when it was opened in 1924, the Epsom Salts Monorail in California was reported to be "the fastest moving monorail in the world," because the 28-mile (45 km) trip with a full load of epsomite could be completed within one hour?
 
An Alerce at the Emepa factory in Marc 2015
  • ...that the Alerce railcar produced by the Emepa Group in Argentina sources 90% of its parts of Argentine origin, with the remaining 10% being specialised parts imported from abroad, such as the German brakes and Austrian intelligent doors?
 
The platform and tracks at Dome-mae station in 2009
 
The control stand of a UP DDA40X locomotive
  • ...that diesel locomotive control stands were often designed such that all functional controls are "at hand", generally within the operational radius of the engineer's left forearm from his customary seating position, facing forward at all times?
 
Track of the former Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway just outside Dumfries in 2005