There are many parts of the railway business which are interesting in their own right and which questions are asked about from time to time. This page looks at detailed parts of equipment, systems, standards, dimensions, procedures and infrastructure in no particular order. New items will be added from time to time.
The Ediacaran Period ( /iËdiËÃ¦kÉrÉn/), spans 94 million years from the end of the Cryogenian Period 635 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Cambrian Period 541 Mya. It marks the end of the Proterozoic Eon, and the beginning of the Phanerozoic Eon. It is named after the Ediacara Hills of South Australia.
The transition from the peak of the last ice age around 20,000 years ago to the start of the modern interglacial period (the Holocene) around 10,000 years ago, was interrupted by a sharp return to near-glacial conditions during the Younger Dryas period.This period lasted from about 13,000 years ago to 11,500 years ago.he transition from the peak of the last ice age around 20,000 years ago to the start of the modern interglacial period (the Holocene) around 10,000 years ago, was interrupted by a sharp return to near-glacial conditions during the Younger Dryas period.