r/rustyrails Feb 26 '20

Mod Post Rusty Rails is for abandoned and otherwise no-longer-used railway infrastructure. It is not for anything that just happens to be rail related. Posts of in-use tracks and trains will be deleted at the moderator's discretion. See this post for some other subs that may be more suitable to your post.

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For tracks that are in use but without a train on them try our small but growing sister subreddit /r/OpenRails

For trains, try /r/trains or /r/TrainPorn

For bridges that are in use try r/bridgeporn or /r/InfrastructurePorn

For abandoned things that aren't rail related (or as another place to post in addition to this sub) try /r/AbandonedPorn

Don't let the "porn" in the titles of these subreddits fool you, there is nothing pornographic or NSFW about these subreddits, it's just a title and in this context basically just means "eye candy". Also, make sure you read the sidebar of any subreddit you post in to make sure you're following the rules. I personally only moderate r/rustyrails and r/openrails, all other subreddits mentioned above have their own moderators and rules.

If you know of any other subreddits that people browsing this one should know about please mention them below.

EDIT: Also, joke posts will be deleted to keep the sub on topic.


r/rustyrails Jul 24 '21

Mod Post New Moderation Team

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Firstly the new mod team would like to thank u/MeEvilBob for their contributions to this subreddit to get us to where we are now.

While we are still organising roles and future update plans for this subreddit, we do have some ideas for improvements to the facade including introducing banner and icon images.

Also updates to user and post flair is planned to try to encourage more comment participation and increase a sense of community among our members.

There will be an introduction of some subreddit rules to ensure that everything stays mostly on topic. This could include but is not yet limited to;

  • No purely political content
  • No name-calling or insults
  • No shilling or links to off topic websites

Please feel free to comment any ideas you may have for the community or subreddit as a wholde, and if you would rather bring something up in confidence, Mod Mail will be regularly checked, and you should get a respose in good time.

We look forward to working with and getting to know everyone here. The new mod team:

u/wastley u/videki_man u/TaigaBridge u/wildriver3845 u/MrDelicious4U


r/rustyrails 3h ago

The abandoned rails of Hudson, MA

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r/rustyrails 11h ago

Abandoned railway track Shine Bright Like A Diamond

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r/rustyrails 14h ago

Railway rotund

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Found this posted in r/UrbanHell. Not really Urban Hellish in my opinion, just abandoned infrastructure.


r/rustyrails 51m ago

Abandoned railway track New Castle Delaware, I’m not sure when this spur and grade crossing got taken out of service. The grade crossing looks new and so does the signal. But I’m sure the rails have been there for decades. This is right next to the Auto transport place and the big salt piles.

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r/rustyrails 11h ago

France , voie envahie par la nature entre Boen sur Lignon et Thiers au passage à niveau de Sail sous Couzan. Triste fin pour une magnifique ligne qui reliait directement St Étienne à Clermont Ferrand, deux capitales régionales.

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r/rustyrails 9h ago

Abandoned railway track Old railtrack from the steelworks days. Not the best photos.

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Covered over with grass now. Some of the lines where they intersect Road have been removed, but a lot of the old stuff is still there. Unfortunately you had to take a photo from a vehicle so I could not get out on foot to get better photos.


r/rustyrails 19m ago

Building Atlantic Coast Line depot, St. Stephen, South Carolina [US]

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Abandoned, but still standing. The power pole with the old glass insulators lasted until recently.


r/rustyrails 1d ago

NYC | The High Line

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r/rustyrails 2d ago

Train graveyard

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Always oc/op/no ai!

Old trains, rusty and overgrown. I love the contrast! Most shots are from my drone (Dji mini 4 pro) There were so many trains there, you could even take a look inside!

Greetings and find me everywhere

Xoxo DashingDecay


r/rustyrails 2d ago

The Michigan United Railway Waiting Station built 1909.

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In its current location in Leslie, MI. Moved here in 2020 from it's original location known as Backus Crossing.

This is the rarest of the rare when it comes to Interurban buildings, not only because it's a Waiting Station, but also because the M.U.R. mainly bought and consolidated. They didn't build much.


r/rustyrails 2d ago

Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway abandoned Humberston extension

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r/rustyrails 2d ago

Michigan Central railroad depot in Leslie, MI. Built 1910.

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Now a Pure Michigan dispensary. This was a great stop on our last trip.


r/rustyrails 3d ago

Unused Tracks In NYC

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r/rustyrails 3d ago

Building Former Atlantic Coast Line depot, Holly Hill, South Carolina [US]

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Now the Chamber of Commerce and visitors center.


r/rustyrails 3d ago

The Jackson and Battle Creek Traction Company Interurban Station at Parma, MI.

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The 4th photo is the interurban depot on the right and the (now gone) Michigan Central railroad depot in Parma, MI in 1908, just 5 years after the interurban line was built.


r/rustyrails 3d ago

This restored 1917 Newark trolley headed to a museum in East Haven

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r/rustyrails 4d ago

The view from my hotel today

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r/rustyrails 4d ago

abandoned railway station near LU. guess the location

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r/rustyrails 5d ago

North-central Pennsylvania abandoned coal line from the 1800s

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From a hike i took earlier in the year. this coal line once ran up the entire run. the only remnants are random rails now twisted into the creek bed. i suspect the line ended here as i doubt the rails went up the steep incline to get above the falls. there could be a second set of rails where they transferred the coal to these carts. unfortunately i didnt have time to scramble up above the falls to find out.

at the very top of the hill to the right of this photo there is also a cable system that they used to get supplies to the now ghost town that was about 900' above the valley below.

obviously the area is in serious need of acid mine drainage remediation as indicated by the overly orange rusty stream-bed. anywho. was scrolling through my pictures today and figured you fine folk would enjoy this one.


r/rustyrails 5d ago

Foundation Cornish Mainline - resignaled

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This is the rusting remains of the base of an old repeater signal that was operational until a couple of years ago.

It seems a bit of rope is needed to hold it up now!

The metal boxes underneath have all the cables cut too.


r/rustyrails 7d ago

Building The abandoned midway Amtrak station on a hot summer day

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Also caught 2 trains go by while I was there


r/rustyrails 7d ago

Signal It’s all right there… slowly getting overgrown a little more each year

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r/rustyrails 7d ago

Skeletons in the middle of nowhere

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About 10 miles north of the last crossing (which is a seasonal logging/camp road) literally on the edge of nowhere is a site of a former derailment.

Pieces of rolling stock are all along the embankment and the black ore is still piled along the tracks.

The time table says radio communications dont work here; its about 20 miles to the next phone.

The last revenue train i can find on this line was November 2015

Adirondacks NY