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I am a New Yorker who has visited London only three times, so my knowledge of London buses is little. A friend will visit London in February. I was surprised that the fares are not distance-based and rather a flat £1.65, with no need to tap out. When were distance-based fares (with stages?)...

When President Franklin Delano Roosevelt died in 1945, his funeral train was hauled by steam locomotives at the beginning and end of the trip. The change from steam to GG1 (11000 volts AC) was made either in northern Virginia or in Washington. The GG1 hauled it to The Bronx, probably Port...

Sorry to start a new thread, but I have been unable to find the topic of fastest speed section on the newly opened 24 May segment of Crossrail. Thank you Joe