Portal:Trains/Did you know/November 2017

November 2017

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A train on the Guizhou–Guangxi Railway in 2008
  • ...that from 2004 to 2009, the Guizhou–Guangxi Railway was rebuilt to add tunnels and bridges in place of switchbacks over mountainous terrain, reducing the line's length from 607 km (377 mi) to 489 km (304 mi)?
 
Grimsby & Immingham tram 26 preserved at Beamish Museum in 2012
 
Gresham Central Transit Center in 2011
 
An Abellio Greater Anglia liveried class 90 hauling the Norwich to London intercity express service at Stratford station in 2014
  • ...that in 2013, Abellio Greater Anglia was named train operator of the year, but a survey in February 2014 by the consumer group Which? found that customer satisfaction of Abellio Greater Anglia was at last place out of 20 train operators?
 
A preserved GWR 2884 Class steam locomotive with power and weight classification markings
 
"Train Robbers' Bridge" in 2013, so named as it was the scene of the 1963 robbery
  • ...that the perpetrators of the 1963 Great Train Robbery on the UK's West Coast Main Line planned the heist with inside information from an individual known as "The Ulsterman" who was not named until 2014?
 
Railway shop workers leaving their workplace to strike in 1922
 
Great Northern Railway logo on a locomotive in 1968
 
The Fintona horse tram circa 1930
 
The main entrance of Rosa Parks RER station in 2015
 
A GNER train at Kings Cross station in 2007
 
The preserved body of a suburban passenger car built by the Great Eastern Railway in 1892
  • ...that the Great Eastern Railway in England made every effort to maximise the capacity of its suburban carriages to deal with the rise in usage, including cutting some cars in half longitudinally and inserting a section to make them wider?
 
Lever frame of Everglades Junction
 
Aftermath of the 1906 Grantham accident
 
Diagram of tracks at a grand union
 
System map of Grand Trunk Railway in 1901
 
Postcard showing the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad's Northland Limited
 
An AB6 locomotive in suburban service in Joliet in 1966
 
A pair of EMUs in Southern livery operated by Govia Thameslink Railway in 2016
 
Goudhurst station in the 1900s
  • ...that shortly before it was closed in 1961, Goudhurst railway station in Kent, England, achieved some degree of fame when it appeared in the 1950s children's television series "The Old Pull and Push"?
 
A train on the Goole swing bridge in 2003
  • ...that in the latter part of the 20th century, the Goole railway swing bridge in England became known for the frequent incidents involving ship collisions with the superstructure?
 
A tram crossing the bridge above Goodwood station in 2010
 
A train on the Göltzsch Viaduct in 2014
 
Göhrde station circa 1900
 
The Glasgow Bridge Street station building in 2008