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October 2009

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Map of the proposed First Hill Streetcar line (orange) with other rail connections shown
 
Herston Halt platform in 2007
 
CLRV 4152 and PCC 4500 both operating the 509 Harbourfront route in 2009
 
BTS Saphan Taksin Station in May 2009
 
The facade and tower of Boise Depot in 2006
 
The site of the former station at Grange Court in 2009
 
Preserved Thousand Islands Railway diesel locomotive number 500 on static display in 2009
 
The Hohensalzburg Castle in Austria, showing the route of the Reisszug funicular
 
Preserved NS 1010 operating for the 150th anniversary celebrations of railways in the Netherlands
 
Locomotives Walrus (left) and Dolphin (right) on the Groudle Glen Railway in August 2009
 
System map of the Lehigh Valley Terminal Railway
 
Mansfelder Bergwerksbahn locomotive number 9 at Benndorf
  • ...that the Mansfelder Bergwerksbahn, now an 11-kilometre (6.8 mi) long 750 mm (2 ft 5+12 in) gauge heritage railway in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, was originally built in the 1880s to serve copper mines in the area that have been in operation as far back as the 13th century?
 
The station building at Henley-on-Thames as seen in 2008
 
The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Freight House as seen in 2006
 
Heritage trip with a motorcar and baggage car from the ASVi museum
 
Locomotive LDP001 in Downer EDI Rail livery leads LDP007 in QRNational livery at South Dynon, Victoria, in July 2009
 
Mitsui Rail Capital Europe locomotive number ES64U2-072 in Leoben Hauptbahnhof in April 2009
 
Map showing railways in Hyderabad in 1909
 
Union Pacific Rail Trail State Park, Summit County, Utah
 
Korail class 1000 train entering Yeongdeungpo Station in 2005
 
A Ravenglass and Eskdale train passing Irton Road station in 1965
 
Route map of the Berlin-Hamburg Railway
  • ...that the Berlin-Hamburg Railway (German: Berlin-Hamburger Bahn), a roughly 286 km (178 mi) long railway line connecting its namesake cities that originally opened in 1846, was the first high-speed line upgraded in Germany to be capable of handling train speeds of over 200 km/h (120 mph)?
 
The IRT Powerhouse building in 2008
 
A London Underground battery-electric locomotive at West Ham station in 2009
  • ...that battery locomotives, a type of electric locomotive, are used in situations where a conventional diesel or electric locomotive would be unsuitable such as for maintenance trains on electrified lines when the electricity supply is turned off or in industrial facilities where a combustion-powered locomotive could cause a safety issue?
 
Preserved Fyansford Cement Works Railway locomotive No.4 on The Bellarine Railway
 
Cornish Riviera Express headboard fitted to GWR 'King' Class locomotive King George V
  • ...that in the United Kingdom, headboards were common on the public railways in the age of steam and into the age of diesel and electric trains, but their use on scheduled trains is now defunct save for the occasion of a 'last train,' such as on the withdrawal of a particular class of train?
 
The Greenline hopes to utilize diesel-electric DMU cars like those currently used on New Jersey Transit's River LINE.