Portal:Trains/Did you know/October 2021

October 2021

Extant remains of the SDR engine house at Dawlish in 2013

• ...that a brick wall in the car park at Dawlish railway station is the remains of the engine house that powered trains worked by atmospheric power in the 1840s?

Map of the Dartmouth and Torbay Railway in 1868

• ...that the original course of the Torquay portion of the Dartmouth and Torbay Railway route proved controversial as it would have used a coastal viaduct at Livermead?

DART Blue Line train at Akard station in downtown Dallas heading towards Downtown Rowlett station in 2015

• ...that DART Light Rail, the first light rail system in Texas, began service in June 1996 both on time and on budget?

D&BCR's Broomielaw Station in 1965

• ...that the former Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway's Merrybent freight branch is now used as part of the A1(M) road that bypasses to the west of Darlington?

Wintrhop Daniels circa 1912

• ...that Interstate Commerce Commission commissioner Winthrop More Daniels was a friend and assistant of then-Professor Woodrow Wilson?

Red line 'L' on the median of Dan Ryan Expressway in October 2000

• ...that the Chicago "L" Red Line's Dan Ryan branch was successful from its 1969 opening, exceeding ridership forecasts by 10% and contributing to a decrease in ridership on the South Side Elevated?

Stock certificate of the Nashua and Lowell Railroad

• ...that the Nashua and Lowell Railroad was the first railroad built in the state of New Hampshire?

The main line platforms at Dagenham East station in 2008

• ...that the existing main line platforms at Dagenham East tube station have been closed since 1962?

The extant remains of Cwm Prysor Halt in 1986

• ...that Cwm Prysor Halt railway station and its stationmistress were specifically mentioned in at least one resumee of British painter James Dickson Innes's life and work?

A CSX freight train on a superelevated curve

• ...that curve resistance depends on various factors, the most important being the radius and the superelevation of a curve?

A class 37 and a class 68 cross with MKII passenger stock at St Bees on the Cumbrian Coast line in May 2018

• ...that despite being favoured by George Stephenson, the current Cumbrian Coast line is the result of piecemeal railway building (largely to serve local needs) by a number of different companies?

The rapid transit platforms of the Culver Depot after its 1904 renovations, showing the platform gates

• ...that passengers boarding at Culver Depot were required to purchase tickets before boarding, unlike at other stations, where fares were collected on trains?

A CT Rail locomotive in Shore Line East service in 2019

• ...that CT Rail's Shore Line East commuter rail service was introduced as a temporary measure to help reduce congestion along Interstate 95 during a highway construction project?

Postcard photo of the Reading Railroad's streamlined train The Crusader

• ...that for its 1937 introduction, Reading Railroad's Crusader passenger train was named as the result of a contest that offered a $250 cash prize (equivalent to $5,299 in 2023) to the winner?