Train line

Setting the time machine back to August 1989, you’ll find me in Princeton BC looking at the remains of the old rail line that passed through here. Abandoned only months before my visit, all of the track remained in place as though waiting for a train to come. And the jewel of the site was

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The Henryton Tunnel, located near Henryton in southern Carroll County, Maryland, is the third-oldest tunnel in the world that remains in active railroad use. Constructed by the Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) Railroad and opened around 1850, it was the first tunnel constructed on the B&O's Old Main Line. In 1865 the tunnel was widened to accommodate double track. It was rebuilt into its current form in 1903. The tunnel has brick portals and lining. The coping and footings are concrete. photo by…

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Beijing Scenes. Paper back book published by Beijing Publishing House 1982, 80 pages with colour photographs throughout, text is in Chinese and English. New buildings outside Jianguomen. With a newly completed clover leaf at a main juncture, this tract of wasteland has now become a busy metropolitan district. Changan Boulevard. This was a main street in what used to be Beijing’s Inner City. It has been widened and extended to a total of 10 li (3.3 miles), with many new building along both…

Unbeknownst to most people, there used to be a small railroad on top of Monte Sano Mountain. All that is left is this small stretch of track. (Yes, the fog machine was in full-effect that day). :-)

Railroad bridge over Tombigbee River in Jackson Alabama

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