RAILROADS

(See also Trains)

Australia:

Adelaide to Darwin: g 2/08 23-25

world’s longest stretch of straight track: w88 11/1 12

Britain: g88 3/8 14-17

Isle of Man: g05 7/8 14-15

Canada:

Mt. Macdonald railway tunnel: g89 11/22 28

transcontinental: g 6/10 16-18

Channel Tunnel (Britain-France): g94 7/8 14-16; g91 3/8 29; g89 4/22 29

China:

magnetic suspension and propulsion (Shanghai-Pudong): g 11/08 24-25

world’s highest (Beijing to Lhasa, Tibet): g 3/07 22

Denmark:

Great Belt Link: g99 2/8 24-27

discussion: g98 10/8 21-25

Ecuador:

Guayaquil to Quito: yb89 200

experiences:

display stand at station: yb03 43-44; w98 7/1 25

enthusiast learns truth from own video: w93 8/1 9

letter from 14-year-old: g98 10/22 32

police guarding transport of nuclear waste: yb05 59

tract found under track: w05 12/1 12; w91 1/1 30

Germany, Federal Republic of (West):

Intercity Experimental: g88 9/22 30

Greece:

Dhiakoptón-Kalávrita Rack Railway: g94 7/8 20-23

India: g02 7/8 13-18

terrorist attacks (2006): g 6/07 22-23

trains for women only: g 8/10 30

Japan:

fare evasion: w86 11/15 10

magnetic suspension and propulsion: g 3/07 24; g98 10/8 25; g87 8/8 30

world’s longest undersea tunnel: g94 7/8 14; g88 8/22 30

Kenya:

“lunatic express”: g04 11/8 17; g98 9/22 21-24

New York City subways: g90 4/22 10-12

protecting belongings: g98 10/8 24

rack (cog) railway: g94 7/8 20-21

South Africa:

world’s longest and heaviest train: g90 4/8 29

Switzerland:

Jungfrau railway: g92 12/8 24-25