We are seeking fun facts about railroads!

For example, placing all the railroad tracks in the world end to end would wrap how many times around the earth?

Sorry! We don't know the answer to that, but if you have the answer, please send it along to us and let us know where we can verify your answer.

If you can think of any fun facts about railroads, such as the above, please click here to e-mail them to funfacts@trainweb.com. Please include where we can look up the information to verify your fun fact.

These fun facts will be used in a place where, unfortunately, we can not provide credit for your submissions. However, TrainWeb is greatly appreciative of any contributions that you can make to this effort!