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October 2014

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The former Erie Railroad depot that serves as the museum headquarters in 2010
The former Erie Railroad depot that serves as the museum headquarters in 2010
The former railway bridge that carried the Chard branch line over the River Tone in 2009
The former railway bridge that carried the Chard branch line over the River Tone in 2009
Higashi-Yamoto Station in 2007
Higashi-Yamoto Station in 2007
The island platform at Hitotsubashi-Gakuen Station in 2008
The island platform at Hitotsubashi-Gakuen Station in 2008
A British Rail train passing Hereford station in 1959
A British Rail train passing Hereford station in 1959
A Hankyu 6300 series train at Katsura Station in 2009
A Hankyu 6300 series train at Katsura Station in 2009
Godley station in 1989
Godley station in 1989
  • ...that Godley was the temporary terminus of the route to Sheffield, England, when the first section of the Woodhead Line was opened on 17 November 1841, but the original station was located about 14 mile (0.40 km) further west of the later Godley East railway station location?
The SNCF industrial site of Moulin-Neufin 2008
The SNCF industrial site of Moulin-Neufin 2008
  • ...that the Moulin Neuf Industrial Equipment Facility behind Gare de Chambly in France was originally built during World War I and opened in 1916 by the French military for repairing strategic infrastructure behind the front lines?
The former Ribbleton station building in 2007
The former Ribbleton station building in 2007
express 09.50 Aberdeen - King's Cross is headed by Gresley A4 streamlined Pacific No. 60005 'Sir Charles Newton' in 1954
express 09.50 Aberdeen - King's Cross is headed by Gresley A4 streamlined Pacific No. 60005 'Sir Charles Newton' in 1954
The tracks and platforms of Eltham station with the former Eltham Park station building visible in 2008
The tracks and platforms of Eltham station with the former Eltham Park station building visible in 2008
  • ...that although both Eltham Park and Eltham Well Hall stations in South East London were closed and replaced by the current Eltham railway station, which opened on 17 March 1985 when a section of the A2 opened, the platforms and buildings of the disused Eltham Park station still survive?
The main facade of Gare de l'Est in 2009
The main facade of Gare de l'Est in 2009
The abandoned platforms at Frankfurt East station in 2008
The abandoned platforms at Frankfurt East station in 2008
Canterbury East station in 2012
Canterbury East station in 2012
The remains of Dunheved station in 2006
The remains of Dunheved station in 2006
The preserved facade of Gothenburg Central Station in 2005
The preserved facade of Gothenburg Central Station in 2005
  • ...that during the 19th and early 20th century about one million Swedish emigrants passed through Gothenburg Central Station in order to get to the harbour to continue their journeys?
The platform and track at Cobh station in 2011
The platform and track at Cobh station in 2011
  • ...that Cobh railway station in County Cork, Ireland, served what was Ireland's largest emigration port in the 19th century and the station was the main receiving centre for mails for Ireland and Britain from the United States and Canada?
Cape Government Railways 3rd Class 4-4-0 of 1903 no. 49 pulls a motor train between Germiston and Wattles circa 1930
Cape Government Railways 3rd Class 4-4-0 of 1903 no. 49 pulls a motor train between Germiston and Wattles circa 1930
  • ...that despite being considered obsolete in 1912, all eight of Cape Government Railways' 3rd Class 4-4-0 locomotives built in 1903 survived until c. 1918 with two being withdrawn from service between 1918 and 1931 while the rest survived in service until after 1931?
The site of the former Caldwell station in 2007
The site of the former Caldwell station in 2007
The former Flax Bourton station in 2011
The former Flax Bourton station in 2011
The entrance to the Pir Panjal Tunnel in February 2014
The entrance to the Pir Panjal Tunnel in February 2014
An 1891 drawing of the earlier Ogden Union Station
An 1891 drawing of the earlier Ogden Union Station
  • ...that after a 1923 fire, the Ogden Union Railway & Depot Co. originally planned on rebuilding Ogden Union Station in its original design, but an accident in which a stone from the clock tower fell and killed a railroad clerk reversed this decision and a new design was proposed?
The tracks and platforms at Aqueduct – North Conduit Avenue station in 2008
The tracks and platforms at Aqueduct – North Conduit Avenue station in 2008