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A big locomotive has pulled into town, Heavy, humungus, with sweat rolling down,
A plump jumbo olive.
Huffing and puffing and panting and smelly,
Fire belches forth from her fat cast iron belly...
(first lines from the poem 'The Locomotive')
- Julian Tuwim (1894 -1953) was a Polish poet
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The highest speed recorded on any national railroad is 515.3 km/h (320.2 mph) by the French SNCF high-speed train, TGV (Train a Grande Vitesse) Atlantique, between Courtalain and Tours, France, on May 18, 1990.
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Roger
Why do some steam trains blow white smoke but others blow black smoke? (smoke not steam)
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Mr mark ovenden
Where in Britain is the most recently opened main-line Railway station?
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Mr mark ovenden
In the Greater London area, what are the busiest, and least busiest railway stations, Underground or main-line, in terms of passenger usage?
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Mr mark ovenden
Which railway station in Great Britain has the least usage in terms of passenger figures......but is still very much open?
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Dr Divya Iyer
Why are there stones on a railway track?
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joey
Where is the longest viaduct in the UK ?
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