Portal:Trains/Did you know/January 2022

January 2022

 * ...that in 1906 an arch was erected in front of Denver Union Station with the word "Welcome" on both sides, which was later updated to show the Hebrew word "Mizpah"?


 * ...that the Dresden–Werdau railway route includes the 348.5 m Frankenstein viaduct?


 * ...that there are three water towers at Dolgoch railway station on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales?


 * ...that the Dugandan railway line, also known as the Fassifern line, became Queensland's first branch railway when the first section opened to Harrisville in 1882?


 * ...that due to its proximity to Pearse Street, many Dubliners refer to Pearse station incorrectly as Pearse Street Station?


 * ...That Dubbo railway station is one of the few buildings on the NSW TrainLink system constructed in stone and is one of the very few stone first class railway stations built?


 * ...that the first four DSB Class MY diesel locomotives were delivered with a spare EMD 567B engine that was later installed into a fifth locomotive of the class?


 * ...that plans were made but not implemented to connect the Drei-Ähren Railway's gauge tramway to Colmar's secondary railway and tram network?


 * ...that because Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn S4 line uses an historic route avoiding Dortmund Hauptbahnhof, S4 services from Unna and S2 services from Dortmund Hauptbahnhof wait at Dortmund-Dorstfeld station to allow interchange?


 * ...that Dover MRT station was the first infill station on the Singapore MRT network and is also the first elevated station in Singapore with two side platforms rather than an island platform?


 * ...that Downtown Crossing station is the second busiest subway station in the MBTA network behind only Red?


 * ...that the Dover Corporation Tramways tram involved in the worst ever tram accident in the United Kingdom was repaired and returned to service?


 * ...that plans for the so-called "Dortmund UFO" for renovations to Dortmund Hauptbahnhof were dropped in the late 1990s?


 * ...that in some cases, steam locomotives designed with double chimneys suffered problems with smoke obscuring the view from the cab, leading designers to add smoke deflectors around the smokebox?


 * ...that the German engineers building the Donon Light Railway in Alsace chose gauge partly so that the French could not use the tracks with their  gauge Decauville and Péchot-Bourdon locomotives?