The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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In Bangladesh, $5 will buy a beer or a first-class train ticket for a cross-country trip.
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Singapore has only one train station.
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The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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Japanese engineers were asked to redesign the front end of the Bullet Train because it carried enough speed to create a sonic boom whenever it exited a tunnel. Residents could feel the blast from miles away.
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London's King's Cross railway station has a platform 9 3/4 in dedication to Harry Potter.
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Scientists in China have built a prototype high-speed maglev train that is theoretically capable of reaching speeds of up to 1,800 mph (2,900 km/h).
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