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...that former French steam locomotive manufacturer Corpet-Louvet is still in business, manufacturing Caterpillar earth moving equipment under license?

...that First TransPennine Express is one of the few train operating companies in the United Kingdom running 24 hours a day, including through New Year's Eve night?
...that the Wellsville, Addison and Galeton Railroad, which operated in Pennsylvania and New York, was also known as "The Sole Leather Line" because some of its main customers were tanneries?

...that the FS class E444 locomotives were designed in the 1960s to be the first Italian electric locomotives capable of reaching 200 km/h (124 mph) in regular service?

N469 leads a passenger train at Lara in 2006

...that fitted with 6,800-litre (1,496 imp gal) fuel tanks Victorian Railways' N class diesel-electric locomotives are capable of running from Melbourne to Adelaide, Australia, without refueling?

Sugar cane train in the Lafayette Refinery in Arroyo, Puerto Rico

...that between the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Puerto Rico's rail transport system expanded significantly, becoming one of the largest rail systems in the Caribbean at the time thanks to an economic boom in agriculture industries, especially the sugarcane industry?
...that the two-unit power car of Union Pacific's M-10002 streamliner was not articulated with the rest of the train, making it the first separable diesel-electric locomotive on the UP roster?

...that Dent railway station, on the historic Settle-Carlisle Line in Cumbria, is the highest station on the National Rail network in England, at an altitude of 1,150 feet (351 metres)?

...that the main concourse building of Wuppertal Hbf was built in 1848 by Düsseldorf-Elberfelder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, the first steam locomotive hauled railway in Germany?

Tōkaidō Shinkansen 700 & 300, at Tokyo Station

...that since beginning operations in 1906, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company in Japan has produced more than 90,000 railroad vehicles, including the majority of the Shinkansen trains for JR Group?

...that the Ashfork-Bainbridge Steel Dam, built by the Santa Fe to supply water for steam locomotives in Arizona, is one of only three steel dams built in the United States?

...that to help Stanmore railway station in Greater London, England, to blend with its surroundings the station building was designed to resemble a church, including a short spire?

...that although the first steam locomotive hauled trains in present day Serbia operated in 1856, the official start of Serbian Railways operations is designated as August 23, 1884, when the first royal train traveled from Belgrade to Niš?

...that although plans for a railway connecting the Israeli Coastal Plain and Jerusalem in present day Israel had been discussed as early as 1839, construction on the Jaffa-Jerusalem railway didn't begin until 1889?

...that the Iron Range and Huron Bay Railroad never operated a single train, despite completing a 42-mile (68 km) line and its own ore dock at a cost of over two million dollars?

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 === February 2008 ===
+{{Trains portal/DYK image|PlaqueCorpet.jpg|Builder's plate for Corpet-Louvet locomotive serial number 1679}}
+* ...that former [[France|French]] [[steam locomotive]] manufacturer '''[[Corpet-Louvet]]''' is still in business, manufacturing [[Caterpillar Inc.|Caterpillar]] earth moving equipment under license? <!-- February 15, 2008 --><br clear=all>
 {{Trains portal/DYK image|TPEClass170.JPG|First TransPennine Express Class 170 at Huddersfield}}
 * ...that '''[[First TransPennine Express]]''' is one of the few [[train operating company|train operating companies]] in the [[United Kingdom]] running 24 hours a day, including through [[New Year's Eve]] night? <!-- February 14, 2008 -->