The following facts related to rail transport have appeared in the Did you know section of Wikipedia's Main page in 2013.
Aerial view of the bombardment by the NTSB The redeveloped Domain Interchange The Gulf Coast Rebel as it appeared in the pre-Alton acquisition era with silver-and-red paint. An ALCO DL-105 is on the front The Blue Bird's "Vista-Dome" dome parlor-observation car in the 1950s ... that the Wabash Railroad 's Blue Bird (pictured) , introduced in 1950, was the first dome passenger train on the Chicago –St. Louis route?
... that the Melbourne University tram stop , one of the busiest on the Melbourne tram network , is the terminus for seven tram routes?
... that the American Car and Foundry Company 's Astra Dome dome cars included the only dome dining cars ever operated by a railroad in the United States?
... that in 1953 the Louisville and Nashville Railroad upgraded its Pan-American passenger train with Pine-series sleeping cars ?
... that the Illinois Central Railroad 's Green Diamond debuted in 1936 with IC 121 , the last new fixed-consist articulated streamliner built in the United States in the 1930s?
... that the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad 's new Ozark State Zephyr streamliner was christened by Mollie Stark, the daughter of then-Missouri Governor-elect Lloyd C. Stark ?
... that Swedish railway worker Fritiof Enbom was accused and convicted of being a spy for the Soviet Union ?
... that the Vestfold Line , including a branch to Horten , was opened by King Oscar II in October 1881?
... that 105 people were injured during a train crash in Argentina on October 19, 2013?
... that the Chesapeake and Ohio class M1 steam turbine locomotive , built in 1947 to haul the Chessie streamliner , could go up to eleven ?
... that the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 's "Big Dome " dome lounges remained on the El Capitan for just two years before being replaced by Hi-Level cars?
... that the Pere Marquette Railway 's Pere Marquette was the first new streamlined passenger train introduced in the United States after World War II ?
... that Pullman-Standard 's Pleasure Dome dome lounges were named after a line from Samuel Taylor Coleridge 's poem Kubla Khan ?
Two Skytop Lounges in their original Milwaukee Road paint scheme. These cars were part of the Twin Cities Hiawatha equipment pool An advertisement depicts a third-generation Beaver Tail car on the rear of the Midwest Hiawatha in the 1940s. Northern Pacific Railroad Depot (Missoula, Montana) N.C.O. Building in 2003 ... that the N.C.O. Building (pictured) in Alturas, California , has a single metal bell in its belfry and several wooden ones?
... that white box are used for railway sleepers and fences in Australia?
... that Museum Maribo-Bandholm near Bandholm has the oldest running steam locomotive and the oldest private railway track in Denmark, dated to 1869?
... that Ranjit Sinha , director of India's Central Bureau of Investigation , unearthed a major cash-for-posts scam by tapping the phone of a colleague he reportedly had a grudge against?
... that the Bogibeel Bridge being built across the Brahmaputra is expected to become India's longest combined road and rail bridge?
... that Amtrak 's Pacific Parlour Car lounges on the Coast Starlight are refurbished Budd Company Hi-Level lounges originally built for the El Capitan in 1956?
... that Bholu , a cartoon elephant, is the mascot of Indian Railways ?
... that attorney John Baxter provided legal defense for the participants in the East Tennessee bridge-burning conspiracy and the Great Locomotive Chase ?
... that the Class 374 is the first high speed train type purchased by a part owned French rail company not to be based on the TGV?
... that the Bhusawal-Kalyan railway line in western India rises by 970 ft (296 m) within a span of 9.5 mi (15 km) across Thul Ghat?
... that Fateh Chand Badhwar was the first Indian to become Chairman of the country's Railway Board ?
... that the future of the narrow gauge Shakuntala Railway depends on how Central Railway acts on the option it has to buy it in 2016?
... that following the Tay Bridge disaster , a viaduct on the North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway became so seriously distorted during testing that a new one had to be designed and built?
... that Horace Greeley 's daughter donated family land to be used for a new train station in Chappaqua, New York , on the condition that a small public park always be maintained in front of it?
... that the Better Farming Train promoted the latest agricultural research in Saskatchewan , Canada between 1914 and 1922?
... that the Bloomsburg and Sullivan Railroad was one of five railroads serving Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania , near the turn of the 20th century?
Trans-Europe Express "Gottardo" ... that the RAe TEE II electric trainsets used by the Gottardo (pictured) , a Trans Europ Express (TEE) train, could operate at four different overhead line voltages?
... that due to quicksand , passengers on the new London and Birmingham Railway detrained for over five months at Denbigh Hall station to continue their journey by stagecoach ?
... that in 1969 the Trans Europ Express Catalan Talgo began providing through train service between Spain and Switzerland despite a break-of-gauge at the Spanish–French border?
... that the Blauer Enzian , a German / Austrian express train , was named after a mountain flower , the Blue (or Spring) Gentian (Gentiana verna )?
... that the Settebello , a high-speed train between Milan and Rome, used ETR 300 trainsets, which had distinctive observation lounges at front and rear?
... that Newton Corner has at various times been a commuter rail depot, a trolley station, and now a busy bus stop?
... that the railway station at Paranapiacaba , Brazil, has a clock tower modelled on the tower for Big Ben in London ?
Barcelona Metro 9000 Series at Para-lel Station