User:Arsenikk/DYK
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My contributions to Did You Know? on the Main Page
- ... that Coop NKL opened Norway's first self serve food store on October 1, 1947?
- ... that controversy has arisen over whether Norway's Lysaker Station should be curved or straight?
- ... that the history of rapid transit began when the London Underground started operations in 1863?
- ... that in 1944 a railway ferry on the railway Rjukanbanen was sunk to 430 meters depth to prevent Nazi Germany from developing nuclear weapons?
- ... that Trondheim Tramway was reopened in 1990 after being permanently closed for two years, the process costing two mayors in Trondheim their jobs?
- ... that the four state-owned Regional Health Authorities run all the public hospitals in Norway?
- ... that the First cabinet Gerhardsen in 1945 featured the first female Norwegian Government minister, Kirsten Hansteen?
- ... that the Alfathi brand of red meat from Nortura combines the strict Islamic rules concerning food preparation for slaughter with Norwegian cuisine?
- ... that eight small Norwegian municipalities were fooled into investing future income from hydropower plants into complicated financial products - now worthless - from Citigroup, in the so-called Terra Securities scandal?
- ... that Norwegian politician Helge Seip was succeeded by Helge Rognlien both as Minister of Local Government and Regional Development and later as leader of the Liberal Party?
- ... that the Norwegian lake Lutvann leaked 1,000 liters of water per minute into the railway tunnel Romeriksporten during its construction in 1997?
- ... that at 1,237-metre (4,060 ft) elevation, the highest point on the Norwegian railways is the Finse Tunnel?
- ... that Ringeriksbanen railway would reduce rail travel from Oslo to Bergen, Norway by 60 km (37 mi)?
My contributions to Did You Know? on Portal:Trains
- ... that D/F Ammonia, which was used to connect Rjukanbanen with Tinnosbanen, Norway, from the early 20th century until its retirement in 1991, is the last surviving steam powered railway ferry in the world?
- ... that when the Fellestunnelen tunnel in Oslo, Norway, was expanded in the 1970s and 1980s, it accommodated both third rail and overhead wire electrification for the multiple lines of the Oslo T-bane network?
- ... that Hell station in Norway (the town name being derived from the old Norse word "hellir", meaning "cave") features a sign for "Gods Expedition" (meaning goods/cargo transport) that based on its entirely different English meaning has become a popular photographic subject for English-speaking visitors?
- ... that south of Trondheim Central Station in Norway the railway is electrified while it is not north of the station, so trains must change locomotives at the station?
- ... that the original body design for NSB's El 15 class of electric locomotive in Norway called for operator cabs at only one end because the locomotives were intended to be operated in pairs?
- ... that although the Norges Statsbaner (Norwegian State Railways) BM73 high speed electric multiple unit trains were designed to run at up to 210 km/h and are equipped with a tilting mechanism to take corners at high speeds, two derailments have pointed to possible design faults and the class continues to operate services at conventional train speeds?
- ... that the BM73 electric multiple units delivered to Norges Statsbaner in Norway included tilting train technology to allow the trains to operate at speeds up to 210 kilometres per hour (130 mph) under the NSB Signatur brand name?
