Portal:Trains/Did you know/Main page, 2004

The following facts related to rail transport have appeared in the Did you know section of Wikipedia's Main page in 2004.


 * ...that the first all-steel passenger car in the world was built by American Car and Foundry in 1904 for Interborough Rapid Transit in New York City?


 * ...that, although normally run as the last car of a passenger train, the interiors of observation cars could include features of a coach, lounge, diner, or sleeper?
 * ...that the first railroad steam locomotive built by Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works was also the first locomotive to operate in the U.S. state of Ohio?
 * ...that when the John Bull ran under its own power in 1981 it became the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world?
 * ...that narrow gauge railways are cheaper than standard-size tracks and are often built in developing countries?


 * ...dual gauge railway generally consists of three rails, rather than the standard two rails?
 * ...that the 1984 Summit tunnel fire in England may have been the biggest underground fire in transportation history?
 * ...that Chicago Freight Subway was abandoned in 1959 and the tunnels flooded catastrophically in 1992?


 * ...that the Union Pacific Railroad still has offices in the historic Salt Lake City Union Pacific Depot?
 * ...that the film The Titfield Thunderbolt was inspired by the restoration of the narrow gauge Talyllyn Railway in Wales?
 * ... that I.C.C. Commissioner John J. Esch was accused of switching his vote in a case to secure renomination by President Coolidge and the Senate refused his confirmation, 39–29?
 * ...that the infamous man-eating lions of Tsavo attacked workers who were building the Uganda Railway which connects Uganda and Kenya?
 * ...that the Tokyo Monorail, which travels at speeds of up to 80 kph, was constructed to coincide with the 1964 Summer Olympics?