Portal:Trains/Did you know/Main page, 2016

2016
The following items were used in the Did you know section of Wikipedia's Main page in 2016.


 * ... that artwork at Othello station in Seattle, Washington, includes African dancers, an Asian-American "totem pole", and stormwater channels?
 * ... that Michael Lane, who served as Chief Engineer of the Great Western Railway, started out as a bricklayer but became one of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's most trusted assistants?
 * ... that the 72nd, 86th, and 96th Street stations along the Second Avenue Subway are part of the New York City Subway's first major expansion in over half a century?
 * ... that the future Roosevelt station in Seattle plans to incorporate a preserved Streamline Moderne facade from a music shop that was demolished for its construction?
 * ... that Hannah Dadds was the first female train driver on the London Underground?
 * ... that Sound Transit 3 will nearly double the amount of light rail in the Seattle region to 112 mi of track?
 * ... that Taiwan's Danhai Light Rail Transit cars will have batteries so that the overhead power cable does not need to be continuous through intersections?
 * ... that the New York City Board of Transportation built a new headquarters that it used for only two years?


 * ... that New London Union Station (pictured) was the largest, last, and—according to biographer Henry-Russell Hitchcock—"best" railroad station designed by Henry Hobson Richardson?
 * ... that in 1960, two barges collided with the 4162 ft Severn Railway Bridge, causing two bridge spans to fall into the river?
 * ... that the Get Out and Push Railroad required passengers to help its trains over the steeper sections of the route?
 * ... that California High-Speed Rail's Kings River Viaduct is planned to be over 2 mi long due to the effects of floods in 1861 and 1867?
 * ... that whilst loading tanks at night on the Gilling and Pickering Line during World War II, soldiers would stand on either side of the wagons smoking cigarettes to guide the tank drivers?
 * ... that the New York City Subway stations of Flushing–Main Street and Norwood–205th Street both have provisions for unbuilt subway extensions?
 * ... that the Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit's anime mascots have been featured in games, songs, and posters, bringing in revenue of NT$2 million?


 * ... that the Châteauesque design of the North Philadelphia station (pictured) ushered in the use of Beaux-Arts architecture in railway stations in the United States?
 * ... that the 34th Street – Hudson Yards station is New York City's first new subway station in a quarter-century?
 * ... that Kew Gardens made Queens grow?
 * ... that High Street is actually 70 ft below ground?


 * ... that the Shore Line East service (train pictured) began in 1990, using equipment from the recently discontinued PATrain?
 * ... that in preparation for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, three stations will be added to the initial sixteen stations in the G:link, a light rail system serving the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia?
 * ... that Phillipsburg Union Station was served by the DL&W and CNJ where their lines merged before crossing the Delaware River?


 * ... that DART's Kinki Sharyo SLRV (pictured) conversion project saved over $50 million compared to the cost of buying new accessible light rail vehicles?
 * ... that construction of California High-Speed Rail's San Joaquin River Viaduct involves eliminating the last at-grade rail crossing in the city of Fresno?
 * ... that the 1940 crash of a New York Central luxury train, the Lakeshore Limited, killed 31, including the engineer who was one month from retirement?


 * ... that after the opening of the Northwest Extension (new station pictured), the Valley Metro light rail system in Arizona is 26 mi long and has 35 stations?
 * ... that during World War II, approximately 500 Jews were transported from the Winschoten railway station via the Westerbork transit camp to Nazi concentration camps, where most of them were killed?
 * ... that when a train carrying newspapers derailed in the Little Falls Gulf Curve crash of 1903, two people believed their lives were saved because they were cushioned by bundles of newspapers?


 * ... that competition for the contract to build Singapore's first MRT trains (pictured) was so fierce that it involved last-minute discounts, offers of free parts, and allegations of sabotage?


 * ... that the McBride Creek bridge (pictured) of the Columbia and Nehalem Valley Railroad was built from horizontal logs?
 * ... that the Beeching cuts resulted in the closure of Groeslon railway station in Wales, despite the expansion of the station 17 years earlier?


 * ... that the passengers of the Lawa Railway (rail car pictured) had to cross the Suriname River via cable car?
 * ... that Network SouthEast's rolling stock included Bubble Cars, Dusty Bins, Thumpers, and Tadpoles, all with a toothpaste colour scheme?
 * ... that Tempe Streetcar will link areas of downtown Tempe, Arizona, including Arizona State University's main campus, and will provide connections to Valley Metro Rail's light rail line?


 * ... that newly minted coins placed inside a pier of Chappel Viaduct (pictured) went missing within hours, and a bricklayer who proffered a new half-sovereign in a pub was suspected?
 * ... that a plaque on the Nene Viaduct, built in 1850, claims that it is the last surviving cast-iron structure on a main-line railway in Britain?


 * ... that despite appearances, the Friargate Bridge (pictured) in Derby is actually two bridges?
 * ... that the Texas and Pacific's Silver Slipper two-car train had rubber-tired wheels and was prone to derailing?
 * ... that the Warwickslade Cutting Railway was assembled from prefabricated rail sections with pin to tube joints, like those of a toy railway?


 * ... that Framingham Railroad Station (pictured) was the largest of nine stations that Henry Hobson Richardson designed for the Boston and Albany Railroad?


 * ... that the 34 arches of the Arnos Park Viaduct (pictured) allowed the extension of the Piccadilly line to Cockfosters?


 * ... that the first baby born on the London Underground was delivered at the Elephant & Castle tube station (pictured) in 1924?
 * ... that in the early 1940s, the New York Yankees used the Salamanca Erie Railroad station as a rest stop because of a delayed game with the Cleveland Indians?


 * ... that at the time of its introduction on the Elkhorn Grade, the N&W LC-1 (pictured) was the largest and heaviest electric locomotive in the United States?
 * ... that Porcupine was the first Native American to derail a train during the Indian Wars?
 * ...that the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource originally included over 50 stations deemed significant for their architectural and cultural merit?