Anina mine was opened in 1792, and it was one of the oldest mining exploitations in Romania. It was scheduled to be closed at October 2006, but after a methan gas explosion that took 7 lives, imme... (more)

What appears to be an abandoned locomotive on some obscure branch line is, in reality, the back lot of the National Railroad Museum. 38A is just a shell, and is currently for sale.

I want to inform you all, friends of Railnet, about some picutures realized by a solder German photographer: Walter Hollnagel. During German occupation in Italy he supplied documents about americ... (more)

"Hogwarts Express" emerging from the mist. The actual loco used in the Harry Potter movies setting off from Toddington Station on the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway at their 25th Anniver... (more)

A few miles south of where I-90 crosses the Columbia River in eastern Washington is a quiet town called Beverly. Tucked against the slowly-drifting river in the shadow of the Saddle Mountains, Bev... (more)

As much history as there has been at the Tennessee Pass tunnel, there isn't a whole lot left to see nowadays. It has been over 11 years since Union Pacific shut the line down (but not abandoned).... (more)

You need a car 4x4 and strong legs to get to this point.Well this is Asopos bridge while an ic crossing on the way to the north.On the off side still exist the abandoned old tunnel.The old bridge... (more)

Dozens of narrow gauge hopper cars sit and rust after being seemingly abandoned for nearly half a century. Note the trees growing through the cars! The Earth reclaims. I've always wanted to get... (more)

At the engine depot at Kumasi, the second largest city in Ghana (pop. 1.5m) and birthplace of Kofi Annan. There are no trains reaching here these days because the track to Accra and Takoradi is u... (more)

Tennessee Pass through Belden, which was a processing plant for zinc mined in this area. Pretty much a ghost town these days, and kind of eerie when you first come up on it. Both the mining oper... (more)

This dmu unit crossing the passage of Portes(doors), on the left the abandoned now old way.

An abandoned spur off the main once crossed the Toe River (perhaps to reach a mine?) near Kona. Now the second span of this through truss bridge has collapsed into the river.

What attracted gricers from around the world to this obscure line was this viaduct, which had an almost surreal quality about it, especially in the hazy lighting that is typical of this area due t... (more)

Hurricane Katrina severed the CSX main line in several places. Here the bridge over Bay Saint Louis was washed out leaving only the supports. Sections of the trestle can be seen in the water. N... (more)

The long abandoned tracks of the 1907 Bow Tunnel are a reminder of the history of the PRR's Conemaugh Division. The tunnel was closed in 1950 and the line relocated to the steel bridge erected abo... (more)