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 8h ago

Abandoned railway track Long Abandoned Railway (SC)

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r/rustyrails 6h ago

Repurposed Rusted Rails, Telegraph Poles, and Prairie

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50 Upvotes

r/rustyrails 15h ago

Rolling stock Abandoned rolling stock

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118 Upvotes

I mentioned there being some abandoned rolling stock in the area in my last post, so here’s a few of them! There’s still more but they are a little harder to get pictures of.


r/rustyrails 1d ago

Abandoned rails? Maybe. Abandoned trains? Yes.

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587 Upvotes

r/rustyrails 2d ago

Rusty stop, Harrisburg, Pa.

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96 Upvotes

r/rustyrails 3d ago

Abandoned railway track Strawberry Line 🇬🇧 recently voted Britain’s best walking trail

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87 Upvotes

r/rustyrails 2d ago

Lewes to Uckfield railway line aerial survey, Sussex England

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Welcome to my short video. It is an aerial survey of the Lewes to Uckfield railway line using Google Earth.  It is a disused railway line, largely dismantled. The closed section of the line is approximately 7.5 miles long.


r/rustyrails 3d ago

Abandoned trains in the woods of Maine

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r/rustyrails 5d ago

Forgotten Rails Disappear Into the Prairie of South Dakota

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217 Upvotes

r/rustyrails 4d ago

I am recreating Old Penn Station in Unreal Engine as a playable environment.

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New York’s original Pennsylvania Station opened in 1910. Its demolition became one of the defining cases in the city’s preservation history. I reconstructed the station’s train concourse at full scale as a fully playable environment in Unreal Engine.

This was a solo project built from archival photographs, architectural plans, and blueprints. I figured y'all might appreciate this! :)


r/rustyrails 5d ago

The Great Southwest Railroad Trestle

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The Great Southwest Railroad (GSWRR) trestle was originally constructed in 1957 as part of an industrial freight-switching line designed to service manufacturing hubs in Arlington and Grand Prairie, Texas. The line functioned as a critical link between the Texas & Pacific, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, and other regional railways, moving heavy machinery, raw materials, steel, and paper across the Trinity River ecosystem.

Today, the remnants of the GSWRR crossing are tucked away inside a 125-acre open area surrounded by small lakes and thick overgrowth. The main iron Trinity River trestle remains remarkably intact and structurally sound enough to be carefully crossed on foot.


r/rustyrails 5d ago

Abandoned railway track Old spur going through my local scrapyard

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Though this part of track still technically connects to the mainline, it seems to have remained unused for quite some time. There’s also a fair amount of abandoned rolling stock in the area which I’ll post another time.


r/rustyrails 5d ago

The 60 mile narrow gauge freight tunnel network built secretly beneath Chicago during the Gilded Age

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r/rustyrails 6d ago

Bridge, no rails Railway bridge in Pill, Somerset 🇬🇧 on former Portishead to Bristol line. Work underway to reopen the line, so soon this will be an active bridge again

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153 Upvotes

r/rustyrails 6d ago

Abandoned railway track I want to ride it where I like.

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223 Upvotes

r/rustyrails 6d ago

Hojack Line

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115 Upvotes

Rochester & Webster, NY


r/rustyrails 6d ago

Mountain Park Alberta off of Coal Branch

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Mountain Park Alberta off of Coal Branch. Route to a now abandoned coal mine. Tracks here abandoned about 1950 I think but still in service about 10km down-line from here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Park,_Alberta


r/rustyrails 7d ago

Stazione Precedenze: la stazione ferroviaria nascosta d'Italia sotto gli Appennini

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115 Upvotes

r/rustyrails 7d ago

Gare abandonnée entre Boen sur Lignon et Thiers.

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78 Upvotes

r/rustyrails 8d ago

Abandoned rails in Lee Mass

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454 Upvotes

r/rustyrails 8d ago

Abandoned railway track Ghost Trains

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402 Upvotes

r/rustyrails 8d ago

Abandoned railway track End of the West Somerset railway 🚂

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116 Upvotes

The longest heritage railway in UK! Bishops Lydeard to Minehead.
The left hand line joins it to the mainline at Norton Fitzwarren outside Taunton although trains do not run regularly along it


r/rustyrails 8d ago

The last few hundred feet of the Ghost Train trail

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The overall trail was easily 10x longer than this with broken down train cars the whole way. The steel is generally in great shape, no pitting, minimal rust, grease still in many fittings. The latches between cars were still springing and I imagine could be used today.