/r/rustyrails

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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.

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


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/r/rustyrails

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Camurra to Boggabilla railway line NSW. Disused railway. Currently rusty rails, soon to be repurposed as part of the Inland Rail. Rusty rails will be returning to shiny rails.

5 Comments
2024/12/02
02:30 UTC

16

Heathfield branchline, Newton abbot Devon

0 Comments
2024/11/30
21:32 UTC

479

Track in a forest.

3 Comments
2024/11/30
15:55 UTC

356

The left overs making an interpretation of incline railway at Wheal Martyn in Cornwall

3 Comments
2024/11/30
14:33 UTC

544

Abandoned railway track.

7 Comments
2024/11/29
15:29 UTC

409

Abandoned railway track, North Wales.

4 Comments
2024/11/27
14:58 UTC

133

Signal arm and glass insulators, Piedmont & Northern depot, Greer, SC [USA]

2 Comments
2024/11/26
02:24 UTC

190

Quadrilateral Rails

Interesting detail of an industrial spur in Oakland, CA

9 Comments
2024/11/23
17:27 UTC

992

Abandoned Railway Station. Kerala, India.

14 Comments
2024/11/23
15:22 UTC

143

Canal Street in Philadelphia, 2010

1 Comment
2024/11/22
03:58 UTC

125

A pile of rusty rails

heading west just out of Union Station in Chicago, IL

8 Comments
2024/11/22
00:11 UTC

339

Clinchfield’s Nora Branch in Virginia

5 Comments
2024/11/19
17:10 UTC

219

Hard to believe that this line was in use just over 30 years ago - more info in comments.

4 Comments
2024/11/19
14:39 UTC

178

Cessnock Branch (South Maitland Railways) track and water tank at Weston.

7 Comments
2024/11/18
04:35 UTC

216

Abandoned railway track in Kochi, India.

2 Comments
2024/11/17
14:44 UTC

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