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The abandoned Olloy train station roughly midway between Mariembourg and Treignes, Belgium.
Check out the steel work in the canopy.
Queensbury Tunnel, Bradford
Queensbury Tunnel is, or rather was, not just a railway tunnel, but a rather magnificent piece of civil engineering.
When it was built in 1878 it was the longest tunnel on the Great Northern Railway system at 1 mile 741 yards, and held that distinction until 1910.
The bore was on a falling gradient of 1 in 100, dropping towards Halifax and was bored through sandstone by the Diamond Rock Boring Company.
Highland Railway Jones Goods 4-6-0, number 103 in Glasgow Transport Museum at the Kelvin Hall, with Great North of Scotland Railway number 49 behind it, 17th April 2010.
This steamer, was donated in 1997 by the Harry Lay estate to the South Peace Centennial Museum, is unfortunately not operating at present.
A fine oscillatory steam engine ,spirit fired with safety valve , whistle and regulator valve. The boiler side plates appear to come from a Bowman model but the engine with its displacement lubricator and brass flywheel do not look like any commercial model I have seen.
WAB 794 heading north from Te Awamutu pulling the Freemason Express (part of the Lodge Tawhiri Centennial celebrations) on 23rd May 2009.
45407 is an LMS Stanier Class 5 4‑6‑0 built by Armstrong Whitworth in 1937, entered service with the London, Midland & Scottish Railway at Kettering, where it spent its early career on mixed‑traffic duties.
After varied allocations through the steam era, it was withdrawn by British Railways in 1968 and subsequently secured for preservation. Extensively restored, it became one of the most active preserved Black Fives, operating widely on the UK main line and heritage railways.
Now known as The Lancashire Fusilier and owned by Riley and Son (E) Ltd
it remains a certified main‑line steam locomotive,