...that Siemens presented a design for rolling stock in the New Tube for London plan that reduces weight by 30 tonnes (29.5 long tons; 33.1 short tons) and energy consumption by 17 per cent?
...that although several models of New Technology Trains have entered service on the New York City Subway system, the two original prototypes were taken out of service by 2000, due to multiple issues with the trains?
...that New Southgate opened in 1850 as 'Colney Hatch & Southgate' by order of the Middlesex Justices who insisted on trains stopping daily for the benefit of the Second Middlesex County Asylum adjacent to the station?
...that following the Central Vermont Railway sale to RailTex Corp. in 1995 that formed the New England Central Railroad, the line's declining traffic flow was reversed, with the new railroad company handling more than 30,000 carloads annually within two years?
...that rather than being made of gold or silver, Nevada Northern Railway's ceremonial last spike was made from locally-mined copper?
...that in 2006, Network Rail announced a high-tech plan to combat the effects of slippery rail by using satellites for tracking trouble areas, water-jetting trains and railhead scrubbers, and a substance called Natrusolve, which dissolves leaf mulch?
...that when the 3,059-metre long (1.9 mi) Nehru Setu railway bridge in Bihar opened in 1900, it was the longest bridge in India and was believed to be the second longest bridge in the world?
...that Staten Island Railway's now closed Nassau station was built to serve the Nassau Smelting & Refining Company, and had a siding so that freight could be transferred to and from the factory?
...that one of the lookouts on a train involved in the 1888 Mud Run disaster admitted to having seen a red (danger) light but 'did not think the red light meant anything, as nobody used it'!