The crossing 'v' or frog of a set of standard gauge railway points on the West Coast Main Line at Hest Bank, Lancashire, England. Flat bottom rail with wooden sleepers.
The old track bed of the Moretonhampstead & South Devon railway which ran passenger services from 1866 to 1959 & goods trains until 1964 when the Beeching axe fell.It is now pleasant & peaceful place to walk around Bovey Tracey,on the edge of Dartmoor,South Devon.
carriage; steam train; railway; rail; sleepers; fish plates; track; GNR; Great Northern Railway; steam; sidings; GNR1247; trees
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Shot of GNR 1247 steam train April 1962, the train went out of service in 1959 after 60 years. This photograph is ftom the second special "Blue Belle" railtour organized by the Bluebell Railway Preservation Society. It ran from London Bridge and East Croydon to Haywards Heath, Horsted Keynes and on to Sheffield Park behind the preserved Great Northern Railway J13 0-6-0 ST No.1247 on 1st April 1962
The Bristol Harbour Railway is a preserved railway in Bristol, England operated by Bristol Museums Galleries & Archives. It runs for about a mile along the south side of Bristol Harbour, starting at M Shed stopping at the SSÂ Great Britain, and ending at B Bond Warehouse one of the large tobacco warehouses beside Cumberland Basin
A view of the goods shed seen through the Northbrook Road bridge at the Swanage station site in June 1978. A bus is parked in the station area. Goods vehicles and a crane are on a short length of relaid track in the early days of Swanage Railway.
Only the steel railway lines show above the snow after recent heavy snowfall on Weston-super-Mare's single-track railway loop line, just south of the station. As seen from the road bridge on Clevedon Road.
Recent heavy snow lies around a section of the Weston-super-Mare single-track loop line, just south of the station. As seen from the road bridge on Clevedon Road.
An out of use and neglected petrol station, showing signs of disrepair. Mossy ground and rusty structure suggests that it has remained unused for some time.
Shot of single track railway looking straight down the tracks, sunny day, with long shadows. Some signage, no train. Contains tress, overhead cables and blue sky with clouds.
No. 60163 Tornado, moved under its own power for the first time in 2008 and has since travelled many thousands of miles on Britain's railway system. The locomotive was the first steam engine to be built in Britain since 1960.
No. 60163 Tornado, moved under its own power for the first time in 2008 and has since travelled many thousands of miles on Britain's railway system. The locomotive was the first steam engine to be built in Britain since 1960.
No. 60163 Tornado, moved under its own power for the first time in 2008 and has since travelled many thousands of miles on Britain's railway system. The locomotive was the first steam engine to be built in Britain since 1960.
The East Hill Lift, a funicular railway in Hastings, East Sussex, England, on the day of it's re-opening after renovation. The funicular was first opened in 1902.
Looking down on the station buidlings and footbridge of Bramber station, Sussex, just after the closure of the branch between Shoreham and Horsham in 1966, which was part of the railway cutbacks organised by Dr Beeching.
Abandoned; Architecture; building; culture; disused; environment; railway; society; station; terminus; track; traditional; wood; wooden; raho; Parika; Georgetown; Guyana; South America
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Round about 1971 the then government disbanded the railway network, and the buildings, plant and machinery were left to deteriorate. The railway terminus at Parika was the destination for those wanting to take the ferry to the west across the Demerara River to the islands of Essequibo and Leguan.