Portal:Trains/Did you know/April 2021

April 2021

CFCL Australia locomotive VL355 at North Dynon, Victoria, Australia, in 2008

• ...that most locomotives in CFCL Australia's lease fleet are named after famous Australian racehorses?

The non-revenue junction between the Cermak and Congress branch that used to serve Blue Line trains, seen in 2008

• ...that the Douglas Park branch, the oldest segment of the Chicago "L"'s Cermak branch, was the shortest branch of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated?

A Citadis 305 tram in the wire-free section on George Street in December 2019

• ...that the CBD and South East Light Rail's wire-free section between Town Hall and Circular Quay was originally to have been achieved by equipping the trams with batteries and providing recharging facilities at stops?

The restored Cavell Van on display at the Kent and East Sussex Railway in 2013

• ...that the Cavell Van, named in memory of Edith Cavell, carried the only three sets of British remains repatriated following the end of World War I?

Interior view of the Catesby Tunnel in 2014

• ...that proposals were granted in 2017 to convert the former Great Central Railway's Catesby Tunnel, which was closed in 1966 by British Rail, into an aerodynamic test facility for road and race cars?

A Castle Shannon Incline car in the late 1890s

• ...that the Castle Shannon Incline's large 10 ft (3,048 mm) gauge funicular cars were able to carry both passengers and wagons, and later automobiles?

Cass Scenic Railroad Heisler #6 along with Shay #11 lead a loaded log train down the former C&O Greenbrier Division mainline in 2007

• ...that in 1977, the Cass Scenic Railroad State Park took possession of the entire company town of Cass and the old hardwood mill there?

A Casablanca Tramway car on line T1 at Place des Nations-Unies station in 2013

• ...that within a year of its opening, the Casablanca Tramway had met its objectives by carrying over 100,000 passengers a day?

Two San Francisco Cable Cars built by Carter Brothers pass each other in 2005

• ...that cars built by Carter Brothers in the late 19th century for the San Francisco cable car system and the White Pass and Yukon Route are still in use well into the 21st century?

Illustration of the Carnarvon Castle station area with two loaded railway wagons, stacks of slates and road carts

• ...that the original Carnarvon Castle railway station had no separate station siding, platforms, or reserved length of track, which required passengers to board from and alight to the trackside?

Bryn Teifi station on the Carmarthen–Aberystwyth line in 1962

• ...that the Welsh Transport Minister, Ken Skates, argued that the proposed reopening of the Carmarthen–Aberystwyth line, which was closed in 1973, was important to revitalise the Welsh economy following the COVID-19 pandemic?

The main facade of Carlisle station in 2018

• ...that the first regular passenger train services departed Carlisle railway station in Cumbria in the year before the station was completed?

Beijing Airport Line vehicles in the Tianzhu Depot in 2013

• ...that before the third rail EMU design for the Capital Airport Express in Beijing was adopted, both linear induction motor and maglev trains were considered for the service?

Amtrak's Cape Codder at Buzzards Bay in 1996

• ...that for the 1988 season Amtrak supplemented the weekend Cape Codder service by establishing connections with the touristic Cape Cod and Hyannis Railroad for through-ticketed destinations on the Cape?

Several streetcars on Canal Street circa 1904

• ...that under the New Orleans City RR Co. in the late 1890s, the Canal Street line, now operated as the Canal Streetcar Line, was the first New Orleans Traction line to be electrified?

CPR No. 2816 Empress on an excursion in 2008

• ...that Canadian Pacific Railway H1b class 4-6-4 steam locomotive number 2816 is the only non-streamlined H1 class locomotive to have survived into preservation?

Canada Southern locomotive number 337 with a passenger train at Comber Station in the late 19th century

• ...that Canada Southern Railway's charter specified that the railroad was to be constructed using a broad gauge of 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm), but that requirement was repealed in 1869 allowing it to use the standard gauge of 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)?

One of the northbound platforms at Camden Town station in 2008

• ...that the northbound platforms at Camden Town tube station are directly above the southbound platforms due the need to keep directly beneath the narrow roads above them to avoid having to pay compensation to landowners during construction?

1904 Erie Railroad advertisement promoting travel to Cambridge Springs

• ...that in 1904 Erie Railroad promoted travel to Cambridge Springs station because the railroad had sponsored a chess tournament there?