Portal:Trains/Did you know/October 2021
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October 2021
[edit]- ...that a brick wall in the car park at Dawlish railway station is the remains of the engine house that powered trains worked by atmospheric power in the 1840s?
- ...that the original course of the Torquay portion of the Dartmouth and Torbay Railway route proved controversial as it would have used a coastal viaduct at Livermead?
![DART Blue Line train at Akard station in downtown Dallas heading towards Downtown Rowlett station in 2015](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Akard_Station_July_2015_10.jpg/100px-Akard_Station_July_2015_10.jpg)
- ...that DART Light Rail, the first light rail system in Texas, began service in June 1996 both on time and on budget?
- ...that the former Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway's Merrybent freight branch is now used as part of the A1(M) road that bypasses to the west of Darlington?
- ...that Interstate Commerce Commission commissioner Winthrop More Daniels was a friend and assistant of then-Professor Woodrow Wilson?
- ...that the Chicago "L" Red Line's Dan Ryan branch was successful from its 1969 opening, exceeding ridership forecasts by 10% and contributing to a decrease in ridership on the South Side Elevated?
- ...that the Nashua and Lowell Railroad was the first railroad built in the state of New Hampshire?
- ...that the existing main line platforms at Dagenham East tube station have been closed since 1962?
- ...that Cwm Prysor Halt railway station and its stationmistress were specifically mentioned in at least one resumee of British painter James Dickson Innes's life and work?
- ...that curve resistance depends on various factors, the most important being the radius and the superelevation of a curve?
![A class 37 and a class 68 cross with MKII passenger stock at St Bees on the Cumbrian Coast line in May 2018](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Class_37_and_68_st_bees.jpg/100px-Class_37_and_68_st_bees.jpg)
- ...that despite being favoured by George Stephenson, the current Cumbrian Coast line is the result of piecemeal railway building (largely to serve local needs) by a number of different companies?
![The rapid transit platforms of the Culver Depot after its 1904 renovations, showing the platform gates](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/The_Street_railway_journal_%281904%29_%2814573910800%29.jpg/100px-The_Street_railway_journal_%281904%29_%2814573910800%29.jpg)
- ...that passengers boarding at Culver Depot were required to purchase tickets before boarding, unlike at other stations, where fares were collected on trains?
- ...that CT Rail's Shore Line East commuter rail service was introduced as a temporary measure to help reduce congestion along Interstate 95 during a highway construction project?
- ...that for its 1937 introduction, Reading Railroad's Crusader passenger train was named as the result of a contest that offered a $250 cash prize (equivalent to $5,299 in 2023) to the winner?