Portal:Trains/Did you know/January 2022

January 2022

The former welcome arch in front of Denver Union Station circa 1908

• ...that in 1906 an arch was erected in front of Denver Union Station with the word "Welcome" on both sides, which was later updated to show the Hebrew word "Mizpah"?

A train on the Frankenstein viaduct in 2008

• ...that the Dresden–Werdau railway route includes the 348.5-metre-long (1,143 ft) Frankenstein viaduct?

Talyllyn Railway No. 1 Talyllyn taking water at Dolgoch station in 2009

• ...that there are three water towers at Dolgoch railway station on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales?

Dugandan station circa 1930

• ...that the Dugandan railway line, also known as the Fassifern line, became Queensland's first branch railway when the first section opened to Harrisville in 1882?

Pearse station in 2007

• ...that due to its proximity to Pearse Street, many Dubliners refer to Pearse station incorrectly as Pearse Street Station?

The facade of Dubbo station in July 2013

• ...That Dubbo railway station is one of the few buildings on the NSW TrainLink system constructed in stone and is one of the very few stone first class railway stations built?

DSB MY 1101 preserved at Jernbanemuseet on display in 2014 as part of a celebration of 60 years of GM locomotives in Denmark

• ...that the first four DSB Class MY diesel locomotives were delivered with a spare EMD 567B engine that was later installed into a fifth locomotive of the class?

Trams of the Drei-Ähren Railway in the 1910s

• ...that plans were made but not implemented to connect the Drei-Ähren Railway's 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge tramway to Colmar's secondary railway and tram network?

S2 and S4 trains at Dortmund-Dorstfeld station in 2006

• ...that because Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn S4 line uses an historic route avoiding Dortmund Hauptbahnhof, S4 services from Unna and S2 services from Dortmund Hauptbahnhof wait at Dortmund-Dorstfeld station to allow interchange?

A train at Dover MRT station in February 2020

• ...that Dover MRT station was the first infill station on the Singapore MRT network and is also the first elevated station in Singapore with two side platforms rather than an island platform?

A northbound Orange Line train at Downtown Crossing in 2018

• ...that Downtown Crossing station is the second busiest subway station in the MBTA network behind only South Station?

Remains of the crashed tram in the 1917 Crabble accident

• ...that the Dover Corporation Tramways tram involved in the worst ever tram accident in the United Kingdom was repaired and returned to service?

Dortmund Hauptbahnhof as seen from RWE tower in 2006

• ...that plans for the so-called "Dortmund UFO" for renovations to Dortmund Hauptbahnhof were dropped in the late 1990s?

4472 Flying Scotsman in 2003, with Witte-type smoke deflectors refitted

• ...that in some cases, steam locomotives designed with double chimneys suffered problems with smoke obscuring the view from the cab, leading designers to add smoke deflectors around the smokebox?

A Donon Light Railway station between 1914 and 1918

• ...that the German engineers building the Donon Light Railway in Alsace chose 700 mm (2 ft 3+9⁄16 in) gauge partly so that the French could not use the tracks with their 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) gauge Decauville and Péchot-Bourdon locomotives?