...that although New Zealand RailwaysBA class4-8-0 locomotives 552 and 498 were both rebuilt in 1928 with wider fireboxes, it was almost two decades before the alterations were performed on any other members of the class?
...that North British Railway's D class 0-6-0Tsteam locomotives, which entered service in 1900-1901 and were withdrawn in the 1950s, were considered successful with only three of the class failing to complete one million miles (1,600,000 km) during their lifetime, and No. 9830 managed to complete two million miles (3,200,000 km)?
...that the 800 mm (2 ft 7+1⁄2 in) gaugeMontreux–Glion–Rochers-de-Naye railway above Lake Geneva in Switzerland was originally built as two separate lines, the Glion–Rochers-de-Naye railway, which opened in 1892, and the Montreux–Glion railway, which opened in 1909?
...that many details surrounding the Mitaka incident of July 15, 1949, in which an unmanned 63 series train with its operating handle tied down drove into Mitaka Station on the Chūō Line in Tokyo, Japan, killing 6 people and injuring 20, remain unknown but it is commonly said to have been part of a plot along with the Shimoyama and Matsukawa incidents carried out by the National Railway Workers' Union?
...that unlike tram systems that were built in most other French cities, the Marseille tramway, which originally opened in 1876 using horsecars, has never closed and continues in operation?
...that a number of sites in and around Minneapolis–Saint Paul are named in honor of Thomas Lowry in recognition for his efforts to extend the Minneapolis Street Railway Company and later the Twin City Rapid Transit lines that served to drive development in the area?
...that for many years Lod Railway Station (then called Lydda) was the main railway hub of Palestine and later Israel as it sits at the intersection of several major rail lines located in the central part of the country, and the station is now the 11th most heavily used station of Israel Railways by ticket sales numbers?