Some interesting facts about the London Underground:

Maximum depths below ground level -Northern Line, Holly Bush Hill, Hampstead 67.4m (221ft)

Maximum depth below mean sea level -Northern Line, just south of Waterloo station 21.3m (70ft)

Deepest station -Hampstead 58.5m (192ft) below ground level

Longest continuous tunnel -Northern Line, East Finchley to Morden (via Bank) 27.8km (17.4 miles)

Longest distance between stations -Metropolitan Line, Chesham to Chalfont & Latimer 6.26km (3.91 miles)

Highest point above mean sea level -Metropolitan Line, beyond Amersham Station 150m (492ft)

Highest station above mean sea level -Amersham 147m (482ft)

There is a project that the Gateway Division has undertaken in each of the last years. They call the project the Gateway Central Project Layout. It is the sort of project that just about any model railway club, division or group of NMRA members could duplicate. Model Train Set Resource.

http://www.gatewaynmra.org/articles/project04.htm

The biggest underground system in the world is the New York City subway. This world famous subway opened on October 27, 1904 with 28 stations and now carries an estimated 1.3 billion passengers each year.

This model train set blog looks at a variety of topics of interest to model railroaders and train enthusiasts.

As model railroaders we can get frustrated with derailments and accidents that happen with our model train sets. Sadly, train accidents on real-sized prototype train tracks are far more serious and cause tragedy and mayhem. In this series we look at some of the more serious train accidents from history.

April 25, 2005

A commuter train jumps the tracks south of Tokyo and slams into an apartment building killing 107 people.

July 13, 2005

More than 100 dead when three trains crash in a station near Ghotki, Pakistan.

1998

A new safety records was set as U.S. freight railroads moved more freight than ever before. A massive 1.38 trillion ton-miles of freight were moved by train.

The Indian railway system in India, employs over 1.6 million people. The railway network consists of Broad, Metre and, Narrow Gauges totalling 1,07,360 km of track. Amazing!

The National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) is the largest US organization devoted to the development, promotion, and enjoyment of the hobby of model railroading. The NMRA was founded in 1935 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in order to provide a service to the hobby of model railroading.

This model train set blog looks at a variety of topics of interest to model railroaders and train enthusiasts.

As model railroaders we can get frustrated with derailments and accidents that happen with our model train sets. Sadly, train accidents involving real-sized prototype trains are far more serious and cause tragedy and mayhem. In this series we look at some of the more serious train accidents from history.

Feb 18, 2004

Nearly 300 people were killed and 450 others injured in the explosions caused by the derailment of a train carrying fuel and industrial chemicals. The explosions are reported to have damaged several villages in Neyshabur, Iran.

April 22, 2004

161 people dead and thousands of homes destroyed when two trains collide and explode in a North Korea train station near the Chinese border.

December 26, 2004

Around 2,000 people die when a train is swamped by the South Asian tsunami in Sri Lanka. .

The New York subway system serves an estimated 4.3 million passengers per day (around 1.3 billion per year) and runs throughout Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx. The trains on the system cover around 1.6 million km (1 million miles) on an average weekday.

The standard gauge railway line across Australia was completed in1969, creating an uninterrupted rail thoroughfare from the PacificOcean in the East to the Indian Ocean in the West.

1987

Investors pay $1.9 billion to buy railroad shares when Conrail is privatized. At that time it was the largest share offering in U.S. history.

1980

The Staggers Rail Act reduces the Interstate Commerce Commission’s regulatory jurisdiction over railroads and sparks competition that stimulates advances in technology and a restructuring of the industry, including creation of hundreds of new short line and regional railroads.

This model train set blog looks at a variety of topics of interest to model train enthusiasts.
Model train enthusiasts get frustrated with train derailments and accidents that happen with their model train sets. Sadly, real-life train accidents are far more serious and cause tragedy and mayhem. In this series we look at some of the more serious train accidents from history.

Feb. 20, 2002

Some 361 people were killed and 450 injured in the fire on a crowded passenger train en route from Cairo to the southern Egyptian city of Luxorin.

May 25, 2002

A train derailment in Mozambique kills 192 people and injures 169.

June 24, 2002

A passenger train and a cargo train collide in Tanzania killing 288 people.

Model train enthusiasts get frustrated with train derailments and accidents that happen with their model train sets. Sadly, real-life train accidents are far more serious and cause tragedy and mayhem. In this series we look at some of the more serious real-life train accidents from history.

Aug. 20, 1995

Around 358 people were killed and another 344 injured when a passenger train crashed into a train that had apparantly stalled after hitting a cow in Firozabad, India.

Feb. 14, 1998

The derailment of a cargo train caused the explosions of two wagons with fuel onboard in Cameroon. 220 people died.

Nov. 26, 1998

More than 200 people were killed in the collision of two trains in India.

Aug. 2, 1999

285 people die when two express trains collide head-on in Gauhati, India.

Despite having only around six per cent of the world’s population, the United States has about 30 per cent of the world’s railway mileage.

The railway mileage in the United States is greater than in all of South America, Asia, Africa and Australia combined. The railway mileage of the United States is approximately 10 times that of Great Britain and 6 times that of France.

Model railroaders get frustrated with derailments and accidents that happen with their model train sets. Sadly, real-life train accidents are far more serious and cause tragedy and mayhem. In this series we look at some of the more serious train accidents from history.

Jan. 30, 1993

140 people die when a train plunged into a river as the bridge collapsed in Kenya, Africa.

Sept. 6, 1994

Two trains collided in the Republic of Congo, killing more than 100 people.

September 22, 1994

A derailing train plunged into a ravine in Tolunda, Angola, killing 300. Nearly 150 people were injured.

The world’s largest station by number of platforms is Grand Central Terminal, Park Avenue and 42nd Street, New York City, USA.

The station has 44 platforms situated on two underground levels with 41 tracks on the upper level and 26 on the lower level. Around 200,000 commuters arrive and depart on approximately 550 trains every day.

Grand Central was built over a 10 year peroid from from 1903–13 and covers 19 ha (48 acres).