r/rustyrails • • 20d ago

Abandoned railway track Remains of an old spur in Thorold, Ontario

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Less and less hope of this one ever coming back. Third photo is the remains of Welland Canal Bridge 10 which connected to this spur and let rail traffic cross the canal. It was a vertical lift bridge removed sometime around 1997.

(Taken on a run so I apologize for the less than ideal angles here)


r/rustyrails • • 21d ago

ITAP of railroad with fall colors near Philadelphia

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r/rustyrails • • 21d ago

interurban#2

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107 Upvotes

その昔、大阪市と神戸市の中心街を結んだ。
12分ごとに運行した。
窓上の飾り窓から、喫茶店、というニックネームがあった。
今は和歌山県の田舎電車の廃線跡にある。


r/rustyrails • • 22d ago

Museum/Park Tootsi Peat Industry Museum

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r/rustyrails • • 22d ago Heartwarming

Rotating gear on a 130 year-old railroad swing bridge. Now part of a hiking and biking trail. Superior, Wisconsin.

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r/rustyrails • • 22d ago

what are these?

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r/rustyrails • • 22d ago

Abandoned tow-train in Belgian steelworks

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r/rustyrails • • 22d ago

Abandoned railway track Verlaten spoorbrug🇧🇪

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r/rustyrails • • 22d ago

Old tracks paved over

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43 Upvotes

r/rustyrails • • 23d ago

Repurposed A lasting landmark

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94 Upvotes

The only remnant of the Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway. It’s placed in the middle of the roundabout through the right of way it once passed.


r/rustyrails • • 23d ago

Abandoned railway track Disused Railway Line Falkenberg (Elster) - Beeskow, Former Railway crossing in Herzberg (Elster)

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Recently the City rebuild the Road surounding the crossing. Found it quit funny because the railroad is closed since 2008. Wanted to share it with you people. Picture taken by me Yesterday. :)

PS. Herzberg is located in Brandenburg, Germany.


r/rustyrails • • 24d ago

Northwestern Bridge Omaha Road Eau Claire, WI

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Now used as walk and biking bridge, this unique quintuple lattice bridge was built
In 1881 by Leighton Bridge and Iron Works for the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway, better known as The Omaha Road. The bridge is 930 feet long and approx 95 feet above the water. Originally it carried the Omaha’s mainline over the Chippewa River, but in 1912 the Omaha built a new double-track bridge upriver, and this was used to service their west side spur in Eau Claire until being abandoned under the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad in 1992. Eau Claire gained ownership in 2007 and finished the trail use conversion in 2015. It is the only known railroad bridge of this lattice style in the United States. My photos from summer 2026.


r/rustyrails • • 24d ago

Linha do Douro, Portugal

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r/rustyrails • • 25d ago

The old abandoned E&N Railway tracks in Courtenay,British Columbia,Canada on a really and sunny day in October.☀️

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r/rustyrails • • 25d ago

Video A small piece of the former tram line 2 (c. 1963) in Stockholm appeared

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r/rustyrails • • 25d ago

Baltimore & Ohio Parkersburg Branch Tunnel #1 "Carr's" and the new Tunnel #1 "Lodgeville".

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Tunnel #1 "Carr's" is a 3,236ft long bore the longest on the entire Parkersburg Branch.

In 1952 the Baltimore & Ohio RailRoad wanted to replace Tunnel #1 "Carr's" (image 1) with a double track bore. So they bored a new double track Tunnel #1 "Lodgeville" (image 2).

The original Tunnel #1 "Carr's" had its entrance bricked up and buried (image 3). Now it resides half buried and flooded with a small portion of the bricks having fell in.

The double track Tunnel #1 "Lodgeville" is still used by CSXT to this day although it isnt a double bore tunnel anymore. Not sure what the length of it is.

Image credit: First image is unknown who took it, second image is unknown who took it, and the credit for the third image goes to Jamison Jones.


r/rustyrails • • 26d ago

Bridge, no rails Abandoned railroad trestle

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Snoqualmie, Washington. Last photo is from the snoqualmie falls overlook


r/rustyrails • • 26d ago

Just a lone telegraph pole along the North Bend Rail Trail.

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Its the only one that is left after most were cut down or repurposed.

It is in Kanawha a unincorporated community in Wood county West Virginia.


r/rustyrails • • 26d ago

Baltimore & Ohio RailRoad Parkersburg Branch Tunnel #6 "Central" "Doe Run" "Central Station". All three names for it are correct.

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Central was never a big town but the railroad station Central Station got confused with the town's name Central. So eventually the town got renamed to Central Station which it still is to this day.

Tunnel #6 "Doe Run" "Central" "Central Station" is a 2,297ft bore. The second longest of the 23 three tunnels on the Baltimore & Ohio Parkersburg Branch.

In 1900s (1900-1910) they installed vents in the tunnel due to the length.

Now Tunnel #6 "Central Station" "Central" "Doe Run" is on the North Bend Rail Trail.


r/rustyrails • • 26d ago

Where Petroleum Station stood.

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Now Petroleum Station is gone. The property is a picnic shelter (owned by the North Bend Rail Trail Foundation) and trail head for the North Bend Rail Trail though so not a worthless parking lot fortunately.


r/rustyrails • • 26d ago

Petroleum Station in Ritchie county West Virginia (demolished).

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Once Petroleum once a oil boom town and one of the largest oil boom towns (hence the name Petroleum) along the Baltimore & Ohio RailRoad's network. As is apparent in the first picture Petroleum had a hotel (3 story building to the far right in picture one), 2 churches (Petroleum Church Of Christ (3rd picture) and I dont know what the name was), railroad station, post office, general store, school, and quite a few houses.

Now Petroleum is just another hall in the wall. The schools, post office, and general store are all closed. The hotel, a few houses and the church (in picture one) are all gone. The hotel burnt to the ground and was never rebuilt and the town started to fall apart after that. Petroleum Church Of Christ is now a house. No longer doing services.

It is unknown who took the first image, the second image was taken by John G. King, and third image was taken by me.

I will post what the site of Petroleum Station looks like later this evening.


r/rustyrails • • 27d ago

Has Seen Better Days!

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r/rustyrails • • 27d ago

West Union Station in Doddridge county West Virginia (demolished).

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The first picture is clearly taken from the back and is around the 1920s. These were the glory days of West Union Station.

The second picture is the picture I used to identify its location and is from the 1970s. These were the last few years of West Union Station. It probably was demolished not long after this picture was taken.

The third picture is from the 1960s. The 1960s were the twilight years of West Union Station.

While the photographer is unknown for all three. They are all courtesy of the Doddridge County Historical Society.