...that George Stephenson's conservative views on the capabilities of locomotives meant he favoured circuitous routes and civil engineering that were more costly than his successors thought necessary?
One of the U-Bahn platforms at Stephansplatz station in 2008
An early Stephenson-designed locomotive circa 1814
...that some pioneering early steam locomotives used steam springs rather than leaf or coil springs for suspension because at the time high quality steel was so expensive as to be regarded as 'a semi-precious metal'?
The platforms and footbridge at Stanlow and Thornton station in 2012
The extra-wide platform of St James station in 2017 with the two center track areas filled in
...that in the 1990s, the two island platforms at St James railway station in Sydney, Australia, were connected by filling in the space between them, resulting in one single, large island platform?
First Great Western 43185 with a train for London Paddingotn passed under Network Rail's prototype plastic footbridge which was installed to replace an old iron structure in 2008