Portal:Trains/Did you know/December 2021

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December 2021[edit]

The tracks and platform side of Donauwörth station in 1895
The tracks and platform side of Donauwörth station in 1895
  • ...that until the current station was opened in 1877, Donauwörth station was located at the opposite end of a railway tunnel that is now a pedestrian path?
Domain Interchange just before its 2013 redevelopment
Domain Interchange just before its 2013 redevelopment
Locomotives Dolphin and Walrus operating on the Groudle Glen Railway in 2009
Locomotives Dolphin and Walrus operating on the Groudle Glen Railway in 2009
  • ...that the diesel exhaust chimneys on locomotives Dolphin and Walrus were added as part of a "steam outline" structure when the locomotives were purchased by Doddington Park?
The DJF2 in storage at Nanjing Puzhen Rolling Stock in 2011
The DJF2 in storage at Nanjing Puzhen Rolling Stock in 2011
View of Dinting Viaduct in 2008
View of Dinting Viaduct in 2008
  • ...that the irregular spacing of piers supporting Dinting Viaduct is due to the addition of several strengthening piers inserted between 1918 and 1920?
A Dijon Tramway tram in 2012
A Dijon Tramway tram in 2012
  • ...that line T1 of the Dijon tramway carried 36,000 passengers per day during its first two months in service in 2012, which was 6,000 more than even the highest forecasts had projected?
A view of the Digha–Sonpur Bridge in 2016 showing the highway on the upper deck and railway on the lower deck
A view of the Digha–Sonpur Bridge in 2016 showing the highway on the upper deck and railway on the lower deck
The Dickabram Bridge in 2010
The Dickabram Bridge in 2010
  • ...that the Dickabram Bridge, which opened in Queensland, Australia, in 1889, replaced two other bridges that were both swept away in floods and itself was submerged by flood waters only once during the 1893 floods?
A passenger train at Dollar station on the Devon Valley Railway in 1957
A passenger train at Dollar station on the Devon Valley Railway in 1957
Deutsche Reichsbahn workers test radio equipment for multiple unit working on steam locomotives in August 1931
Deutsche Reichsbahn workers test radio equipment for multiple unit working on steam locomotives in August 1931
LMS 10000 leads the St Pancras - Manchester express near Cricklewood in April 1948
LMS 10000 leads the St Pancras - Manchester express near Cricklewood in April 1948
Chauncey Depew circa 1908
Chauncey Depew circa 1908
A Denver and Salt Lake Railroad train at the Moffatt Tunnel's east portal circa 1930
A Denver and Salt Lake Railroad train at the Moffatt Tunnel's east portal circa 1930