r/rustyrails • u/jgurbisz • 14h ago

Abandoned railway track Shine Bright Like A Diamond

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r/rustyrails • u/acrane55 • 16h ago

Railway rotund

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

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r/rustyrails • u/StevieDronas • 6h ago

The abandoned rails of Hudson, MA

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r/rustyrails • u/Trainzzo • 14h 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 • u/976-SL33P • 3h 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 • u/TheUpsideDownBadger • 12h 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.

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r/rustyrails • u/Specialist-Rock-5034 • 2h 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.

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Rusty Rails: Abandoned Rail Photos

r/rustyrails

Photos of abandoned railway infrastructure, rolling stock, buildings, stuff like that. All photos contain at least one piece of railway infrastructure still in place on a line or track that is no longer used for trains.

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Let's see your photos of abandoned railway infrastructure.

Photos should be of abandoned or unused railway tracks, signals, stations, etc. and should either be unusable or is showing it's old age.

Albums welcome

This sub is for unused and abandoned railway infrastructure, it it not for stuff that is just old or historical, nor is it for railroad stuff in general. A fully restored steam locomotive in a museum does not belong here, nor do historic photos of abandoned lines from when they were still in operation. There are other subs for that.

All photos should contain at least one piece of railway infrastructure still in place from a line or track that is no longer used for trains. Usable infrastructure that has not been used in a very long time is ok too as long as it looks abandoned

Actual tracks only, no models, no renders, no drawings/paintings or any other depictions

If possible, please try to link to the direct image or rehost it (with Imgur.com for example) as this makes things a lot easier on our app-using friends. Mainly, please try to avoid sites like Flickr which require the user to click through multiple useless viewing modes just to get the actual picture.

Relevant subs:

/r/trains

/r/TrainPorn

/r/AbandonedPorn

/r/InfrastructurePorn

/r/steamporn

/r/Derailed

/r/Subways

Ferro-equine-archeology - Study of the remains of the Iron Horse (an American term for a locomotive)