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August 2005

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North South Line Platform of Dhoby Ghaut Interchange
 
A tram with a bow collector in Plauen, Germany
 
The railway routes of the Netherlands
 
The aftermath of the Eschede train disaster
  • ...that as a result of the Eschede train disaster in Germany on June 3, 1998, the ICE's rubber-isolated wheel design, which was found to be the primary fault of the accident, has since been replaced with conventional solid steel wheels?
 
Zürich Main Station
 
The restored Angels Flight railway in Los Angeles
 
Diagram of a balloon loop configuration in Australia
 
CN 3254 powering the yard tour at Steamtown
 
The Narita Express on July 24, 2005
 
Locomotive Leasing Partners 2808, an SSD38-2
 
A ULF tram in front of the Austrian Parliament in Vienna in July 2003
 
A Bettendorf style truck on display at the Illinois Railway Museum
  • ...that most bogies (also called trucks) have two axles, but some cars designed for extremely heavy loads have been built with up to five-axle bogies?
 
The entrance to Orange Empire Railway Museum
 
A mail hook on an RPO
  • ...that railway post office cars in North America were often equipped with a hook that could be used to snatch a sack of outgoing mail hanging on a track-side pole as the train passed it?
 
A steam locomotive driving wheel
  • ...that since a conventional steam locomotive is directly driven, one of the few ways to 'gear' a locomotive for a particular performance goal is to size the driving wheels appropriately; typically larger for passenger train service than for freight service?
 
Joseph Locke
 
Southen Pacific 1518, the first SD7 built, preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum
 
A locomotive of the Japan Freight Railway Company
 
The Bridge over the River Kwai
 
A restored PCC operating in San Francisco
 
Reporting marks on two Canadian Pacific covered hoppers
 
RER train at the Gare de l'Est in Paris
 
Strasburg Railroad number 89, a 2-6-0