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October 2021

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Extant remains of the SDR engine house at Dawlish in 2013
Extant remains of the SDR engine house at Dawlish in 2013
Map of the Dartmouth and Torbay Railway in 1868
Map of the Dartmouth and Torbay Railway in 1868
DART Blue Line train at Akard station in downtown Dallas heading towards Downtown Rowlett station in 2015
DART Blue Line train at Akard station in downtown Dallas heading towards Downtown Rowlett station in 2015
  • ...that DART Light Rail, the first light rail system in Texas, began service in June 1996 both on time and on budget?
D&BCR's Broomielaw Station in 1965
D&BCR's Broomielaw Station in 1965
Wintrhop Daniels circa 1912
Wintrhop Daniels circa 1912
Red line 'L' on the median of Dan Ryan Expressway in October 2000
Red line 'L' on the median of Dan Ryan Expressway in October 2000
Stock certificate of the Nashua and Lowell Railroad
Stock certificate of the Nashua and Lowell Railroad
The main line platforms at Dagenham East station in 2008
The main line platforms at Dagenham East station in 2008
The extant remains of Cwm Prysor Halt in 1986
The extant remains of Cwm Prysor Halt in 1986
A CSX freight train on a superelevated curve
A CSX freight train on a superelevated curve
A class 37 and a class 68 cross with MKII passenger stock at St Bees on the Cumbrian Coast line in May 2018
A class 37 and a class 68 cross with MKII passenger stock at St Bees on the Cumbrian Coast line in May 2018
  • ...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
The rapid transit platforms of the Culver Depot after its 1904 renovations, showing the platform gates
  • ...that passengers boarding at Culver Depot were required to purchase tickets before boarding, unlike at other stations, where fares were collected on trains?
A CT Rail locomotive in Shore Line East service in 2019
A CT Rail locomotive in Shore Line East service in 2019
Postcard photo of the Reading Railroad's streamlined train The Crusader
Postcard photo of the Reading Railroad's streamlined train The Crusader