23 Abandoned Yet Oddly Beautiful Railways
There can be something hauntingly beautiful about stumbling across an abandoned building or railway infrastructure from a time long since passed. In the rush of today’s society it’s easier than ever to get caught up in the frantic flow of everything happening all at once. However, if and when you carve out time to take those hikes deep into the woods where you find an abandoned railway, you’re in for a treat. These folks certainly were.
1. “An old coal mining artifact I found deep in the woods.”
2. “Nevada Northern Railway Museum and its guardian, Dirt the cat.”
3. “Abandoned train I found while traveling.”
4. “Geneva, Nebraska.”
5. “Ghost Tracks in Cape May, New Jersey.”
6. “Abandoned tunnel in Minnesota.”
7. “Abandoned tracks in the forest in Germany since 2006.”
8. “Bridge made from an old rail car.”
9. “The only remaining Amtrak RTG Turboliner model wasting away.”
10. “I camped in this train tunnel in Western Ireland for an hour.”
11. “16 mile hike to an abandoned train track bridge in California.”
12. “Tracks leading to Wagon Wheel Gap in Creede, Colorado.”
13. “Tracks to the past.”
14. “Remnant of the Massachusetts Central Railroad.”
15. “A miniature railroad that has been abandoned by the logging company that bought the land.”
16. “Abandoned line going into Vatican City.”
17. “All aboard the next train to Atlantis.”
18. “Enough rust for just about anyone.”
19. “Abandoned iron ore loading dock in Duluth, Minnesota.”
20. “The Roundhouse.”
21. “Long gone railroad in my hometown.”
22. “Steam locomotives forgotten since the fall of the Soviet Union.”
23. “Abandoned trestle along the White Pass and Yukon Route.”
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