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Bronze tiles of alewives at Alewife station
Bronze tiles of alewives at Alewife station
Pere Marquette 18 under tow in the 1900s
Pere Marquette 18 under tow in the 1900s
  • ... that Kolkata, the smallest by area of India's six A-1 cities, has the country's largest suburban rail system by track length and number of stations (one pictured)?
  • ... that the Red Caboose Motel has the largest privately owned collection of railroad cabooses in the world?
  • ... that a one-legged engineer rode the escalators at Earl's Court tube station on their first day of operation to reassure passengers of their safety?
  • ... that India's first metro, the Kolkata Metro, was first proposed in 1919 but became operational only in 1984?
  • ... that the New York City Subway's E train has been nicknamed the "Homeless Express" due to its large ridership of homeless people?
Indian locomotive class WDG-4G
Indian locomotive class WDG-4G
Seattle Monorail red train
Seattle Monorail red train