April 2021 edit
- ...that most locomotives in CFCL Australia's lease fleet are named after famous Australian racehorses?
- ...that the Douglas Park branch, the oldest segment of the Chicago "L"'s Cermak branch, was the shortest branch of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated?
- ...that the CBD and South East Light Rail's wire-free section between Town Hall and Circular Quay was originally to have been achieved by equipping the trams with batteries and providing recharging facilities at stops?
- ...that the Cavell Van, named in memory of Edith Cavell, carried the only three sets of British remains repatriated following the end of World War I?
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- ...that proposals were granted in 2017 to convert the former Great Central Railway's Catesby Tunnel, which was closed in 1966 by British Rail, into an aerodynamic test facility for road and race cars?
- ...that the Castle Shannon Incline's large 10 ft (3,048 mm) gauge funicular cars were able to carry both passengers and wagons, and later automobiles?
- ...that in 1977, the Cass Scenic Railroad State Park took possession of the entire company town of Cass and the old hardwood mill there?
- ...that within a year of its opening, the Casablanca Tramway had met its objectives by carrying over 100,000 passengers a day?
- ...that cars built by Carter Brothers in the late 19th century for the San Francisco cable car system and the White Pass and Yukon Route are still in use well into the 21st century?
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- ...that the original Carnarvon Castle railway station had no separate station siding, platforms, or reserved length of track, which required passengers to board from and alight to the trackside?
- ...that the Welsh Transport Minister, Ken Skates, argued that the proposed reopening of the Carmarthen–Aberystwyth line, which was closed in 1973, was important to revitalise the Welsh economy following the COVID-19 pandemic?
- ...that the first regular passenger train services departed Carlisle railway station in Cumbria in the year before the station was completed?
- ...that before the third rail EMU design for the Capital Airport Express in Beijing was adopted, both linear induction motor and maglev trains were considered for the service?
- ...that for the 1988 season Amtrak supplemented the weekend Cape Codder service by establishing connections with the touristic Cape Cod and Hyannis Railroad for through-ticketed destinations on the Cape?
- ...that under the New Orleans City RR Co. in the late 1890s, the Canal Street line, now operated as the Canal Streetcar Line, was the first New Orleans Traction line to be electrified?
- ...that Canadian Pacific Railway H1b class 4-6-4 steam locomotive number 2816 is the only non-streamlined H1 class locomotive to have survived into preservation?
- ...that Canada Southern Railway's charter specified that the railroad was to be constructed using a broad gauge of 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm), but that requirement was repealed in 1869 allowing it to use the standard gauge of 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)?
- ...that the northbound platforms at Camden Town tube station are directly above the southbound platforms due the need to keep directly beneath the narrow roads above them to avoid having to pay compensation to landowners during construction?
- ...that in 1904 Erie Railroad promoted travel to Cambridge Springs station because the railroad had sponsored a chess tournament there?