Portal:Trains/Did you know/July 2021

July 2021

 * ...that when the first underground line of the Cologne Stadtbahn opened in November 1968, it was integrated into the existing tram network, instead of being run as a separate subway?


 * ...that while the Cologne Airport loop was planned and built as part of the Cologne–Frankfurt high-speed rail line, few trains run along both lines?


 * ...that the Great Southern and Western Railway Class 362 of steam locomotives designed by Robert Coey was the first tender design in Ireland?


 * ...that the Cobourg and Peterborough Railway was chartered in 1852 after two previous charters for similar lines failed in the previous two decades?


 * ...that in December 2018, the NCTD achieved full implementation of positive train control along the entire Coaster route, making it one of only four railroads in the United States to achieve full implementation without needing an extension beyond 2018?


 * ...that the 5 km Ayalon Railway extension of Israel's Coastal railway line was the first railway line in Israel to be double-tracked from the outset?


 * ...that the first Co-Co locomotive, a diesel locomotive or electric locomotive with two six-wheeled bogies with all axles powered, was built in 1903 by Hornsby for the narrow-gauge Chattenden and Upnor Railway?


 * ...that Canadian National Railway developed CNR Radio, which became the first national radio network in North America, to provide entertainment and information for its train passengers?


 * ...that the Clover Hill Railroad Company's 1841 charter by the Virginia General Assembly did not allow the company to charge more than 2 cents per bushel of coal shipped over the railroad?


 * ...that the 1979 closure of the Fremantle Railway became a key campaign issue in the 1982 Western Australia state government election?


 * ...that in 1916, Interstate Commerce Commission Commissioner Judson C. Clements proposed that no worker be allowed to quit a railway company or urge others to do the same until the Commission had the opportunity to investigate the matter in a fair and equitable manner?


 * ...that before his 1906 appointment to the Interstate Commerce Commission, Edgar E. Clark had worked as a brakeman and conductor, and served as Grand Senior Conductor of the Order of Railway Conductors?


 * ...that the three replica Birney streetcars on the CityLynx Gold Line used overhead wire powered at 650 volts DC, but the new Siemens-built cars that will replace them use 750 V power?


 * ...that City Hall station, one of the original 28 stations of the New York City Subway, opened in 1904 as Interborough Rapid Transit Company's southern terminus?


 * ...that the City Circle is horseshoe shaped?