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October 2005

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The Soviet-built opposed-piston 2-10-4 of 1949
 
Meitetsu 7000-type train at Tokoname, Aichi Japan
 
Stockholm's Roslagsbanan in 2003
 
Builder's photo of Reading Railroad 4-4-4 number 110, built in 1915
 
Pennsylvania Railroad D6 locomotive. Photo taken 1881.
 
Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway locomotive #22 and crew, ca. 1900-1910
 
Alexander Cassatt, in the 1890s
 
The Berlin Hauptbahnhof - inside (under construction)
 
RhB train near Preda, Graubunden, Switzerland, 2003-06-22
  • ...that RhB, operating most of the railways in the south-easternmost canton of Graubünden, has the largest network of all the private railways in Switzerland?
 
Shinkansen 300 Series passing through Maibara Station, April 2002
 
A Siemens-Duewag U2 in use on Calgary Transit's C-Train in 2004
 
Four-rail track proposed for African railways
 
A preserved speeder in Linden, Indiana
  • ...that speeders are also sometimes known as railway motor cars, putt-putts, track maintenance cars, crew cars or inspection cars?
 
Aerial view drawing of Rogers Locomotive Works in 1906
 
BR 205032 in 2003
 
Rock Island number 625 shows the "bulldog nose" body type
 
Chicago and North Western Railway 4-2-0 Pioneer
 
A tram from Hong Kong Tramways
 
A Manchester Metrolink tram at Piccadily Gardens station
  • ...that because much of the route of Manchester Metrolink was formerly main line railway, the stations on the former railway routes have normal platforms about 900 mm (35 inches) above ground level; consequently the new stops built in the city centre also have 900 mm high platforms?
 
Locomotives in the Chicago and North Western Railway roundhouse in Chicago
  • ...that since the great dieselization era of the 1940s and 1950s, many roundhouses have been demolished, but a few still stand and remain in use on the railroads or have been converted for other uses?