Trains
Why Can’t Trains Go Uphill? – James May’s Q&A.
Why can a little car climb or descend a steep hill, but a big powerful locomotive can't? Why are locomotives so energy efficient? Physics. This video explains.
Making Italy Work: Did Mussolini Really Get The Trains Running On Time? – The Independent.
A review of the record shows that Mussolini, despite his media claims, did not make the trains run on time. The major lines might have run somewhat better, but the minor lines were as delayed as ever under Mussolini.
"Like almost all the supposed achievements of Fascism, the timely trains are a myth, nurtured and propagated by a leader with a journalist's flair for symbolism, verbal trickery and illusion."